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.

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: 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.