By Hamad Hussain
KARACHI: With the
London2012 action just a few hours away, Pakistan’s sports fans are associating
high hopes of a medal by the national hockey team but the road looks bumpy for
the former Olympic gold medalists with European teams raising the bar high.
Indian hockey team is also looking to exhibit an impressive
show as both Pakistan and its bitter neighbours are facing an uphill task at
the London2012. Indian hockey team has won eight medals while Pakistan claimed
three victories at the Olympics.
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.
KARACHI: With the
London2012 action just a few hours away, Pakistan’s sports fans are associating
high hopes of a medal by the national hockey team but the road looks bumpy for
the former Olympic gold medalists with European teams raising the bar high.
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.