US Open 2010: Qureshi loses in mixed doubles »

NEW YORK: Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi today became the first Pakistani to have played the final of any Grand Slam competition.

Qureshi had hoped to win both the men’s and mixed doubles titles but the 30-yr-old 6-feet tall from Lahore was thwarted in his first attempt to win a US Open doubles title when he and partner Kveta Peschke..

Sania to quit Tennis in two years »

BIRMINGHAM: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has said she will quit tennis within two years. The spouse of Pakistani Test cricketer Shoaib Malik said, “I want to concentrate on my married life and it is not any an easy job to stay away from husband soon after marriage”. “I will quit in two years”, Sania [...]

Nadal is back donning green bandanna and Nike logo! »

Rafael Nadal is back with a bang in pastel green bandanna and a Nike logo. After winning Sunday’s French Open title for the fifth time in six years, Nadal is 22-0 on clay this year. He defeated Sweden’s Robin Soderling in the French Open men’s singles final, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 and avenged his lone Roland [...]

Williams sisters win 12th major doubles title »

Venus and Serena Williams won their fourth consecutive Grand Slam doubles title and 12th overall by beating Katarina Srebotnik and Kveta Peschke 6-2, 6-3, at the French Open today. The top-seeded Williams sisters’ victory in Friday’s final makes them only the third women’s doubles pair to win four major titles in a row. Martina Navratilova [...]

Sania Unhappy Over “Hyderabadi Damaad” Movie »

MUMBAI: An upcoming Bollywood film “Hyderabadi Damaad” has supposedly angered Sania Mirza. Sania and hubby cricketer Shoaib Malik have been house-hunting in Dubai in the last few days before they departed for England for Tennis assignments. Sania plays at a tournament in Birmingham followed by Wimbledon. On her life post-marriage, she said: “You will be [...]

Shoania Reception & Valima Dates Announced »

The marriage reception and valima dates of Indo-Pak sports couple, Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza were announced in Lahore on Monday. The reception will be held at former Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik’s native city of Sialkot on April 25 and the Valima will be hosted at a five-star hotel in Lahore on April 27. [...]

Sania and Shoaib become first Indo-Pak sports couple »

Hyderabad: Sania and Shoaib are now the first Indo-Pak sports couple. There may be more in the making but we are not sure so we can’t write about them here. The celebrity wedding between Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik took place today. The two families had advanced the much hyped [...]

Sania-Shoaib Marriage Re-Scheduled For April 15 »

Hyderabad: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik sought to re-schedule their marriage to Friday (April 9) evening but were forced to push it back to the original date of April 15 due to legal issues. The marriage of the Indo-Pak sports couple, which was confirmed by Qazi Azmatullah Jaffri of Dar-Ul-Qazzat [...]

Sania Mirza, Shoaib Malik, Ayesha Siddiqui: Bermuda Triangle! »

One of the two ladies will walk into sunset, say many observers on Sania-Shoaib-Ayesha story. Even Shoaib could just get dropped, say another observer. It’s a Bermuda triangle, commented one sports fan on the Ayesha-Shoaib row. Sania and Shoaib are due to marry in Hyderabad, Mirza’s southern Indian hometown, on April 15 after a cross-border [...]