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Pakistani Cricket captain Shoaib Malik finally marries his Indian tennis Player Sania Mirza

The ceremony had to be brought forward after Muslim clerics criticised the cricketer for living with the family of his bride-to-be before their big day.
Television stations in Pakistan carried live updates as Miss Mirza - dressed in the same striking red sari that her mother wore on her own wedding day 25 years earlier – emerged from the family home to the sound of drumming.

The sporting superstars, who are both Muslims, were married shortly afterwards at a ceremony for friends and family at a hotel in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, the tennis player's spokeswoman said.
Their marriage was always going to captivate two countries separated by one of the world's most volatile borders.
India and Pakistan, which both have nuclear weapons, have fought three wars since independence.
The pair faced opposition from right-wing Hindu groups in India, who accused Mirza of betraying her country.
And their fairy tale romance was given added drama by the emergence of Ayesha Siddiqui, an Indian woman who claimed she had married Malik in 2002.
He claimed the marriage was illegal as it was conducted by telephone and that she had misled him by sending photographs of a more attractive woman.
However, last week, Miss Siddiqui's mother announced that a settlement had been reached and his wedding could go ahead.
The couple are now expected to live in Dubai but not before they receive a lavish reception from the Pakistan government during a widely expected visit.
Team-mates of Mr Malik, a former Pakistan cricket captain who is serving a one-year ban on charges of indiscipline during Pakistan's tour of Australia and New Zealand, also passed on their congratulations.
"It's a happy occasion that Malik has wed Sania. I congratulate him and wish him the best in his married life," said Shahid Afridi, the teams Twenty20 captain.
Mirza, whose short tennis skirts have drawn the ire of Islamist groups in India, has been a nationwide celebrity since 2005 when, aged 18, she became the first Indian woman to win a tournament on the women's tour.
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