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Harry Fowler and Dougie Costello has started their married life in a [detalii...]

Have you stopped to think why married couples use birth control? "We got married not long ago and we are not prepared for children", "We want to spend quality time with the children we already have", "We cannot meet the expense of another [detalii...]

TWENTY-five-year-old Jovia Nakyanzi has been married for 10 years with nine children. Having dropped out of school in primary four, she was married off at 15 [detalii...]

Thirteen of every 100 married Kenyan women have co-wives. This means they are married to men who have at least one or more other wives, according to the latest official statistics on population [detalii...]

Recently I came to the conclusion that a lot of our men are no longer eager to get married. I believe they have their reasons and like most of them say, they never have enough money for the wedding day and maybe [detalii...]

The First Lady, Ms Janet Museveni, has warned young married couples against promiscuity, saying it is the cause of the recent surge of HIV/Aids infection among married [detalii...]

New Delhi - Indias tennis star Sania Mirza married Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik at a ceremony in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad on Monday, following days of controversy and high [detalii...]

Ben Roethlisberger got the privacy he wanted for his wedding Saturday, with police providing tight security around the church in affluent Ohio Township where he and Ashley Harlan were married and tinted windows on expensive cars leaving much of the [detalii...]

Being married to the man of your dreams is what makes a marriage worth living. I am not yet married to this man but already things between the two of us are seemingly fabulous. I have come to appreciate the true nature of my husband-to-be. Andy is everything in a man I have always dreamt [detalii...]

[Nation] A 10-year-old girl was married off by her father without her knowledge and taken to a "strange land where she could not trace her parents home", a court heard on [detalii...]

The slums of Wollo Sefer area along Africa Avenue have been home to Zewde Tesema for the past 50 years. She has lived there ever since she got married at the age of 15 and her only son, who has married, lives in the same one-room house he was born in with his wife and two children. At about 20sqm, this house is wider than most of the other ramshackle dwellings in the [detalii...]

Rio de Janeiro - Milans Brazilian striker Alexandre Pato has separated from his wife, Brazilian actress Sthefany Brito, whom he married less than a year ago in a luxurious wedding which cost over half-a-million [detalii...]

AFTER making a huge impact on the Zambian theatre scene, Zimbabwean play-wright and director Tsungai Garise finally took his youthful Zambian Dinaledi team to his home country for a debate performance of one of his popular plays married Vs Single" at the Reps Theatre Club in [detalii...]

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I have been married under customary law for 10 [detalii...]

She was 18, when she was married off to a man 17 years older than [detalii...]

The Bauchi State Chief Magistrates Court 8, presided over by Isa Mohammed has sentenced one Attahiru Umar Sade to four years in prison for enticing a married woman and criminal trespass. Husband of the woman, Engineer Suleiman Bello through his counsel, U.B Darazo,Auwal Ibrahim and Jibrin Said Jibrin earlier filed a direct criminal complaint before the court against the accused, Attahiru Umar Sade. Engineer Bello alleged that Attahiru in July 2010, approached his wife, Mars Munira Mohammed in a way suggestive of his intention to have a relationship with her, and that she reported the matter to [detalii...]

42-year old Hamdi would like to marry but he cant afford to, thanks to his economic situation - one that is shared by many other Sahrawis in the occupied [detalii...]

Being married to my particular Italian has brought a new multi-nationalism to our football [detalii...]

Ms Rita Muchiri wants to get married. And like many women, she has set standards for the kind of man she hopes to settle down [detalii...]

shivaree: a mock serenade with kettles and other noisemakers for a newly married [detalii...]

Angella Kenyangi recently got married but, contrary to the norm, left bridesmaids out of her wedding [detalii...]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- It started as a fling between a former model and a famous (and married) college basketball coach at the table of an Italian restaurant after closing [detalii...]

For sometime now I have observed a disgracing social phenomenon that leaves not much room for one to desire - married men preying on young [detalii...]

They are sex symbols in their own right. And they represent the new generation of movie and musical stars. In so many ways, they have also made modest contributions to the development of todays entertainment [detalii...]

I am Innocent Bitandema, a 41-year-old peasant. I am married to Gloria Ahimbisibwe, a housewife aged 35 with four [detalii...]

MRS Mutinta Hantobolo was married to a wealthy polygamous man in Mazabuka. Her husband had several heads of cattle, goats, sheep and a huge agricultural [detalii...]

Many young Kenyan women are getting married early, frustrating the drive to keep families small and contain the rapid rise in [detalii...]

Naigaga Hadija is 20. A few years ago, she left school in primary six to get married. She now has two children and a step-daughter. Kagoya Catherine is also 20. She has one child aged two and is eight months [detalii...]

Two men who married each other in a traditional engagement ceremony will have to undergo trial and face years of imprisonment if found guilty of having a homosexual [detalii...]

My name is Shaban Abdul Noor Kato, the deputy head teacger in charge of administration at Winston Boarding Primary School, [detalii...]

Pretoria - Regardless of how Germany fare at the World Cup, Cologne forward Lukas Podolski will have something to look forward to - getting [detalii...]

