Great Britain's men suffered a humiliating 8-1 thrashing at the hands of Pakistan in the men's hockey on Day Three on the Olympic Games in Sydney.

Pakistan penalty corner ace Sohail Abbas was Britain's chief tormentor, grabbing a first-half hat-trick to set his country on the way to a best ever Olympic win.

It was Britain's heaviest defeat since matches began between the two countries in 1948, and it equalled their worst ever Olympic defeat - Australia's 7-0 win in Toyko in 1964.

Abbas fired Pakistan 2-0 up, Mohammed Nadeem added a third and - after Mark Pearn had pulled a goal back - Abbas wrapped up his hat-trick four minutes before the break.

Pakistan's four second-half goals came from Atif Bashir (2) and Nadeem, who completed the rout with his second goal in the final minute.