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Posted Date: 12th August, 2012 Last updated at 00:00 PSTLondon Olympics 2012London Olympics 2012 concluding ceremony is being held later on Sunday night
Concluding ceremony of London Olympics 2012 will be held at 01.00hrs on Sunday night.
According to the latest medal position‚ the United States leads with forty-six golds‚ twenty-nine silvers and twenty-nine bronze medals. China with thirty-eight golds‚ twenty-seven silvers and twenty-two bronze medals is placed second while Britain with twenty-nine golds‚ sixteen silvers and nineteen bronze medals is on third position.
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In men's football tournament of London Olympics‚ Mexico beat Brazil by 2-1 and won their first gold.
Mexico stunned Brazil to win their first gold in the Olympic men's football tournament as Oribe Peralta's double clinched a shock 2-1 victory over the five-time world champions on Saturday.
Peralta struck after just 30 seconds and the Mexican striker sealed one of the all-time great Olympic upsets when he scored again late in the second half.
Hulk got one back in stoppage-time but Mexico‚ playing in their first Olympic final‚ were deserved winners as Brazil once again failed to end their long wait for a first football gold.
While Brazil have graced the World Cup with some of the best players and most dazzling performances ever seen on football's grandest stage‚ the Selecao have never managed to replicate those golden moments at the Games and this was another miserable chapter in their Olympic history.
Brazil‚ bronze medallists in Beijing in 2008‚ lost in the Olympic final in 1984 and 1988 and their failure to win gold has rankled with such a proud football nation for decades.Mano Menezes's team are unlikely to get a sympathetic reception on their return home after such a lacklustre display riddled with nerves and defensive blunders.
From Rio to Sao Paulo those unconvinced by Menezes had already begun to whisper that former Brazil coach Luis Felipe Scolari should be installed in time to lead the nation's bid to win the World Cup on home soil in 2014 and those calls will get even louder after Mexico's giant-killing act.
After sweeping to the final with five successive wins‚ Brazil were heavy favourites and Mexico's chances looked even slimmer when Tottenham striker Giovani dos Santos was ruled out with a hamstring injury suffered during the semi-final win over Japan.
But the Mexicans had won three of their past five matches against Brazil‚ including a 2-0 friendly victory in June‚ and there was no sign of an inferiority complex as Luis Fernando Tena's side made an astonishing start.
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In the London Olympics‚ the United States leads the medals table with thirty-nine golds‚ twenty-five silvers and twenty-six bronze medals.China with thirty-seven golds‚ twenty-four silvers and nineteen bronze medals is placed on number two‚ while Britain with twenty five golds‚ thirteen silvers and fourteen bronze medals is on third position.
Seventeen medal events are being contested today.
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In the London Olympics‚ China leads the medals table with thirty-six golds‚ twenty-three silvers and nineteen bronze medals.
The United States with thirty four golds‚ twenty three silvers and twenty-five bronze is placed on number two while Britain with twenty-four golds‚ thirteen silvers and fourteen bronze medals has the third position.
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In the London Olympics‚ China leads the medals table with thirty-six golds‚ twenty-two silvers and nineteen bronze medals.
The United States with thirty four golds‚ twenty two silvers and twenty-five bronze is placed on number two while Britain with twenty-two golds‚ thirteen silvers and thirteen bronze medals has the third position.Twenty three medal events are being contested on Thursday.
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In the London Olympics hockey event‚ the semi-finals are being played on Thursday.In the first semi-final Australia will take on Germany while in the second semifinal Netherlands will face Britain.
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In the London Olympics‚ China leads the medals table with thirty-five gold‚ twenty-one silver and nineteen bronze medals.
The United States with thirty golds‚ nineteen silvers and twenty-two bronze is on number two while Britain with twenty-two golds‚ thirteen silvers and thirteen bronze medals is on number three.
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In the London Olympics‚ China is leading with thirty four gold‚ twenty silver and seventeen bronze medals.
The United States with thirty gold‚ sixteen silver and twenty bronze is trailing on second position‚ while Britain has been occupying third position with twenty-one gold‚ thirteen silver and twelve bronze medals.
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In the London Olympics Australia defeated Pakistan by seven goals to nil in pool match on Tuesday.
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In the London Olympics‚ China is leading with thirty one gold‚ nineteen silver and fourteen bronze medals.The United States with twenty-nine gold‚ fifteen silver and nineteen bronze medals is on second position‚ while Britain has now captured third position with eighteen gold‚ eleven silver and eleven bronze medals.