Go out tonight, swing your handbag loosely and I bet you, you will hit someone who is having sex with another they are not married to. Promiscuity is not only a part of the single Nairobi lifestyle, it is very much a part of most Nairobi [detalii...]

Wedding of Indian tennis player Sania Mirza and Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik brought forward by three daysThe Indian tennis player Sania Mirza married the former Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik today after their families moved the wedding forward by three days.The ceremony took place at a hotel in Mirzas hometown of Hyderabad, capital of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, said Rucha Naik, a spokeswoman for Mirzas family."Just now the nikah [Muslim marriage ceremony] has been performed. Please pray for the couple," Naik said.Mirza, 23, was dressed in a traditional red sari that her mother wore at her own wedding 25 years ago, the Press Trust of India news agency reported. The couple will be based in Dubai but continue to represent their countries in their respective sports, said Mirzas father, Imran.Last week, Muslim elders brokered a divorce between 28-year-old Malik and another Indian woman, Ayesha Siddique, clearing the way for the wedding of two of south Asias best known sports personalities.Earlier this month Siddique filed a police complaint against Malik over his plans to wed Mirza. In her complaint, Siddique alleged that Malik had married her in June 2002 and accused him of subjecting her to cruelty and harassment by denying that the wedding had taken place and by trying to marry another woman.Siddiques mother, Farisa Siddique, said her daughters only demand was a divorce from Malik. The Siddique family withdrew the police complaint after the divorce papers were signed.A Pakistani cricketer has married a high-profile Indian woman before. The former Test batsman Mohsin Khan, now the Pakistan teams chief selector, married the Indian actress Reena Roy in the 1980s. The marriage later broke down.IndiaPakistanPakistan cricket teamTennis guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]

New Delhi - Indias cricket captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, married his college sweetheart in a private ceremony in the northern state of Uttarakhand, media reports said [detalii...]

I am feeling very guilty right now. Guilty as a mother. It used to be, about a year ago that our baby hardly ever got sick. She was healthy, robust, with bursting cheeks, lovely thick hair and lots of [detalii...]

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Saturday turned out to be nice day for a black-and-gold wedding for Pittsburgh quarterback Ben [detalii...]

Isaya Mulondo worked as a mechanic for construction firms in Kampala for 20 years before he retired at 54. Eight years earlier, he had lost his first wife with whom he had three mature children. He married again and bore two more [detalii...]

Churches, mosques and traditional leaders have for a long time been presiding over weddings. It is a rude shock to learn that couples who consider themselves married may not be recognised by the state if the wedding is not registered with the Uganda Registration Services [detalii...]

After getting married at 18, Alice Ongom, 45, settled down in Gulu, a northern Ugandan city that was home to much of the bloodshed during the countrys civil war. But after giving birth to five daughters, her in-laws worried she couldnt give her husband a male [detalii...]

Antiretroviral treatment significantly reduces the risk of HIV transmission between married couples where one partner is infected and the other is not, according to a recent study in [detalii...]

Because of societal pressure and the criminality associated with men who have sex with men (MSM) in Kenya, Omondi Maina* married a woman. This is despite being involved in a homosexual relationship for the last 10 [detalii...]

A new long-term study concluded that middle-aged men who experience repeated episodes of moderate to high stress life events over a relatively short period experienced a 50% increase in mortality. Being married and drinking moderately may help reduce risk, [detalii...]

The writer Edgar Alvaro released on Friday, in Lubango, southern Huila Province, his book entitled "Um olhar ao casamento", in which he analyses various aspects in married [detalii...]

Under traditional English common law, according to the principle of "coverture," husband and wife were one person. A married woman could not own property, sign legal documents or enter into a contract, obtain an education against her husbands wishes, or keep a salary for [detalii...]

Carol Gor, 36, thought her chances of obtaining a secondary education ended 11 years ago when her parents, who rely on fishing along Lake Victoria, failed to raise the fees. She stayed at home for a few years, got pregnant and was soon [detalii...]

South Africans Kevin Anderson married his college girlfriend Kelsey ONeal in Willamette, Illinois during a private ceremony on Saturday 10 November. The couple have since gone on honeymoon to Miami and St. Lucia. [[More Tennis News on [detalii...]

A bill that would imprison same-sex couples for three years for getting married is still pending in the Nigerian Senate. The bill also calls for imprisonment or heavy fines for anyone involved in solemnising same-sex [detalii...]

It is becoming more and more common these days for young newlywed couples to have difficulties when it comes to childbirth, unlike in the days of our parents when getting pregnant as soon as you were married was taken for granted. In this report, Nanna Selkur writes on the need for couples to have comprehensive knowledge of their health status to efficiently address the [detalii...]

AN after-party at the Hilton Hotel, a lunch for a privileged few at the Parliament restaurant and 350 guests from the pages of Namibias Whos Who - this is Saturdays wedding of former National Council member and now LAderitz Waterfront Development Company boss, Fluksman Samuehl, and Kauna Hiwilepo, an accountant at [detalii...]

