Punjab Youth Sports Festival begins in Lahore

By AM Khan

LAHORE (TheSportsNext) August 27, 2012: The Punjab Youth Sports Festival 2012 began among the 55200 sports and Youth Development Councils at neighbourhood and village level across the province with the entire focus remained on revival of sports culture and healthy activities.

OCA Baseball Coaching Course commences

By AM Khan

LAHORE (TheSportsNext) August 26, 2012: The OCA Baseball Coaching Course 2012 was inaugurated here at the Sports Board Punjab Academy, National Hockey Stadium on Sunday.

Stoke City hold Arsenal for a goalless draw in Premier League 2013

By Ashley Williams

LONDON (TheSportsNext) August 26, 2012: Arsenal FC continued to face tough luck at Barclays English Premier League 2012-13 on Sunday when Stoke City held them for a goal-less draw at the Britannia Stadium despite of dominating the match.

ICC stops Babar Azam in Australia

By Ubaid Awan

KARACHI (TheSportsNext) August 26, 2012: Pakistan U19 captain Babar Azam has been stopped by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after the ICC U19 World Cup 2012 culminated in Australian city of Townsville on Sunday.

India defeat New Zealand by an innings in Hyderabad Test

By Abhishek Manroa

HYDERABAD, India (TheSportsNext) August 26, 2012: India outclassed New Zealand by an innings and 115 runs in the first Test played at Hyderabad after the tourists were folded for 164 runs in their second innings on Sunday.

Shahid Afridi shows reservations on new bowling coach

By Ubaid Awan

KARACHI (TheSportsNext) August 26, 2012: Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi, on Sunday, showed his discontent to the bowling coach appointment by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) saying if he needed helped in bowling he would reach legendary spinners like Saqlain Mushtaq or Mushtaq Ahmed rather than a former fast bowler.

India U19 clinch ICC U19 World Cup 2012 title

By Nadene Smith

TOWNSVILLE, Australia (TheSportsNext) August 26, 2012: Indian young cricketers clinched the ICC U19 World Cup 2012 title on Sunday when opening batsman Unmukt Chand scored an unbeaten century to defeat Australia U19 at Tony Ireland Stadium in Townsville.

Best players of ICC U19 World Cup 2012 by country

By Adrian Meredith

VICTORIA, Australia: The ICC U19 World Cup 2012 was culminated on Sunday with Indian youth clinching the title with a comfortable six-wicket victory over Australia U19 at Tony Ireland Stadium in Townsville.

Following is a selection of top performers by country in the ICC U19 World Cup 2012 by Adrian Meredith.

Mohammad Akram prefers coaching over commentary job

By Bipin Dani

SHARJAH (TheSportsNext) August 26, 2012: Mohammad Akram, new coach of the Pakistan cricket team, had to cancel his commentary assignments, which he was supposed to do for the Afghanistan-Australia match.

Manchester United, Chelsea register wins in English Premier League 2013

By Ashley Williams

LONDON: Manchester United returned to winning ways on Saturday when they edged out Fulham by three goals to two while Chelsea continued their winning spree to cement their place on top of the English Premier League 2013.

Following is the recap of the English Premier League 2012-13 matches played on August 25, 2012.