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Newly-wedded Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik (L) and bride Indian tennis player Sania Mirza pose during a wedding ceremony in Hyderabad recently. Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik and Indian tennis star Sania Mirza married on April 12 after a troubled engagement in a union that bridges the two nations’ bitter sporting and political divide. The wedding was the final chapter in a complex and often contradictory saga during which Malik consistently denied claims by an Indian woman, Ayesha Siddiqui, that she had married the cricketer in 2002. AFP

A young surfer coming out of the Arugam Bay beach after apractice session. Picture by Dilanka Mannakkara

Newly-wed Malik appeals Pakistan ban and fine

Newly-wed former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has appealed a ban and heavy fine imposed on him by cricket authorities, barely two days before the deadline, an official said Wednesday.

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Wozniacki advances amid rash of retirements

Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki, coming off a triumph at Ponte Vedra Beach on Sunday, held off Czech Barbora Zahlavova Strycova Wednesday in her Family Circle Cup opener.

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Australia’s Clarke wins Wisden award

Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke has been named as one of the Wisden Almanack’s Five Cricketers of the Year in the 2010 edition of cricket’s ‘bible’. The stylish batsman, 29, was Australia’s leading run scorer in last year’s Ashes with 448 runs at 64 but suffered the disappointment of finishing on the losing side as hosts England triumphed 2-1 in an intriguing series.

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