Today, on the 11th day of the 11th month of the year 2011, many couples seize the opportunity to get married on a special date. Preferably at 11 minutes past 11 in the morning. So did Queen Karimi Githaiga and her now husband Rodney Da Vas Burt, who tied the knot in St. Pauls Catholic Chapel in Kenyas capital [detalii...]

Footballer and model wed in simple ceremony at country estate Clancy wears dress designed by Giles DeaconThe Tottenham and England footballer Peter Crouch and the model Abbey Clancy were married on Thursday, in front of around 120 family and friends at Stapleford Park in Leicestershire.The television star Clancy, 25, wore a bespoke dress by the designer Giles Deacon with a tight strapless white bodice and full, floor-length skirt. Clancy has previously modelled for Deacon. She clutched a simple white bouquet as she and the tall striker posed for photos at the gate of the smart country house.The couple were married in a simple ceremony at the church of St Mary Magdalene, within the 500-acre estate near Melton Mowbray. Crouch, 30, wore a black three-piece suit with a white tie. The pair, who have a three-month-old daughter, Sophia Ruby, have been together for five years. They later held a reception at the Orangery within the grounds.Tottenham HotspurTelevisionModels guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]

The cut is banned but the cut goes on. A group of Maasai girls aged between eight and 16 years found shelter at the Tasaru Rescue Centre near Narok Town, all of them saved from attempts by their parents to force them out of school, to submit to circumcision and then be married [detalii...]

Over a glass of wine in a bar in Kampala, the Ugandan capital, two young women have a heated discussion about Tim*, who is married to their friend Becky*; Tims "side-dish", or mistress, is pregnant and the two women disagree over whether Becky should leave him or [detalii...]

United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Charles Ray has sprung to the defence of embattled MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai telling Zimbabweans not to debate the Prime Ministers private life after he married and divorced Ms Locadia Karimatsenga Tembo within 12 [detalii...]

A police Corporal in Port Harcourt, Rivers State Command (names withheld) has been arrested over the theft of a five- month-old baby and selling it for N250,000 to a childless Rivers woman, who is married to a [detalii...]

A bill in the Nigerian Senate that would imprison same-sex couples for three years for getting married passed the critical second reading on Tuesday and was sent to the Standing Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, as well as the Committee on Health and [detalii...]

President Jacob Zumas daughter Duduzile married Lonwabo Sambudla on Saturday in "a Parisian-theme ceremony" described as South Africas wedding of the [detalii...]

Police have arrested two suspects on charges of attempted murder. The duo, Bernard Africa and Theoneste Uwamahoro, are said to have hired an assassin to kill Jean Nepo Ndagiwenimana, a resident of Rugarama, Nzige Sector in Rwamagana, who is married to Africas sister, accusing him of helping his wife to secure a share of her parents [detalii...]

Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi married Faha Akmal Mahkdoom in Lahore, Pakistan this weekend at the Garrison Country Club. Dubbed the Prince of Pakistan by the Pakistani press, the wedding is a multiple event affair with traditional functions such as singing and dancing, application of henna to the bride, spread out over four days. [[More Tennis News on [detalii...]

Acholi religious leaders have unveiled a five-year programme for social transformation in the sub-region. The programme focuses on combating the HIV/AIDS pandemic, which is reportedly on the rise among married couples and the youth in the post-war northern [detalii...]

SHE is a celebrated boxer and he is a leader of an apostolic sect but they are now an item. Popular Zimbabwe female boxer Monalisa Zireki Sibanda and Madzibaba Tinofirei Simon of Johanne Masowe WeChishanu Nyenyedzi Nomwe were legally married on Tuesday at the Harare Magistrates [detalii...]

BORNO State Police Commissioner Mohammed Abubakar yesterday said the alleged Boko Haram financier, Bunu Wakil, who was arrested last week with 91 others, had married out all his six daughters to the sect members in order to "solidify" [detalii...]

ABOUT 100 Kenyans trooped back on Tuesday evening with shocking tales of deplorable working conditions in Saudi Arabia. The mostly married women confirmed that they were duped by agents into believing that they would secure promising jobs but ended up as housegirls. They landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, before proceeding to their respective towns. The revelation comes amidst a report released by the Muslims for Human Rights which indicates how lucrative the business [detalii...]

It was the sound of murk, the report that former Governor of Zamfara State and now Senator, Alhaji Ahmed Sani, Yariman Bakura had made a wife out of a 13-year-old-Egyptian girl. At first my reaction was - oh well, thats one of those common occurrences in my part of Nigeria. I have a stupendously rich fuel black market friend whose perverse nature makes him unable to physically relate with his wives once they are delivered of a child. He divorced the child-wives soon after they had a child and he married another virgin girl child soon [detalii...]

BORNO ELDERS and Leaders of Thought (BELT), a group of eighteen prominent people in Borno State yesterday traded accusations with the leaders of the Joint Task Force (JTF) code named Operation Restore Order over the alleged killing of innocent young men and raping of married women and young girls by soldiers as a fall out of the new security measures now in force in [detalii...]

