London2012: Ryan Giggs gives Great Britain win over UAE

By Magdalena Stanislav

LONDON (TheSportsNext) July 30, 2012: Great Britain gave their London2012 soccer qualification chances a great boost on Sunday when they outplayed United Arab Emirates by three goals to nil at the packed Wembley Stadium here.

There were no empty stands at the Wembley Stadium as the soccer-loving British youth filled it with enthusiasm where Ryan Giggs, who represents Manchester United in the English Premier League, scored the first goal at the London2012 and with it achieved another historic level in his international soccer career.

London2012: Dana Vollmer hits world record with 100m fly gold

By Ashley Williams 

Dana Vollmer of United States

LONDON (TheSportsNext) July 30, 2012: American female swimmer Dana Vollmer created history on Sunday when she won the women’s 100 meters butterfly gold medal with an impressive world record at the London2012.

Dana Vollmer completed the 100 meters butterfly heat in a record 55.98 seconds to leave her Chinese opponent Lu Ying sweating in the waters at Aquatics Center in London.

London2012: Pakistan to face Spain in Hockey today

By Hamad Hussain

KARACHI (TheSportsNext) July 30, 2012: The three times gold medalist Pakistan hockey team will start their 2012 gold medal hunt in London Olympics 2012 with their first match against European giant Spain today at Riverbank Arena, London.  

London2012: China maintain lead on points table at Day 3 with 6 Golds

By Ashley Williams

Guo Wenjun

LONDON (TheSportsNext) July 29, 2012: Chinese athletes maintaining their supremacy in the world of sports as they are leading the points table with Six Gold Medals at the end of day 3 of London Olympics.

Chinese athletes won two more gold medals on Sunday July 29 to take their gold medals tally to six. Zi He and Minxia Wu won gold medal in Springboard Final with final score of 346.2 while Abigail Johnston and Kelci Bryant of USA were ended up as the runners-up with final score of 321.9.

London2012: Rebecca Adlington into 400m final

By Ashley Williams

LONDON (TheSportsNext) July 29, 2012: The Great Britain’s biggest gold medal hope, Rebecca Adlington witnessed a mixed first day at the London2012 on Sunday when she only managed to qualify into the final of the women’s 400 meters freestyle at the Aquatics Center.

Rebecca Adlington found huge support at the Aquatics Center which cheered for her as soon as she completed her heat in 4:05.75, the fastest time in her heat. However, they were made to bite their nails later on after swimmers competing in the other two heats started posting better times and in the end Rebecca Adlington only managed to qualify into the finals as the eighth and slowest qualifier.

London2012: Olympic debut for Zara Phillips

By Ashley Williams 

LONDON (TheSportsNext) July 29, 2012: Granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, Zara Phillips finally made her Olympic debut on Sunday when she represented Great Britain in the equestrian competition of the London 2012.

Zara Phillips not only had an overwhelming support of her countrymen but her family, including Grandfather Prince Philip and Mother the Royal Princess, were also there to cheer for the royal athlete at the London 2012.

Sri Lanka Cricket bans noisy vuvuzelas

Press Release

COLOMBO (TheSportsNext) July 29, 2012: The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), on Sunday, announced a ban on the noisy portable hooters and horns brought to the stadium by spectators with an immediate effect.

The SLC said in a press release issued Sunday, “Sri Lanka Cricket arrived at this decision to generally safeguard spectator comfort inside spectator areas of the stadium”.

London2012: Javier Guedes into last-32 in Judo 60kg

By Ashley Williams

LONDON (TheSportsNext) July 28, 2012: Javier Guedes of Venezuela defeated A Lamusi of China to storm into last-32 stage of the London2012 Men’s Judo 60kg category here Saturday.

Javier Guedes gave his opponent no chance whatsoever to make an impact and strangulated him completely with score of 0111-0000 at ExCeL.

London2012: Michael Phelps finishes last in 400IM qualifiers

By Ashley Williams

LONDON (TheSportsNext) July 28, 2012: The Olympic gold medalist, Michael Phelps of the United States, got off to a bad start on Saturday when he finished last in the eight qualifiers of the 400M individual medley preliminaries in the London2012 first day action.

Japan’s Kosuke Hagino outpaced everyone with final time of 4:10.01, South African Chad le Clos finished second with 4:12.24, while Ryan Lochte of the United States advanced as third fastest with time of 4:12.35.

London2012: Aussie women rowers top qualifiers in heat 2

By Ashley Williams

LONDON (TheSportsNext) July 28, 2012: Australian women rowing team stole the limelight on opening day of the London2012 women’s rowing competition as they finished top qualifier in the heat 2 on Saturday.

The Australian women rowing team’s final time was 7:01.60 at Eton Dorney in London.