Australian athletes back home after London2012 participation

By Nadene Smith

SYDNEY (TheSportsNext) August 15, 2012: Australian athletes returned home on Wednesday after showing a dismal performance in the recently concluded London2012 Olympic Games but Prime Minister Julia Gillard defended their poor medal haul.

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.

Pakistan Olympics Association faces govt, PSB grilling

By Babar Malik

ISLAMABAD (TheSportsNext) August 9, 2012: Following a dismal performance of Pakistani athletes at the London2012 Olympic Games, the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) is likely to face grilling by officials of the government and Pakistan Sports Board (PSB).

According to a report published in Nai Baat newspaper on Thursday, the Pakistan Sports Board has decided to implement the Pakistan Sports Policy on the all the sports federations in the light of Supreme Court of Pakistan’s directives.

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: Pakistani female athlete bows out

By Ubaid Awan

KARACHI (TheSportsNext) August 8, 2012: Pakistan’s final hopes of winning a medal at the London 2012 were dashed on Wednesday when their female athlete Rabia Ashiq finished sixth in the women’s 800 meters preliminary round. 

Pakistan crash out of London2012 hockey tournament

By Ashley Williams


LONDON (TheSportsNext) August 7, 2012: Australia crushed Pakistan by 7-0 to qualify into semi-finals stage of the London 2012 hockey tournament at Riverbank Arena here Tuesday.

Australia stamped their authority right over Pakistan right at the start of their all-important match as Liam De Young and Mark Knowles gave the Hockeyroos two goals advantage inside the first ten minutes.

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.

London2012: Michael Phelps grabs record 19th Olympic medal

By Magdalena Stanislav

LONDON (TheSportsNext) August 1, 2012: Classy swimmer from the United States, Michael Phelps entered his name as the best Olympian of all time on Tuesday when he won his 19^th medal in the London2012 4x200 meters freestyle relay at the Aquatics Center.

London2012: Great Britain top group in women’s hockey

By Ashley Williams

LONDON (TheSportsNext) August 1, 2012: Great Britain’s women hockey players gifted the injured captain Kate Walsh an emphatic performance on Tuesday as they defeated South Korea by 5-3 by scoring two goals in the last 14 minutes.

The victory has helped Great Britain to top the group with two victories in as many matches after Belgium held Beijing2008 silver medalists China to a goalless draw.

London2012: Bulgaria, US, Brazil record wins in volleyball

By Ashley Williams

LONDON (TheSportsNext) August 1, 2012: Bulgaria joined gold medal favorites Brazil and United States on victory trail Tuesday as they stunned Poland by 3-1 at the Earl’s Court Arena in the London2012 Men’s Volleyball tournament.

London2012: Ye Shiwen unfazed by doping row

By Chung Ho Jiang

BEIJING (TheSportsNext) August 1, 2012: China’s latest Olympic sensation Ye Shiwen has found inspiration amid all the doping allegations and rumors surrounding her at the London2012 as she clinched her second gold medal of the Games with 200 meters medley triumph on Tuesday.

London2012: Israr, Inam exit as all hopes on hockey stars

By Afshan Younis

KARACHI (TheSportsNext) July 31, 2012: Pakistan athletes continued bowing out at the London 2012 Olympic Games on Tuesday with shooter Khurram Inam and swimmer Israr Hussain failed to make an impression at the biggest sports stage in the world.

Now Pakistan’s Olympics medal hopes are associated with the national hockey team which drew their first match against Spain 1-1 on Monday, while Rabia Ishaq and Liaqat Ali are the other two athletes remaining in the hunt but not a lot is expected from them.

Lahore court frees accused in Olympics visa scam

By Tasawwar Abbas

LAHORE (TheSportsNext) July 31, 2012: Amid a huge uproar in the British media, a Pakistani court released four employees of National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) and Lahore Passport Office on Tuesday after the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) found no evidence against them.

The four people, who were accused of their alleged involvement in the infamous London 2012 Olympics Visa Scam, were released by a magisterial court in Lahore after the FIA probe found them innocent.

Ye Shiwen - drug cheat or all-time great?

By Adrian Meredith

VICTORIA, Australia (TheSportsNext) July 31, 2012: Ye Shiwen, the 16 year old female Chinese swimmer who just won gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the 400 metre Individual Medley in Swimming, is being widely accused of being a drug cheat, with suspicions initially raised by the USA swimming coach.

So is she a drug cheat?

London2012: China continue its dominance in London Olympics 2012 with 9 Golds

By Ashley Williams         

LONDON (TheSportsNext) July 30, 2012: People’s Republic of China continued its dominance in Olympics world of sports as they maintained their top position on Day 3 with Nine Gold medals while United State of America chasing China with Five gold medals.

London2012: List of Broken World, Olympic Records

Compiled by Jawad Hussain

Ye Shiwen

KARACHI (TheSportsNext Exclusive) July 31, 2012: The London2012 Olympic Games are in full swing in England and we have witnessed some of the breath-taking sports action already and as many as 15 records have been broken in the first three days of the global mega-event.

As many as seven world records and eight Olympic records have been broken by the London2012 athletes in sports like swimming, archery, rowing, shooting, and weightlifting.

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. 

London2012 cauldron returns to life again

By Magdalena Stanislav

LONDON (TheSportsNext) July 30, 2012: The London2012 cauldron which was extinguished for relocation to another place of the stadium on Sunday, returned to life as the organizer relit at 7am local time (0600 GMT) here Monday.

It was reported on Sunday that the Olympic cauldron, which traditionally stays buring during the course of the Games, was seen unlit at around 11.14pm local time (2214 GMT).