Adidas to globally roll out apparel line named after Sania Wednesday, 28 May 2008 After David Beckham, Germany’s iconic sports goods maker, the e10.3-billion Adidas Group, is poised to come up with an apparel and accessories collection named after glamourous tennis ace Sania Mirza. The group will roll out the Sania Mirza collection under its namesake ‘adidas’ brand. This is the first time that Adidas will globally roll out a dedicated merchandise line after a tennis star. The Sania Mirza collection will include apparel, headgear, accessories, bags and sporting gear. The entire portfolio has been designed at global headquarters of Adidas in Germany and the collection will have a distinct style element across all merchandise categories. The collection will be targeted at consumers in the 15-27 years age group. Read more...   Sania Mirza hopes to be back before Wimbledon Monday, 19 May 2008 Indian tennis player Sania Mirza, forced to withdraw from the French Open starting next week as she is yet to recover from a surgery on her right wrist, hopes to get back to professional tennis in time for Wimbledon in the second half of June. "I am naturally disappointed at missing the French Open, but there are certain things beyond one’s control. I hope to be back on the circuit soon," said the 21- year- old in a statement. Read more...   Kashmiri girls Bend It Like Beckham Thursday, 15 May 2008 Drawing inspiration from the likes of Sania Mirza, young girls from conservative Kashmiri society have begun breaking into male bastions even if it means taking to the rough-and-tumble of football. Dressed in T-shirts and trackpants and some in 'hijab' (veil worn by Muslim women), a bunch of them can be seen dribbling away with gusto at a football field here. The group of 45 schoolgirls is undergoing coaching at a camp organised by the Department of Youth Services and Sports during which a team for Srinagar district will be selected. Read more...   Sania Mirza drops to 32nd spot Tuesday, 22 April 2008 India's Sania Mirza, out of action for a month due to a wrist injury, has dropped two spots to the 32nd position in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings issued Monday. Read more...   Shahid Kapoor, Sania Mirza more than friends Tuesday, 08 April 2008 Bollywood and tennis sensation Shahid Kapoor and Sania Mirza are yet to declare their love in public but their close association is enough to make one aware that the duo is into some serious commmitment with each other. Looking at the sizzling duo, one can easily make out that something spicy is cooking between them and they are more than just good friends. Read more...   Paes drops, Sania, Mahesh steady in tennis rankings Tuesday, 08 April 2008 India’s Leander Paes has dropped four points to 24th position while compatriot and former doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi has retained his position at 13th spot in the Association Tennis Professional (ATP) men’s doubles ranking issued Monday. Another Indian Rohan Bopanna has climbed up one rung to 55th position. Read more...   Sania pulls out of Miami Masters Friday, 28 March 2008 A right wrist injury has forced India's Sania Mirza to withdraw from the $2.1 million Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament in Miami. Sania, seeded 29th in the Masters event, had been battling the injury since her pre-quarterfinal appearance in the Pacific Life Open last week. Read more...   Sania-Mattek run halts in Pacific Life Open Saturday, 22 March 2008 Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek's fine run in the $2.1 million Pacific Life Open came to an end as they lost to the Chinese pair of Zi Yan and Jie Zheng in the doubles semi-finals here. The seven-seeded Indo-American duo lost to the third seeded Chinese in a closely fought match 6-7(4) 7-5 10-5 Friday. Read more...   Sania Mirza beats Shahar Peer Tuesday, 18 March 2008 Sania Mirza put up a spirited fight back to get past Israel's Shahar Peer to move into the pre-quarterfinal of the USD 2,100,000 Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells, California. After losing the first set in the tie-break, the Indian ace brilliantly rallied to beat her former doubles partner 6-7 (7), 7-5, 6-3 in the third round match, on Sunday night. Sania's job becomes tougher from here as she faces world number eight Slovak Daniela Hantuchova, who beat Chinese Jie Zhang 6-4, 6-2 in a third round match. Read more...   Groeneveld is Sania's new coach Saturday, 15 March 2008 Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has hired the services of top tennis coach Sven Groeneveld, who is also coaching the world number two Serbian Ana Ivanovic. The 21-year-old, presently in Indian Wells where she’s playing the elite $2,100,000 Tier I tournament, started working with the Dutchman earlier this week. Groeneveld, who has almost two decades of international coaching experience behind him, has worked with Mary Pierce, Michael Stich, Greg Rusedski and Nicolas Kiefer among others in the past. He’ll work with Sania for 15 weeks during the course of the year. Groeneveld will coach the Hyderabadi during Grand Slams and Tier I tournaments. He will work in tandem with her father Imran, who will manage her coaching full-time for the rest of the season. Read more...

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