England batsman Ian Bell may be getting married four days after final but he only has eyes for beating Sri [detalii...]

Ankole Crown Prince John Patrick Barigye, who sought to divorce his wife is now negotiating for an out-of-court settlement of the case, court heard on Friday. Prince Barigye and Ms Denise Tusiime Kwezi, who he married 21 years ago, told the chief magistrates court at Nakawa that they agreed to have an out-of-court [detalii...]

Anthony Nwabunwanne, a 2003 graduate of Economics from the Imo State University (IMSU), represents Anambra West Constituency in that State house of assembly. He contested and won on the platform of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA). Former Senior Executive Assistant at Zenith Bank, 33-year-old Nwabunwanne is the first-born of a family of seven and has always nurtured the dream from an early age of becoming a banker. Taking our Snr. Reporter, MICHAEL JEGEDE down memory lane, he graciously shares his growing up years with us. [detalii...]

The Gauteng ANC Womens League condemns in the strongest possible terms the brutal killing of Elsie Mahlangu. The barbaric murder of Elsie Mahlangu is yet another gruesome reminder of how communities are unsafe for married women, who should be protected by their husbands and families. Elsie Mahlangu, was stabbed and set alight at her home in Cullinan, east of Pretoria on Monday, allegedly by her [detalii...]

29-year-old wing released by Hull last season Leigh hire recently married and renamed Robbie PaulMark Calderwood is to return to his London roots after signing for an extended trial with Harlequins and could make his debut in the unusual surroundings of the Honorary Artillery Club on Friday.Calderwood, the former Leeds wing who was Super Leagues leading try-scorer three times in four seasons between 2002 and 2005, began training with Quins this week and hopes to play in their first pre-season fixture against London Skolars in the annual Capital Challenge, which will again be staged on the HACs playing fields in the heart of the City.The 29-year-old, who has nine England caps, was born in London then spent several years in Leicester before his family moved to Yorkshire. He was released by Hull at the end of last season after a number of hamstring injuries restricted him to four senior appearances.Quins have given him until the end of next month to prove his fitness and hope that he will provide the squad with much-needed pace and experience. "I would like to give Mark the opportunities to show the quality he has in the past," the Harlequins coach, Rob Powell, said. "I know he could be a great addition to the squad."Powell had been hoping to sign Josh Charnley, a young Wigan centre who impressed in a loan spell at Hull KR last season. But with the Australian backs Pat Richards and Brett Finch unavailable for the start of the season, the Wigan coach, Michael Maguire, has ruled out releasing Charnley.Leigh will include a new name in their pre-season match against Warrington on Sunday, although his face will be very familiar. Robbie Paul, the 34-year-old New Zealander who has so enriched the British game since arriving at Bradford as a teenager in the last winter season of 1995-96, will be known as Robbie Hunter-Paul in his swansong season in the Co-operative Championship, having taken his wifes name when he married Natalie Hunter in Auckland last month."Im the type of person who is always open to new ideas," he said. "I have taken a lot of flak already - all in jest. Natalie is an extremely proud, strong and individualistic woman and there was never a doubt about the concept of sharing names. Im really excited about playing my final season in rugby league under my new married name."Mrs Hunter-Paul, a Dundee University graduate in English and psychology who is originally from Yorkshire and is taking a masters in social work in Salford, said: "When I suggested it to Robbie, I had all my feminist arguments prepared. When it comes to breaking with tradition, I think some actions mean a lot more than words."Harlequins rugby leagueRugby leagueAndy Wilson guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]

Ochoa will make a statement on her future on Friday Annika Sorenstam issues support for her decisionWhile the world has focused on the return to golf of the mens No1 Tiger Woods, his female equivalent Lorena Ochoa has announced her retirement, the second time in the last three years the biggest star on the US LPGA Tour decided to step away. The 28-year-old Mexican announced her decision on her website and will discuss her future plans on Friday.Ochoa, who has been No1 in the world for the last three years and won 27 tournaments in the last six years, may well be the best-known athlete in Mexico outside of football."Lorena Ochoa confirms her retirement from the LPGA, as news reports in some media have said today," her statement said. "The reasons and more details on the matter will be given by Lorena personally in a press conference on Friday in Mexico City. Lorena will share this news of a new stage in her life with her sponsors, family members and friends."The US LPGA told The Associated Press it would not comment until Fridays news conference, and that, at Ochoas request, it would let her explain the decision.Ochoa is scheduled to play next week in the Tres Marias event in Morelia. It was not clear if she would indeed play there or if this months Kraft Nabisco Championship in California, where she finished fourth in the years first major, was her finale.Annika Sorenstam was 37 when she announced her retirement in May 2008, saying she wanted to pursue other interests and start a family. She now has a daughter.Ochoa was married in December to Andres Conesa, the chief executive of Aeromexico airline. He has three children from a previous marriage."I must admit that I was surprised, but not shocked, when I heard the news yesterday that Lorena is going to retire," Sorenstam said on her blog. "She has always said she would play for maybe 10 years and then leave the game to start a family. She just got married and obviously feels that she is ready for that next chapter in her life."Golf guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]