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Venus William and Serena William became the first tennis players to win four Olympic golds after a victory over Czech pair Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka by 6-4‚ 6-4 in the women's doubles final in London Olympics.
The Williams sisters had already won doubles gold at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000 and in Beijing in 2008.
Serena won her first individual gold on Saturday defeating Maria Sharapova in the women's final.
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Pakistan defeated South Africa by 5 goals to 4 in the London Olympics men's hockey event.
Haseem Khan scored 2 goals while Waseem Ahmed and Shafqat Rasool scored one goal each.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf have congratulated national Hockey Team on the sensational win against South Africa in London Olympics 2012.
==============In the London Olympics‚ the China leads the medals table with twenty-nine golds‚ sixteen silver and fourteen bronze.
United States with twenty-seven golds‚ fourteen silvers and fifteen bronze is on number two‚ while Britain has now captured the third position with sixteen golds‚ nine silvers and nine bronze.
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Briton Andy Murray defeated Roger Federer of Switzerland 6-2‚ 6-1 and 6-4 to claim the men's singles gold at the London Olympics tennis tournament on Sunday.
The 25-year-old is the first British man to win the Olympic singles gold medal since Josiah Ritchie in 1908. He had never beaten Federer in a best-of-five-sets match and lost to him in this year's Wimbledon final.
Murray later faced a second Olympic final in a day‚ but he and mixed doubles partner Laura Robson could not overcome Belarusian top seeds Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi. They lost 2-6 6-3 10-8 in a champions' tie-break decider and had to settle for silver.
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In the London Olympics men's hockey event‚ Pakistan will take on South Africa in a Pool-A match today (5th August).
In another Pool-A match Britain will face Australia.
In Pool-B three matches will be played today.
New Zealand meet Belgium‚ India will play against Korea and Netherlands will take on Germany.
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Serena Williams of the United States thrashed Russia's Maria Sharapova in women's singles gold medal in London on Saturday
Serena Williams of the United States thrashed Russia's Maria Sharapova 6-0 6-1 in 63 minutes to win the women's singles gold medal at London 2012.
Williams dropped 17 games all week and has won all of her 17 matches since losing to Virginie Razzano at the French Open on 29 May.
It was the most comprehensive Olympic women's singles final win. French Open champion Sharapova takes the silver medal and world number one Victoria Azarenka of Belarus bronze.
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In London Olympics‚ China is leading in the medals table with twenty golds‚ twelve silvers and nine bronze. The United States with eighteen gold‚ nine silver and ten bronze medals stands at number two while South Korea is on the third position with eight gold‚ two silver and five bronze medals.
================In London Olympics‚ China is leading medals table with eighteen gold‚ ten silver and four bronze followed by the United States with fourteen gold medals‚ eight silver and nine bronze.
South Korea is on third position with seven gold‚ two silver and four bronze medals.
France is at 4th by securing six gold medals‚ three silver and six bronze.
Britain is on the fifth position with four gold‚ six silver and four bronze.
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China is leading the medals table with 15 golds‚ seven silvers and four bronze followed by the United States with 10 golds‚ eight silvers and eight bronze.France is on third position with four gold medals‚ three silver and four bronze medals.
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In London Olympics‚ China is leading the medals table with nine golds‚ five silver and three bronze followed by the United States with five gold medals‚ seven silver and five bronze.France is on third position with three gold‚ one silver and three bronze medals.
Today‚ twelve medals are being contested.
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In the Olympic hockey tournament at the Riverbank Arena Park‚ match between Pakistan and Spain ended in a one-one draw.
Both the teams scored one goal each in the second half.
In other men's hockey matches‚ South Korea beat New Zealand by 2-0‚ Australia defeated South Africa by 6-0 and the Netherlands beat India by 3-2 goals.
Meanwhile‚ on the third day on Monday‚China is leading in London Olympics by winning nine gold medals‚ five silver and three bronze followed by the United States with five gold medals‚ seven silvers and five bronze.France secured third position with three gold‚ one silver and three bronze medals and North Korea‚ three gold‚ zero silver‚ and one bronze‚ Italy‚ South Korea‚ Russia and Kazakhstan got two gold medals each‚ while Japan‚ Georgia‚ Australia‚ the Netherlands‚ Brazil‚ Hungry‚ Romania and South Africa took one gold medal each.
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Lizzie Armitstead won Britain's first medal of the 2012 Olympics as Netherlands' Marianne Vos claimed gold in the women's road race on Day Two.
Armitstead took the silver with Russian Olga Zabelinskaya third in a thrilling rain-soaked race that ended on The Mall in front of Buckingham Palace.
