London2012: Pakistan hope to record first win today against Argentina

By Hamad Hussain

  

LONDON (TheSportsNext) August 1, 2012: Pakistan hockey team will face Argentina in their second Group A match of London Olympics 2012 today at Riverbank Arena and after impressive show against Spain in the first match on Monday, they are hoping to register their first win in the tournament.

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: Chinese athletes keep reign at medals table

By Ashley Williams         

LONDON (TheSportsNext) July 31, 2012: The London Olympics 2012 still seeing China dominance as they are leading the medal table with 13 gold medals on day 4 with United State still chasing China after Beijing Olympics 2008.

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.

Cricket Canada Announces National Cricket League

Press Release

OTTAWA (TheSportsNext) August 1, 2012: Cricket Canada is pleased to announce the inaugural National Cricket League (NCL) to take place at Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City, ON from August 2-11th, 2012. The five team, ten day event will consist of a multi-format 50 over and T20 competition featuring Canada's top 65 High Performance & Elite cricketers.

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.

Danish Atlas asks PSF for permanent job

By Ubaid Awan

KARACHI (TheSportsNext) July 31, 2012: Pakistan’s youngest squash sensation, Danish Atlas, on Tuesday, urged the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) to provide permanent jobs to the young squash players.

Danish Atlas made the appeal during a ceremony held to hand cash prizes to the country’s junior squash team which won silver medal at the Men’s World Junior Squash Championship.

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.

Pakistan U19 beat Australia by 7wkts, go 2-0 up

By Nadene Smith

Sami Aslam

GOLD COAST, Australia (TheSportsNext) July 31, 2012: Superb bowling effort helped the Pakistan U19 to clinch the three-match series against Australia as they won the second Youth One-Day International by seven wickets with 92 balls to spare at Kerrydale Oval on Tuesday.

Batting first, Australia U19 were restricted to only 139 runs all out from 43.1 overs with Cameron Bancroft (47 from 111 – 2 fours) and Travis Head (43 from 41 – 3 fours, 2 sixes) being the top scorers.