It's a TV commercial that has gone viral in Pakistan and that's all thanks to Sania Mirza and Shoaib Akhtar.
The 25-year-old Hasan fell in love with Shamia Arzoo during the World Cup held in the UK.
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza on Tuesday, announced that she will marry Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik in Hyderabad on April 15, but made it clear that the marriage of an Indian and a Pakistani sports star is not a "political statement".
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza on Thursday confirmed that she will be back to competitive tennis at Hobart International in January 2020 after a two-year break.
Sania Mirza could not progress beyond the second round in her first tournament since marriage and went down to Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn in the WTA tennis tournament in Birmingham on Thursday.
This is not the first time Sania has been dragged into a controversy related to the Pakistan team.
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza hosted a grand wedding reception at the Emerald Room, the grandest banquet hall of the Taj Krishna hotel in Hyderabad on Thursday.
All set to marry Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, tennis star Sania Mirza flew into Delhi on a brief visit to get her visa to Pakistan, where a post-wedding reception is scheduled next month.
Pakistan batsman Shoaib Malik confirmed his retirement from one-day cricket without making a farewell appearance in his side's victory over Bangladesh at the World Cup on Friday.
Former Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik, who recently married Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, has filed his appeal against a 12-month ban and a Rs two million fine imposed on him by the PCB for indiscipline.
The tennis ace will attend the India-Pakistan second ODI in Chandigarh on Thursday.
After over a week's drama, which ended in Shoaib divorcing Ayesha Siddiqui, the Hyderabad girl he denied ever marrying, Sania's family sprung a surprise by advancing the nikaah (marriage ceremony) to Friday evening, though no official announcement was made. However, it is now learnt that the nikaah will not take place on Friday, after all.
Surprise has given way to jubilation and Pakistan is now eagerly looking forward to its former cricket captain Shoaib Malik's marriage with Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza next month.
The sangeet ceremony of the newly-wed Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, who tied the knot with Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik earlier in the week, was on Wednesday held at a city hotel in Hyderabad. Both Sania and Shoaib, who got married on Monday, attended the ceremony.
The journey back to the top won't be easy, says India's tennis star Sania Mirza, who is targetting a return to competitive tennis by the end of 2019.
Security concerns and the blow hot blow cold diplomatic ties between India and Pakistan are the reasons why Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik have decided to shift base to Dubai after they get married next month.
Clearly contradicting his father's stand on Tennis player Sania Mirza marrying Shoaib Malik, Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said that it was the tennis player's personal decision to marry Shoaib.
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Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik tied the knot on Monday as the two families advanced the high-profile marriage by three days after a tumultuous build-up to the wedding.
Hyderabad's Taj Krishna hotel is fully decked for the grand reception of Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik, which is being hosted by the Mirzas, three days after India's tennis sensation Sania Mirza married popular Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik.
The end of an 'ugly episode' revolving around Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik and Hyderabad girl Ayesha Siddiqui is a great relief for the country and the Muslim community, says senior politicians and powerful community leaders of Hyderabad city. Reports Sheela Bhatt.
Pakistan on Monday said it will extend all assistance to former cricket captain Shoaib Malik, who has been slapped with cheating and harassment charges in India days ahead of his planned wedding to Indian tennis star Sania Mirza.
Sania Mirza lifted with partner Nadiia Kichenok pipped the second seed Chinese team 6-4, 6-4 in one hour 21 minutes.
Unfazed by threats of legal action from the family of Ayesha Siddiqui who claimed to have married him, Shoaib Malik on Saturday made a surprise visit to Sania Mirza's house amid reports that their marriage may be shifted to Dubai.
Former pacer Shoaib Akhtar has come to the defence of Sania Mirza, saying the Indian tennis star is unlucky to find herself in the firing line of fans every time arch-rivals India and Pakistan play an international match. Sania is married to former skipper Shoaib Malik, who is currently a part of Pakistan's cricket team competing in the ongoing World Cup in England.
Police on Monday seized the passport of Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik after questioning him in the wake of a complaint of cheating lodged by the father of a local girl Ayesha Siddiqui claiming that she was married to him.
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Friday flayed tennis star Sania Mirza for her decision to marry Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, saying "had Sania's heart been Indian, it wouldn't have beaten for a Pakistani."
Ace tennis player Sania Mirza said India still needs to do a lot more to bring women at par with men in sports, though the country has come a long way in this aspect.
Her prospective groom is facing allegations of marrying and dumping a woman, but Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza backed Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik on the matter, saying that she and her family have known the truth all along.
Ahmad Siddiqui, father of Ayesha, allegedly Shoiab's first wife, has threatened legal action against Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik if he does not give his daughter a divorce.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza crashed out in the first round of the women's singles at Wimbledon after slumping to a straight set defeat against Angelique Kerber of Germany on Monday. The 113-ranked Sania, who is making a comeback to the courts after a three-month injury lay-off, lost 4-6, 1-6 to the 55-ranked Kerber in little more than an hour.
The media report alleging that Shoaib Malik was left out of the Pakistan cricket team for roaming around London with wife Sania Mirza at the cost of practice sessions has left the family of the tennis player upset.
The tennis ace shared the first-ever picture of her son on social media on Saturday.
Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik enjoyed batting practice in the nets with some local cricketers in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
Sania Mirza and her Pakistani cricketer husband Shoaib Malik seem to have finally got the time to celebrate their respective recent victories.
Making a comeback after a two-year hiatus, she enters women's doubles quarter-finals of Hobart International.
Pakistan's ex-cricket captain Shoaib Malik says he is proud his Indian wife Sania Mirza has become the world's top-ranked doubles tennis player, adding it is honour for both countries.
Amid speculation that Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza's wedding venue could be changed from Hyderabad to Dubai following Siddiqui family's threat for legal action, a friend of the ace Indian tennis star on Saturday said preparations for the April 15 marriage are on as per schedule.
India's Sania Mirza went down fighting to Russian Ekaterina Bychkova in the first round of the Tashkent Open at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Uzbekistan, on Tuesday.
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