In Pakistan’s penultimate Pool A match at the Riverbank Arena, fans were treated to some enticing and electrifying hockey in what was otherwise a grim

 and miserable day due to the rain.The match was a do or die situation for Pakistan who needed to win in order to have any chance of progressing to the semi-finals. 

South Africa started strongly with Thornton McDade scoring in only the first minute of play putting the South Africans into the lead. 25 year-old Abdul Haseem Khan scored then scored the leveller for Pakistan. South Africa then once again took the lead as Justin Reid-Ross scored off a penalty corner.Pakistan then scored two goals in quick succession thanks to Shafqat Rasool and Abdul Haseem Khan for the second time in the match. With Pakistan in the lead, the Proteas hit back once again with Reid-Ross scoring his second goal of the match in the last minute of first-half play. The score at Half-time being 3-3.

   Serena Williams absolutely crushed Maria Sharapova to win the first ever Olympic gold medal of her career. Serena showed complete dominance as she flew away with the first set 6-0. Similar was the case in the second set in which it was again the american star who was on top. It took about 45 minutes for Sharapova to win her first "game" of the match. At one point during te match when Williams was up 4-1 , it almost seemed like Sharapova would start break down in tears but fortunately that wasn't the case. Serena then celebrated her Gold-medal by performing a crip dance. Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka were also on the podium as the silver-medalist and bronze-medalists respectively.