Newcastle fans react to unflattering photographs of new signing Dont they know Ive just got married, says CampbellNewcastles new signing Sol Campbell has described criticism of his physical condition as "pathetic" and vowed he will be back to peak fitness "in three or four weeks".The 35-year-old former England centre-back was labelled "fat belly" on Magpies supporters message boards after the publication of a less-than-flattering training photograph over the weekend. Campbell accepts he has work to do but claims his current state is no cause for concern."Its pathetic," he told Soccernet. "I had been training for three days - just three days. I am three weeks behind everyone else in pre-season. Dont they know I have just got married and been on honeymoon?"I accept that the picture wasnt flattering, and I do need to catch up on my level of fitness, but the training kit was not very flattering and showed up all sorts of things. The truth is that I am now in better shape than when I started off back at Arsenal after a long lay-off. I got myself back into shape at Arsenal, and I think I had a reasonably good end half of the season."Campbell rejoined the Gunners in January this year having walked out on Notts County last September, and went on to make 11 Premier League appearances for the north London club in the second half of last season."I am a naturally big guy, but I cannot rush my conditioning, otherwise trying too much too quickly could result in injuries," added the former Tottenham and Portsmouth defender. "Of course I can understand the manager wants me to be in the side, but the season starts in just two weeks and I really need three to four weeks to get back to peak fitness."Ive seen it all before, done it all before, heard it all before, but that means I also know exactly what to do. Its a long season and I cannot listen to idiots. I know these things cannot be rushed. What I do know is that I will achieve peak fitness given the time I need to do it. It might be that I will need to play and then put in extra training in between games."My message is simple to all the knockers: I am knuckling down and want to play my football with a great club and a great manager. Then you can judge me."Sol CampbellNewcastle United guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]

David Moyess talismanic midfielder has signed for five more years and landed a club-record salary into the bargainMikel Arteta has made two vows this summer: to love, honour and obey his long-term partner and former Miss Spain, Lorena Bernal, which is perfectly understandable, and to commit the next five years of his career to Everton, which raised an eyebrow or two.Both commitments involved hitches plus awkward conversations with the manager David Moyes but, with the exception of not being able to invite his team-mates to the wedding, neither is a source of regret to the Spanish midfielder.The 28-year-old will officially become the highest paid player in Evertons history tomorrow when he signs a 75,000-a-week contract following months of speculation over his future. Arsenal or Barcelona were cited as possible destinations for the Spaniard, while Manchester City were also interested in inflating his bank balance. There was, Arteta insists, a genuine offer to leave Goodison Park for a club "with Champions League, or a club with a lot of good players" - and an opportunity to earn more money. "It wasnt for financial reasons. If that was the case I wouldnt be here now," he says. In the end, however, and in an all-too rare show of gratitude and loyalty, the Basque decided the grass was not greener elsewhere."This club has the ability to make you feel at home," Arteta said. "When you are at home and you are building a beautiful house and you are close to completing it, you want to enjoy that house. You dont want to move away, and that is how I felt about Everton. We have been working really hard and I, personally, have been complaining to the chairman about how we need to improve this and that. The club has done it and now is the moment to enjoy it. That was a big part. This is the moment we have been waiting for in the last four or five years."Plus, the manager and chairman were both saying they needed me for a big project, and not to walk away. The manager told me he has been in a similar situation and he decided to stay. So this was my time to acknowledge that they have been unbelievable with me, when I was injured or had other problems, and it was the moment for me to step forward and say: It is my time now."As the summer passed without any white smoke being released from Goodison on Artetas future, the former Barcelona youth graduate, a wandering star until he joined Moyess side on loan in 2005, broke off from the clubs pre-season tour of Australia to get married in Mallorca. It was a sure sign, the conspiracy theorists argued, of a star player having his employers over a barrel during contract negotiations. The truth was far simpler, although not for Arteta and his bride to be."This is something I feel really bad about," he admits. "I dont think it was right but, originally, we were due to be in Liverpool at that point in pre-season. I went to the gaffer last year and told him the place we wanted to get married in had only one date available. He said: What can you do? You only get married once in your life - you can have two days off. That was fine. Seven months later the club changed its pre-season plans and decided to go on tour of Australia. There was no way I could go to and from Australia and get married in 48 hours. I was in big trouble now."I had to explain to the gaffer and he was very understanding and gave me six days off. It wasnt nice to leave my team-mates while they were all working hard in Australia, but I had arranged my wedding a year before and it was impossible to tell 250 guests to go home. My wife was really worried about it too, but the manager was fine and said he couldnt ruin the wedding for reasons that were not my fault. It happened, it had to happen, but it wasnt good. Tim [Cahill] was free [because of a post-World Cup holiday] and he was my best man. I was sad because I wanted players and staff at the wedding too, but we just couldnt do it."Arteta may have the respect of his peers, the devotion of the Goodison faithful and a lucrative contract, but he would not have re-tied the knot with Everton had he any reservations about the clubs ability to compete at the top. "I want to win things. I want to play in the Champions League and I want to make sure that when I leave this club they are in the top four at least," he stated. "I think I can achieve that here."EvertonAndy Hunter guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]

