Pakistan's tennis ace Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi is to start his 2014 season along with his former partner Rohan Bopanna by appearing in the Aircel Chennai Open to be started from December 30, according to reports.
Sania posted pictures from her birthday celebrations on social media and thanked fans for their wishes.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
India's schedule on Day 3 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on July 31, Sunday.
Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik are all set to shake a leg in the upcoming dance reality show Nach Baliye 5.
K Laxman, a Bharatiya Janata Party leader raised a storm after he dubbed tennis ace Sania Mirza "Pakistan's daughter-in-law" after it was announced that Mirza would be the brand ambassador of Telangana.
Jeremy stamps class on CWG debut, India climb to sixth in medal table
The Pakistani tennis ace had to miss out on the Chennai Open singles qualifying and did not have a doubles partner to choose from.
Aisam Qureshi beat Ashutosh Singh 6-3, 6-3 to enable Pakistan beat India 2-1 in the second leg of the tennis series in Islamabad.
Vivek Shokeen and Sumit Prakash Gupta won the boys' doubles title in the Grade 5 ITF junior tournament
India held on to sixth place in the medals tally
Five brothers playing first class cricket, including four appearing in Test matches as well, reads like a fairy tale. But it is true. Indeed, cricket historians and statisticians have never been tired of recounting how Hanif Mohammad, who passed into the ages on August 11, and his three brothers dominated Pakistan cricket in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Apart from Hanif, eldest Wazir Mohammad and younger ones Mushtaq Mohammad and Sadiq Mohammad represented Pakistan in the top division of cricket.
Shoaib Malik hit his first century in six years to help Pakistan beat Zimbabwe in the first One-dayer by 41 runs in Lahore on Tuesday, taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
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Sumit Nagal, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, along with team physiotherapist Yash Pandey came up with some crazy dances with Indian tennis legend Leander Paes also joining in the fun.
Skipper Sourav Ganguly revealed that his star opening batsman is suffering from a tennis elbow. He may be replaced by Rohan Gavaskar.
India's non-playing Davis Cup captain Mahesh Bhupathi, who was to be part of the conference call, informed that the discussions have been postponed by a day.
Bilateral cricket ties have been suspended since 2007 although Pakistan did tour India for a short limited over series.
'They could have handled this in a better way. I've observed that when Paes gets selected, Bhupathi is left out and vice versa. This has been happening for last 10-15 years. This is not good for Indian tennis'
'Anglo-Indians have played a significant role at the forefront, meeting every challenge to the security of the motherland.' A fascinating excerpt from Barry O'Brien's The Anglo-Indians: A Portrait of a Community.
'I like him as a person, and as a politician.'
India's former Davis Cup captain Mahesh Bhupathi on Thursday said he cannot get over the "hurt" caused by the national federation's manner of sacking him but it is hardly a surprise given how the body has dealt with players in the last two decades.
The batting ace said he is fit and ready to face Pakistan in the coming series.
India's non-playing Davis Cup captain Mahesh Bhupathi, who was to be part of the conference call, told PTI that "call is cancelled till further notice".
I tried to reason in my mind that wouldn't beating Pakistan again and again -- in the league matches and in the knockouts if they made it -- be a better tribute to our martyred soldiers? A revealing excerpt from Vinod Rai's Not Just A Nightwatchman: My Innings In The BCCI.
With a knee injury keeping her off court, Indian tennis star Sania Mirza was spotted in Karachi on a holiday with her cricketer husband Shoaib Malik, who will also be competing in Pakistan's National Twenty20 Championships.
"The recent developments have resulted in an atmosphere which is not conducive for a happy friendly tie between the two teams which have immense respect for each other," AITA General Secretary Hironmoy Chatterjee wrote to the ITF in an email seen by Reuters.
Paddlers from across the border will not be participating in the upcoming Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in New Delhi, as the Indian authorities have not granted visas to the Pakistani squad for the tournament, starting on May 5.
Mahesh Bhupathi may not be considered again for the job as India's non-playing captain after he refused to be part of the Davis Cup tie against Pakistan.
Australia's John Blom is the neutral umpire and India's Punit Gupta the chair umpire for the April 7-9 Davis Cup zonal play-off encounter.
India's top-five finish not a given this time
Shoaib Malik is spending time with his wife and child who he has not met for seven months due to the COVID-19 crisis.
'I am not envious of those who are making millions. It's their era and I had my era.'
'The quality of tennis is better playing indoors because factors like sun and wind do not affect the matches.'
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
The PCB had allowed Shoaib Malik permission to join the squad in England late as he wanted to spend time with his family in UAE.
India's veteran tennis ace Leander Paes hinted at possible retirement on Monday, saying he now relies on experience to outsmart opponents and shouldn't be playing past another year.
'I haven't thought about anything. I mean I'm just here, I'm having a good time, I'm winning. What more can I ask for in a comeback?'
Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal has withdrawn from the country's upcoming away Davis Cup tie against Finland citing a hip injury and has been replaced by Saketh Myneni in the five-man squad for the indoor contest on September 18-19.
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