Joy in Pakistan village as local hero Nadeem spears Olympic gold

The event was broadcast live by a digital projector onto a screen hanging on the back of a truck in his farming village near the small city of Mian Channu in Punjab province. As the javelin soared through the sky in Paris to a new Olympic record and a gold medal for Nadeem, thousands of kilometres (miles) away the cheers of the villagers rang into the night. "He did a great throw and created history. We are proud of him," said Nadeem's 35-year-old brother, Muhammad Azeem. Men danced to the celebratory...