Pakistan Hockey Team Fails to Qualify for World Cup for the First Time Since 1971

South Koreans rejoice on their semi final win against Pakistan at Ipoh [Photo]

It was the darkest day of Pakistan's hockey history when its national team failed to qualify for the hockey world Cup 2014 since it was instituted in 1971.

Pakistan Hockey which once had the singular honour of holding all hocey titiles, including the Olympics, simultaenously has been in a pretty bad form for the last decade or even more. But losing the bus to World Cup 2014 was a very sad and lamenting day for Pakistan.

It may be added that Pakistan won the inaugural competition in 1971 and triumphed again in 1978, 1982 and 1994.

Pakistan went down 2-1 to South Korea in the Asia Cup semi-final in Malaysia on Friday, a tournament they needed to win to qualify for the 2014 World Cup in the Netherlands.

A strong protest has been launched by the former Olympians and hockey legends in Pakistan who have demanded the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) officials to resign immediately after the disastrous performance in the 9th Asia Cup at Ipoh, Malaysia which deprived Pakistan of qualifying for the World Cup 2014 and let others to handle the hockey affairs to revive the national game in the country.

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South Korea Beat Japan to win their First Ever Olympic Football Medal

South Korea claimed their first-ever Olympic football medal as they saw off Japan to secure bronze at the Millennium Stadium.

Job done! South Korea secured their first ever Olympic medal in football after they beat Japan 2-0 [Photo AP/Daily Mail]

Arsenal's Park Chu-Young set them on their way with a superb solo effort in the 38th minute before skipper Koo Ja-Cheol sealed the win 11 minutes into the second half.

Japan enjoyed plenty of possession but, like Great Britain before them, found it tough to break down a well-organised Korean rearguard.

Read more: Daily Mail

Watch Live Japan and South Korea playing for Olympic Football Bronze | 10 August 2012

Japan and South Korea come face to face Friday evening at London Olympics 2012 to win over each other to bag the Olympics Bronze.

It may be added for information that Barazil and Mexico have already qualified for the Olympics football final, being played Saturday, 11 August 2012.

Japan has already owon the Olympic bronze once - but that was way back in 1968. South Korea has yet to bag any medal in Olympics football. This measn that both teams are already new in the bronze medal queue as 1968 is almost history now for Japan.

Japan's football team has a higher ranking than their rival Friday in FIFA and their strong defence did not let them have a goal scored against them till the semis. So it would be worth watching who outscore the other to win over the Olympic bronze Friday evening at London Olympics.

But wait - there is one more hidden prize for the South Korean footballers: if they win the bronze, they will be exempted from the compulsory military service that each South Korean must do til the age of 29. So I do not have to say which team will be putting in their extra power and enter the field Friday evening with full turbo booster charges on.

The match is scheduled for Friday 10 August 2012 at 18:40 GMT

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Olympics Football: Brazil to play Mexico for a possible Gold Saturday

Brazil's dream of winning an elusive Olympic soccer gold came a step closer when they thrashed South Korea 3-0 in the semifinals at Old Trafford on Tuesday.

The victory sets up a title decider against Mexico at Wembley Stadium on Saturday after the Mexicans beat Japan 3-1 in the earlier last four clash.

Brazil, whose obsession with winning gold is matched by few other countries, won with second-half goals from forward Leandro Damiao, now tournament top scorer with six, after a 38th minute opener from Romulo in front of a 69,389 crowd.

Korea now face Japan in what is likely to be a lively battle for the bronze medal at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on Friday while Brazil will hope to be crowned Olympic champions at last against Mexico on Saturday.

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South Korea vs Belgium Live Stream Hockey Olympics 2012 – 3 August

In the Pool B of the Olympics Hockey men's event, South Korea faces Belgium Friday evening.

While the South Korean team has its mark in Olympic games, Belgium's team is considered by some as the most impressive and dengerous team at London Games 2012 in the Hockey.

So it is really going to be a tough match between the two when they face each other this evening.

The match is scheduled for Friday, 3 August 2012 at 20:15 GMT

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Olympics Medals Table Top

Well the Olympics is getting hotter as more and more countries are joining in the medal table. However, for the time being, the top two positions have been rather stabilized with China topping and USA following and making every effort to replace the Chinese from the table top.

Interestingly, of the 205 countries participating in the London Olympics, only 39 countries have registered their presence in the medal table so far, with China at the top and Uzbekistan with one bronze medal at the table bottom.

Look at the table positions as of 2 August 2012:

Table courtesy: London2012

Did you notice the difference from yesterday? Well when I updated the table positions yesterday, August 1, 2012, USA had replaced Italy in the second position, while France left behind Italy and was at no 3rd position.

As of today, France takes the fourth position as South Korea takes the third position, with North Korea not too far away at no. 5.

The hosts Britain were jubilant yesterday for winning the first gold in the women rowing event, while the men's team won a bronze.

As I asked yesterday, where is Russia, well they have yet to flex their muscles as they are at no.10.  Germany, Italy and Japan are sitting above Russia. Even Kazakhstan, once part of Russia, takes a lead and sits at 8th position. Would, in days to come, Russia make headlines?

Legally Blind Archer Breaks First World Record of the Olympics

As the world braces for the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, the Robin Hoods have already started showing their archery skills at the London Olympics.

And what is amazing is that the first world record has fallen at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and it was legally blind South Korean archer Im Dong-hyun who did it in the ranking round for men's individual archery.

Im fired a score of 699 with his 72 arrows.

Archers get 10 points for hitting the bulls-eye, so Im earned dropped just 21 points out of a possible 720. According to the Telegraph, the previous record was 696.

Read more: Business Insider

Hockey Junior Asia Cup: India, Malaysia, Pakistan, South Korea in semi-finals

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka 14-0 in the seventh junior men’s Asian Cup Hockey tournament being played at Malacca, Malaysia to set-up semi-final clash with Korea.

M Taufeeq scored five goals while Pakistan team captain M Umar Bhutta also hit a hat-trick to take Pakistan to victory. On Sunday, India recovered from a goal down in a 2-2 draw against Pakistan. Pakistan took the lead twice but India came back with an equalizer.

Pakistan have pipped India to top the pool as Pakistan were needed to defeat Sri Lanka by 12-goal margin and they achieved it in style, winning 14-0, thus avoided Malaysia in the cross over semi-final on Thursday. The second semi-final will be played between India and Malaysia while South Korea will face Pakistan in the other semi-final.

Read details: The Nation