After a superb performance by the Indian shooters and wrestlers on the fifth day of the XIXth Commonwealth Games, there is plenty of action lined up for Day 6, with 32 gold medals at stake, and all eyes are upon ace tennis star Sania Mirza and shooting champion Gagan Narang, who will fight for gold [...]
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Sania Mirza enters CWG tennis quarter finals
October 6th, 2010 |
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India”s ace tennis star Sania Mirza entered the women”s singles quarter finals of the of the XIXth Commonwealth Games today with a comfortable 6-0, 6-2 win over Brittany Teei from the Cook Islands. Earlier today, Indian tennis star Somdev Devvarman entered the men”s singles quarterfinals with a thumping 6-0 6-1 win over unseeded Sri Lankan [...]
Ceremonies begin at Sania Mirza’s house
April 13th, 2010 |
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A day after Sania Mirza’s marriage with Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, wedding ceremonies began at the residence of the Indian tennis ace here.
The bride and her bride-groom arrived at her residence in Jubliee Hills Tuesday, formally kicking up series of ceremonies. The couple stayed at Taj Krishna hotel after their ‘nikah’ Monday afternoon.
Since Sania and [...]
Sania, Shoaib are now husband and wife
April 12th, 2010 |
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Indian tennis star Sania Mirza married Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik at a hotel here Monday after getting a copy of Shoaib’s passport from the city police.
“The nikah has been completed. Please pray for the couple,” Sania’s spokesperson Rucha Naik told media persons outside hotel Taj Krishna.
The simple and brief nikah ceremony, held between 12.30 p.m. [...]
Sania, Shoaib get police nod to wed
April 12th, 2010 |
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Clad in red traditional bridal wear, Indian tennis star Sania Mirza is set to marry Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik Monday afternoon after they got a no-objection certificate from the city police.
Accompanied by her father Imran Mirza, mother Naseema, younger sister Anam and a few close relatives, Sania reached a five-star hotel, Taj Deccan, where according [...]
Shoaib and Sania to Tie a Knot Today
April 12th, 2010 |
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After so many controversies, Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza are finally getting married today in Hyderabad that is 3 days before the scheduled date of Apr 15.
Sania would be malik’s second wife as he had married Ayesha Siddiqui in 2002 to whom he has given divorce few days back.
The wedding ceremony will take [...]
Sania to wed Shoaib today, to be his second wife
April 9th, 2010 |
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Sania Mirza will tie the knot with Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik here Friday with the ‘nikahnama’, or the marriage document, clearly stating that the Indian tennis star would be his second wife.
Sources in ‘Qazat’, or a section of Wakf Board, which deals with Muslim marriages, told IANS that the nikahnama will clearly mention this to [...]
Shoaib-Sania marriage: Pakistani activist Burney to visit India
April 6th, 2010 |
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Prominent Pakistani rights activist Ansar Burney said Tuesday he would visit India to “dig out the truth” about the claim that cricketer Shoaib Malik, who is all set to wed Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, is already married.
“It has become a issue of human dignity and women’s rights so he decided to visit India and [...]
Shoaib-Sania marriage may be postponed
April 6th, 2010 |
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As events around the wedding between Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik and tennis ace Sania Mirza get murkier by the day, the Indian sports icon’s family was “keeping all options open”, including postponing the wedding, indicated a close family friend.
Andhra Cricket Association’s former secretary V. Chamundeswaranath, a close friend of Sania’s family, told reporters late Monday [...]
No one introduced Ayesha as Shoaib’s wife: Pak cricket team 2005
April 6th, 2010 |
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The Pakistan cricket team toured India in year 2005 when they were invited for dinner by the Siddiqui family residing in Hyderabad. The team has revealed that they never introduced to Ayesha Siddiqui as Shoaib Malik’s wife.
Salim Altaf, Former Test cricketer who was managing the team on the tour said, “Malik had told us that [...]
Ayesha files case, Shoaib needs permission to leave India
April 5th, 2010 |
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Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik’s plans to marry Indian tennis star Sania Mirza hit a new hurdle Sunday with Hyderabad resident Ayesha Siddiqui, who claims to be his first wife, filing a cheating case and police asking him not to leave India without their permission.
Ayesha also accused Malik, a former Paksitani skipper, of trying to buy [...]
Sena’s venom over Sania-Shoaib marriage
April 2nd, 2010 |
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The Shiv Sena Friday spewed venom over Indian tennis star Sania Mirza’s plans to marry Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, calling Pakistan “an enemy country”.
“Her ‘palanquin’ will start from India and end in Pakistan, which is an enemy country in every respect, whether in the battlefield or sports arena,” Sena mouthpiece Saamna said in an editorial.
“Her [...]
Sania-Shoaib marriage will help improve Indo-Pak ties : PCB boss Butt
April 1st, 2010 |
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Even though Indian tennis star Sania Mirza has clarified that she is not making any political statement by marrying cricketer Shoaib Malik, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ijaz Butt has expressed hope that the wedding would help improve ties between India and Pakistan.
“While the decision by Shoaib and Sania is a personal one to [...]
Sania should follow tradition, play for Pak after marriage: PTF chief
April 1st, 2010 |
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Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) chief Dilawar Abbas has said that India’s tennis sensation Sania Mirza should represent Pakistan in international tennis tournaments after entering into wedlock with cricketer Shoaib Malik.
“It is great news for our tennis community that Sania Mirza is getting married to Shoaib Malik. We welcome her and hope that she would become [...]
Sania’s decision to marry Shoaib Malik baffles people
March 30th, 2010 |
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The decision of Indian tennis star Sania Mirza to tie the knot with Shoaib Malik has baffled people in her home town and triggered a debate on her move in view of the controversy involving the Pakistani cricketer.
The people, especially youngsters, were heard discussing the possible impact of the wedding on India-Pakistan relations, on her [...]
Sania Mirza to wed Shoaib Malik
March 30th, 2010 |
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Sania Mirza is to be married to Shoaib Malik, the former cricket captain of Pakistan. A formal wedding reception has been scheduled within a month. There will be no engagement function.
This news was confirmed by Imran Mirza, father of Sania, late on Monday night.
“The couple will be based in Dubai, where Shoaib is a resident, [...]
Tennis: India’s Mirza calls off engagement
January 28th, 2010 |
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Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, who recently announced she was giving up the game for married life, said Thursday she had broken her engagement with a childhood friend. “We were friends for years but found ourselves incompatible as fiances,” Mirza, 23, who was engaged to Sohrab Mirza, 24,
Sania crashes out of Australian Open
January 19th, 2010 |
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India’s Sania Mirza crashed out of the Australian Open first round losing to Aravane Rezai of France in straight sets at Melbourne Park here Tuesday.
Sania lost 4-6, 2-6 to the 26th seed Rezai.
Sania could convert only one of her eight break points while Rezai broke four times to win the match in 69 minutes.
It was [...]
Sania’s campaign in US Open ends
September 7th, 2009 |
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Sania Mirza’s campaign in the US Open ended on Sunday, as she and her partner Daniel Nestor were knocked out in the second round of the mixed doubles event.
Mirza and Nestor duo was outplayed by Carly Gullickson and Travis Parrott of the USA, in straight sets 6-1, 6-4.
The Indo-Canadian pair who were playing together for [...]