Incident follows revelations about his private life Wife says he is not in any immediate dangerAndre Nel, the former South African fast bowler, allegedly attempted to take his own life on Friday, a report said.Last week it was revealed that Nel had had an extra-marital affair with 34-year-old Londoner Jelena Kultiasova while he was playing for Surrey last month. Later two other women came forward with similar allegations.Nel and his wife Deanne Weitz have been married for six years. They are expecting their first child in April.According to a Sunday newspaper, Weitz confirmed on Friday night that doctors had been called to the couples home in Irene outside of Pretoria. "He is not in any immediate danger and there are many doctors looking after him," she said.CricketSurreySouth Africa cricket team guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]

Alleged wife claims she was subject to cruelty and harassment, but Malik says hes been dupedHyderabad police have questioned Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik ahead of his planned marriage to Indian tennis player Sania Mirza about another woman who claims to be his wife. He has been asked not to leave India while police investigate, spokesman AK Khan said todayon Monday. Malik said police have seized his passport.Ayesha Siddique alleges that Malik married her in June 2002. She accused him of subjecting her to cruelty and harassment by denying that the wedding took place and by trying to marry another Indian woman.Police visited the home of Mirza in Hyderabad, the capital of southern Andhra Pradesh state, where Malik was staying, to record his statement. They are investigating complaints of criminal intimidation, cheating, fraud and harassment for dowry against the Pakistani cricketer, a deputy commissioner of police, said. Police also questioned Siddique.Malik and Mirza later appeared before reporters and said they were going ahead with the 15 April wedding. "I am very upset [by the controversy]," Mirza said. "But we are happy that we are getting married. I have full faith in him. We know what the truth is. It will come out."Malik said he would stay in India to clear his name. "I am cooperating with the police. I have done nothing wrong," he said. A statement released by his agent Salman Ahmed said that Malik signed a nikahnama (marriage certificate) eight years ago but claimed he was duped.Malik said he married a woman named Ayesha over the telephone in June 2002 after meeting on the internet. But he believed he had been deceived by another woman claiming to be Ayesha Siddique.Malik said Siddique would turn down requests to meet, and instead sent photographs. "I was made to believe the girl in the photograph was the one I was speaking to," he said."The truth is, I havent, to this day, met the girl in the photographs Ayesha sent me."He said when he visited Hyderabad in 2002, he was told shed gone to Saudi to work, and said her parents told him Siddique had put on weight and wouldnt meet him until she lost weight. He said she avoided him during two more visits to Hyderabad.Malik said he visited the city several times and was told his bride was away. He said he was astonished when his brother-in-law showed him a photograph in 2005 in which a teacher in Saudi was claiming to be his wife. "I was aghast ... the woman in it was the person I called "apa" [elder sister] while I visited Hyderabad," Malik said. He confronted apa and told her that he didnt ever want to speak to her again, he said.Malik said he was cheated and: "I was wrongly made to believe that the pictures Ayesha had sent me were of the girl I was marrying.""I feel terrible about the mess, created by a family that has caused great grief to my own people and the family of my bride-to-be."Siddique said she has a copy of the nikahnama, signed by Malik and two witnesses, issued by Pakistani authorities in Maliks hometown of Sialkot in June 2002.Farooq Hasan, a lawyer representing Ayesha Siddique in Pakistan, said in Lahore he will soon be filing a case against Malik in Pakistans civil and criminal courts."We will also try to stop Maliks marriage with Sania Mirza," Hasan said. "If the courts in Pakistan asked, Ayesha Siddique will also travel to Pakistan and appear before the courts. The courts in Pakistan will decide about the authentication of nikahnama."Malik, who has been banned from representing Pakistan for a year due to infighting within the team during a recent tour of Australia, arrived in Hyderabad last week from Pakistan to work out arrangements for his wedding to Mirza.Mirza broke off a previous engagement this year before announcing her plans to marry Malik.The news of the Malik-Mirza wedding plans sparked instant news coverage in the region because neighbouring Pakistan and India are longtime rivals, and have fought three wars since their independence from Britain in 1947.PakistanIndiaCricketTennis guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]

