Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza [ Images ] and former Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik [ Images ] are engaged and likely to tie the knot next month, according to reports in Islamabad [ Images ].
Geo television reported that the two sporting superstars are engaged and will be married in April.
Incidentally, Shoaib was earlier alleged to have married another Hyderabad girl, Ayesha Siddiqui, in 2002, over telephone even though the cricketer said he was merely engaged to her.
Ayesha's father had also threatened to sue Malik for jilting his daughter and not agreeing to a divorce.
According to the channel, Shoaib's mother met Sania's parents in India [ Images ] and accepted her as her future daughter-in-law.
The Walima or reception is expected to be in Lahore [ Images ] on April 16 or 17, according to the channel, which quoted sources as saying that Sania and Shoaib fell in love some six-and-half months ago and it could be the reason for the breaking up of Sania's engagement with childhood friend Sohrab Mirza.
"I desire to get married soon. You will soon get some good news but it depends on my family. I fully expect to get married this year," Shoaib had said in a recent interaction with the media in Islamabad.
Asked if it would be an arranged marriage, he replied, "No one can say what will happen, but it will take place with the concurrence of my family."
Sania Mirza engaged to Shoaib Malik?: Rediff Sports