HYDERABAD: India's tennis player, 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, and Sania will continue to play tennis once she recovers fully from the wrist injury that has marred her career in the recent past,” Imran said.

“My wedding is going to be the biggest day of my life.

“I have been under constant glare of the public for too long and would appreciate more privacy at this very personal moment in my life,” Sania said.

“I hope to be fully fit to represent India in the Commonwealth and Asian Games that are scheduled for later this year,” she added.

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Manoj Tiwary and Sourav Ganguly hammered blistering half-centuries as Kolkata Knight Riders thumped Kings XI Punjab by 39 runs in their Indian Premier League match here on Saturday.

Electing to bat, the Knight Riders posted a competitive 183 for five, their highest score of the tournament, and then restricted Kings XI Punjab at 144 for six to snap their three-match losing streak.

Tiwary blasted a 47-ball 75 bejewelled with eight fours and two sixes, while Ganguly's breezy 40-ball innings included six fours and one six.

Chasing 184 to win, Kings XI Punjab batsmen got starts but couldn't materialise them into big score as they lost half of their side within 100 runs inside 15 overs.

Shane Bond and Ajit Agarkar picked up two wickets each, while Angelo Matthews and Chris Gayle scalped one apiece to contribute to their team's win.

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Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has been signed on as a brand ambassador for a Tiger conservation campaign.Bachchan is the latest celebrity to join the Indian cricket and football captains as the face of the Save Our Tigers campaign, spearheaded by the environmental group WWF India and Indian telecom giant Aircel.

Just 1,411 left.You can make a difference,is the message being broadcast,in one of India's biggest ever campaign to conserve the dwindling numbers of its national animal.

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James Cameron has slammed the procedure employed by some filmmakers to convert films lensed in 2D to the 3D format.

According to Cameron, making a movie in 3D - like he filmed Avatar - ensures better quality over subsequent conversion.

Cameron said filmmakers "should have been pounding on the gates of the studios saying we want to make movies in 3D."

However, the Titanic director, 55, pointed out that the appetite for 3D films might soon dip.

"The problem is these decisions should be made by film-makers, they shouldn't be made by studios, because if it was up to studios they're going to sacrifice quality for lower cost," the BBC quoted Cameron, as saying.

Cameron has also disclosed plans to convert Titanic into 3D, but said he will take his time and not go with a "slapdash conversion".

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