Former Big Brother contestant and the Sun fail to overturn injunction taken out by Premier League footballer Read the judgment in fullImogen Thomas, the former Big Brother contestant whose relationship with a married Premier League footballer was made the subject of a court gagging order, has failed in a joint bid with the Sun to overturn the injunction.Thomas said on Monday she was "stunned" following the high court judgment by Mr Justice Eady and claimed there was "something seriously wrong with the law"."Yet again my name and reputation have been trashed while the man I had a relationship with is able to hide," said Thomas, speaking outside the high court."Whats more I cant even defend myself because I have been gagged. If this is the way privacy injunctions are supposed to work there is something seriously wrong with the law."I have read the judgment and I am stunned by how I am portrayed."Thomas was speaking after Eady explained why he made an order banning journalists from reporting the identity of a footballer involved in a relationship with the reality television contestant.He also issued a written account of his reasons for making the order after listening to arguments from lawyers representing the footballer, Thomas and the Sun newspaper at a private hearing. Thomas had previously claimed that she had been "thrown to the lions" because, unlike the soccer star, she did not have the money to pay for her name to be kept private.The footballer won the injunction maintaining his anonymity in a high court hearing earlier this year.He is one of a number of Premier League stars and other well-known public figures who have taken out injunctions to protect their privacy.Mondays hearing comes after another married Premier League star used a gagging order to prevent allegations made about his personal life being exposed by a national newspaper.The order was obtained on Friday against News Group Newspapers, the division of News International that publishes the Sun and the News of the World.David Cameron, the prime minister, said recently he was "uneasy" about the increasing use of such injunctions. Lawyers have also suggested that the power of injunctions has been undermined by people using social networking sites to identify some of the people involved. To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editormediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication". To get the latest media news to your desktop or mobile, follow MediaGuardian on Twitter and Facebook.Media lawPrivacy & the mediaSuperinjunctionsNewspapersNewspapers & magazinesNewspaper formatsThe SunNews InternationalNational newspapersPremier LeagueJohn PlunkettJosh Halliday guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]

Giggs named by John Hemming as at centre of privacy case Not thought to be injured ahead of Champions League finalManchester Uniteds Ryan Giggs was a notable absentee for training at the clubs Carrington complex this morning after finding himself at the centre of a media storm.Father-of-two Giggs, 37, was named yesterday as the married footballer involved in a controversial privacy case.The Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming used parliamentary privilege to name him as the Premier League player who had taken out an injunction over his relationship with the 28-year-old reality TV star Imogen Thomas.Giggs was not thought to have an injury but was not present for an open training session ahead of the clubs Champions League final on Saturday against Barcelona at Wembley.Ryan GiggsManchester United guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]

First wife makes allegations against Pakistan cricketer Malik gives statement to police about complaintsIndian police in Hyderabad have questioned the former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik about his planned marriage to Indias highest-ever ranked female tennis player Sania Mirza over allegations made by a woman claiming to be the cricketers first wife.Malik has been asked not to leave India while police in Hyderabad investigate the charges, AK Khan, a senior police official, said this morning.In her complaint, filed yesterday, Ayesha Siddique alleged that Malik married her in June 2002 and she accused him of subjecting her to cruelty and harassment by denying that the wedding took place and by trying to marry another woman.Police visited the home of Mirza in Hyderabad, the capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh, where Malik is staying and took down a statement this morning, Stephan Ravindra, a deputy commissioner of police said.Police are investigating complaints of criminal intimidation, cheating, fraud and harassment for dowry against the Pakistan cricketer, Ravindra said. Police also questioned the complainant, Siddique.Malik and Siddique had reportedly developed a friendship on the internet.Malik, who has been banned from representing Pakistan for a year because of reports of infighting within the team during the tour of Australia at the beginning of the year, said in a written statement on Sunday that he had married a girl named Ayesha over the telephone in June 2002 and signed a marriage certificate but he believed he had been deceived by another woman claiming to be Ayesha Siddique.He arrived in Hyderabad, Mirzas hometown, from Pakistan last week to finalise arrangements for his wedding to the tennis player, which is scheduled to take place on 15 April. Mirza broke off a previous engagement earlier this year before announcing her plans to marry Malik.The news of the Malik-Mirza wedding plans sparked blanket coverage on the subcontinent because of the longstanding tension between Pakistan and India.Siddique claims to have a copy of "Nikahnama" or a marriage certificate issued by the Pakistan authorities in Maliks hometown Sialkot in June 2002. It carries the signature of Shoaib Malik as well as those of two witnesses.Farooq Hasan, a lawyer representing Siddique in Pakistan, told reporters in Lahore that he will soon be filing case against Malik in Pakistans civil and criminal courts."We will also try to stop Maliks marriage with Sania Mirza," Hasan said. "If the courts in Pakistan asked, Ayesha Siddique will also travel to Pakistan and appear before the courts."The courts in Pakistan will decide about the authentication of Nikahnama." Hasan said that he had received initial documents from the Siddique family and wouild file the case on the basis of that evidence.Pakistan cricket teamCricket guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]

