Rabia Qadir steers Lahore to Women Hockey final

By AM Khan

LAHORE (TheSportsNext) August 30, 2012: Rabia Qadir’s important goal helped Lahore to defeat Bahawalpur Whites 2-1 in the semi-final of the eighth Nishan-e-Haider Flood Light Women Hockey Tournament in Bahawalpura Stadium.

 

Pakistan hockey team gets mixed reception upon arrival

AM Khan

LAHORE (TheSportsNext) August 15, 2012: Pakistan hockey squad Wednesday returned home from London Olympics to a mixed reception here at the Allama Iqbal International Airport with dozens of angry fans greeting them with shouts of "shame shame" while others raised slogans in praise of them.

London2012: Pakistan beat Korea 3-2 to secure 7th position

By Ashley Williams

LONDON (TheSportsNext) August 9, 2012: Pakistani skipper Sohail Abbas achieved yet another milestone in international hockey on Thursday as he led his country to seventh place in the London 2012 Hockey Tournament with a 3-2 victory over Korea at Riverbank Arena.

Pakistan had ended at eighth position in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games but this time they managed to lift their game against Korea to secure the seventh position after a horrible defeat to the hands of Hockeyroos the other day.

London2012: Sohail Abbas’s blunder as captain

By Jawad Hussain

KARACHI (TheSportsNext) August 4, 2012: The Great Britain gave Pakistan a serious pounding in the London 2012 Hockey Tournament on Friday night but Pakistani skipper Sohail Abbas clearly lost his composure as leader of the team as he was involved in a blunder right at the start of second half.

Great Britain beat Pakistan 4-1 in London2012 hockey

By Ashley Williams

LONDON (TheSportsNext) August 3, 2012: Ashley Jackson scored twice as Great Britain saw Pakistan off with a 4-1 victory in Group B of the London 2012 hockey tournament here Friday.

Ashley Jackson scored his two goals from the short corner after James Tindall gave the hosts an early lead. The Great Britain were leading the Green Shirts by two goals to nil at halftime.

London2012: Samiullah asks Green Shirts to cut mistakes

By Ubaid Awan

KARACHI (TheSportsNext) August 2, 2012: Pakistan’s former Olympian Samiullah Khan Niazi urged the national hockey team to cut down on their mistakes if they want to challenge the very best in the London 2012 hockey tournament.

Talking to local media after Pakistan defeated Argentina by two goals to nil, Samiullah, also known as Flying Horse, said that while it was good to see Pakistan scoring goals from short corners but at the same time they lacked field goals which are equally important to win big games.

New York City is next stop for NHL labor talks

By Raleigh McPherson

NEW YORK (TheSportsEncounter) July 31, 2012: The National Hockey League franchise owners and the NHL Players Association will meet yet again this week in New York City to further their NHL Labor Talks.

The existing NHL labor agreement is expiring on September 15, 2012 and most of the NHL fans are still in a fix about the future of the NHL 2013 season as many of them fear a 2004-like situation when the NHL organizers had to lose the whole season due to differences on the labor deal.

London2012: Pakistan settle for draw against Spain in first outing

By Hamad Hussain

KARACHI (TheSportsNext) July 30, 2012: Pakistan hockey team displayed a promising performance at Riverbank Arena in their first hockey match of Group A in the London Olympics 2012 against European giant Spain as both teams settled for 1-1 draw in the excellent hockey match. 

Belgium beat Pakistan 2-0 in Olympic warm-up

By Asif Khan

KARACHI (TheSportsNext) July 24, 2012: Pakistan hockey team got off to the worst possible start to their Olympic tour here Tuesday as they were belted hard by Belgium in their first warm-up match by 2-0 ahead of the London 2012.

Mansoor demands probe into Olympic visa scam

By Ubaid Awan

KARACHI (TheSportsNext) July 24, 2012: Pakistan’s former hockey captain and goalkeeper Mansoor Ahmed appealed Tuesday to the government to thorough investigate into the Olympics visa scam which is handing bad name to Pakistani athletes worldwide.

Girls hockey summer camp concludes in Lahore

By AM Khan

LAHORE (TheSportsNext) July 24, 2012: The second summer camp of Galaxy Sports Academy concluded here at the historical Railways stadium in which girls from 10 to 16 years old participated.

Galaxy Sports Academy chief operating officer and international hockey player Rabia Qadir trained the girls as a coach. The participants were provided all the necessary equipments and facilities free of cost.

NHL, NHLPA to resume labor talks tomorrow

By Raleigh McPherson

NEW YORK (TheSportsNext) July 18, 2012: The National Hockey League and the NHL Players Association are all set to restart labor talks at the League offices in New York with total revenue of the league being the focal point.