Zabelinskaya instigated a breakaway with 25km to go and Armitstead and pre-race favourite Vos went with her.
Armitstead attacked Vos on The Mall but the Dutch rider had too much power.
Britain's Nicole Cooke‚ who won this race four years ago‚ finished in the main bunch.
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Hamilton led throughout but had to fend off a determined challenge from both Raikkonen and the Finn's team-mate Romain Grosjean‚ who was third.Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel was fourth ahead of Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and McLaren's Jenson Button.
Alonso extended his title lead over Red Bull's Mark Webber to 40 points.
The Australian was ahead of the Spaniard after their second stops‚ but Webber suffered a failed differential and made a third stop for fresher tyres with 13 laps to go‚ which dropped him back down to eighth place at the flag.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Guo was the leading qualifier but made a slow start to the final as Celine Goberville of France built a lead.
Going into the last of the 10 rounds‚ Goberville was 0.5 ahead but could only produce an 8.8 with her final shot and Guo's 10.8 gave her victory on 488.1.
Goberville was level on 486.6 with Olena Kostevych of the Ukraine but took the silver with a 10.6 in a shoot-off.Guo‚ who did not reach the final of the Olympic test event in April‚ began with a modest eight‚ the lowest score in the first of the 10 rounds in the final.
It meant she was third overall‚ taking into account the one-point lead she carried forward from the qualifying round.
But a 10.8 with her second shot put her back in a share of the lead with Kostevych‚ the gold medallist at Athens but only 31st in Beijing four years ago‚ and Goberville‚ competing in her 11th final in 14 events.
Having led after the fourth round‚ Guo dropped back to third in round six following a second successive 10.1 as Goberville moved ahead.
Goberville's 10.6 extended her advantage to 0.8 over Kostevych and Guo with two rounds remaining‚ but the Chinese shooter‚ whose score was 4.2 down on Beijing four years ago‚ showed great composure at the finish to secure the gold.
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Pakistani female athlete Anum Bandey has not qualified for gold medal in London 2012 Olympic competitions Saturday. She secured 4th position in the swimming competition for women's 400m Individual Medley. However‚ she succeeded in improving her individual position slightly.
She broke her own national record at the Aquatic Centre but will take no further part in the Olympic Games after falling short of a place in the final.
The 15-year-old went in the first heat of the event this morning but her time of 5.34.64 saw her finish fourth out of the four in her race. However‚ that time was over two seconds quicker than her qualifying effort (5.37.11)‚ meaning the Barnet Copthall competitor set a new national record.
This was the second time the youngster had represented Pakistan in the pool and while she admitted to nerves before the race‚ she stressed how positive the event has been for her. She had expressed the hope that she would win gold medal for Pakistan. She is a Pakistani athlete based in London for studies.
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Ryan Lochte thrashed American compatriot and double Olympic champion Michael Phelps to take 400m individual medley gold.
Phelps‚ the greatest all-round swimmer his sport has seen and gold medallist in both Athens and Beijing‚ was left without even a bronze as Brazil's Thiago Pereira took second and Japan's Kosuke Hagino third.
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In the Olympic games hockey event six matches will be played on Monday(30th July).
In Pool-A‚ Pakistan will take on Spain‚ Australia meet South Africa‚ while Britain play against Argentina.
And in Pool-B‚ South Korea will face New Zealand‚ Netherlands meet India and Germany will play against Belgium.
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In a colourful and impressive ceremony Queen Elizabeth officially opened the games in a stadium at Stratford in east LondonEighty thousand spectators and more than one billion TV viewers on early Saturday morning.
More than eighty world leaders and royals attended the ceremony while First Lady Michelle Obama represented the United States alongside a host of celebrities including Angelina Jolie.
Earlier the Olympic flame was rowed up the River Thames in the royal barge as it approached the end of a seventy-day relay around Britain and Ireland and made its way to the stadium.
The group of seven chosen by British Olympic champions each lit a single tiny flame on the ground‚ igniting 204 petals‚ one for each competing nation or territory.
Long stems then rose towards each other to form a cauldron‚ signifying unity.
More than ten thousand five hundred athletes from two hundred and five countries are participating in the mega sports festival. They paraded in the stadium carrying their national flags.
The Pakistani contingent wearing their national dress‚ Shalwar Kameez was led by Hockey Team Captain Sohail Abbas.
Pakistan will participate in four events including Hockey‚ Swimming‚ Shooting and Athletics.
During the seventeen-day event‚ three hundred and two competitions will be held in different fields.
More than forty thousand military and civilian personnel‚ backed by a huge intelligence operation will protect venues‚ athletes and millions of visitors.
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