The other royal bride-to-be is a model of down-to-earth modestyCongratulations to Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall, getting married this summer. I like them for letting that news filter out in the slipstream of the bigger royal wedding.When Mother Teresa died in 1997, a friend of mines mother (a staunch Catholic) said, "How typical of her, to die the week after Princess Diana. So humble, to do it when everyones attention is elsewhere."I laughed; Im not quite superstitious enough to believe that Mother Teresa was able to time her death so as not to hog the headlines. But Phillips and Tindall really could choose a wedding date, and theyve gone for one that hides sweetly behind two other big royal unions: the future kings marriage to a commoner, and Prince Andrews love affair with a series of dodgy international businessmen. Photos of Randy Andy in bed with shady Kazakhs and wealthy sex offenders were sure to push Mike and Zaras news to the back of the paper. The couple must have wanted a low profile, to announce it now. And just to make sure the whole thing remains quiet, sober and free from controversy of any kind, theyre having a rugby player as best man.Seriously, though, the fact that they chose their wedding date so quickly that Canongate Kirk was already booked, and they were only able to have it because another couple volunteered to move, shows that the discreet timing is deliberate. We like them for that, dont we? Its not secretive, like hooking up with a teenager in a billionaires private "massage wing", its just pleasantly and unfashionably non-attention-seeking.I bumped into Zara Phillips once, in the kitchen of a Cardiff TV studio where Mike Tindall was playing poker. Zara, who had come to watch, asked very shyly if she might make herself a cheese sandwich. So the modesty rings true for me; I will like her forever, after that.I know, I know, its sycophantic to admire a royal just for being normal. But in this context, it wasnt normal. Poker players being what they are, the place was full of men complaining about their hotel rooms, demanding that steaks be brought for them from local restaurants, turning up late and keeping everybody waiting. Youd think it was a gathering of the Dubai royal family, not a bunch of shifty card-sharps with borrowed cash. Zara Phillips was the only person in the building prepared to show any deference at all, to anybody.Put out the welcome matIm surprised they are having the wedding in Scotland, though. The Queen is the head of the Church of England, I thought all her family had to get married in it?Turns out Her Majesty worships at Canongate Kirk all the time. Perhaps she enjoys not being the boss. Going to a Church of England service, she must feel like Stelios flying easyJet. Relaxing in the Church of Scotland, the Queen can think: "The seats are cramped and they fleece you on the drinks, but so what? Not my problem."(Is that what happens in church? I dont go very often.)If Zaras wedding venue is a snub to the Church of England, fair enough - it is being idiotic at the moment. All this nonsense about refusing gay weddings. Regular readers might remember that Im a big fan of the Archbishop of Canterbury, but I do wish hed have the confidence to lead his church in a warm, welcoming and inclusive direction, as Christianity is meant to be, and risk a smaller flock in the short term to become a better, stronger place in the future. Theyre too scared of those evangelical Africans. It doesnt seem very Jesus-like, pandering to the loudest and angriest voices who shout for exclusion.While were talking about humility, the Church of England might do well to remember its roots. Terribly strict about who may and may not get married, eh, Church? Cant change the rules? Got to stick with tradition? Perhaps they have forgotten why the institution was set up in the first place. Flexibility was the founding principle. If Henry VIII had happened to be gay, rather than adulterous, it would be only same-sex couples who got married there.Smokescreens dont workWith nothing more important to think about, the government is busy arguing for plainly-packaged cigarettes.I thought fags couldnt get any more appealing - what with their seductive ability to kill me, one smouldering tube at a time - but a wordless, steel-grey, Communist-chic box would certainly do it.Do our leaders understand nothing about design? Plain is cool. Simple is beautiful. Subtle is classy. If they had only insisted on such pared-back aesthetics for the Olympic logo, we might not have spent 400,000 on something that looks like a clown has vomited on a topiary experiment after too much blancmange. (Having said that, I much prefer the logo now Iran says it spells "Zion"; I love a secret code.)The idea is that hiding cigarettes in plain boxes, then hiding the boxes under the counter, will stop children wanting them. That is an excellent idea. Unless youve ever actually met any children.Yes, but...I was interested to read about a new book which tells the story of Irene Brann, a Jewish refugee who was saved from the gallows by George VI. But is it just me, or is there something strange about this snippet from a newspaper review of the story?"Irene emigrated to Australia after the war, where she lived in New South Wales. She married a Swiss national, Adolf Schleiss, in 1955. They changed their surname to Tell, because they didnt like to be reminded of Germany."www.victoriacoren.comMike TindallVictoria Coren guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]

Wolves winger aiming to stay up at end of massive season But getting second England cap could spoil wedding plansMatt Jarvis can picture the scene. He is stretching out on his sun-lounger in Mauritius in the second week of June and toasting the perfect end to a memorable few weeks. "Hopefully it will all finish on a high. On the beach, pina colada, happily married, in the Premier League again, another England cap - what a hat-trick that would be," the Wolverhampton Wanderers winger said.It is wishful thinking on Jarviss part. With Wolves hopes of survival hanging in the balance ahead of Sundays Black Country derby against West Bromwich Albion and Jarvis unaware of whether he will retain his place in the England squad for next months Euro 2012 qualifier against Switzerland, the only thing that can be said with any certainty is that the 24-year-old will get married in Mauritius on 7 June. At least he hopes that is the case.What Jarvis could never have imagined when he sat down with his fiancee, Sarah, 18 months ago and selected the date and venue for their wedding, was that Fabio Capello might have another pressing engagement for him nearer the time that would cut across their itinerary. Englands game with Switzerland takes place on 4 June, meaning that if Jarvis is involved at Wembley he will not be able to fly out to Mauritius until the eve of the wedding."Me and Sarah have had many a conversation about this," said Jarvis, who made his debut for England in the 1-1 draw against Ghana in March. "Its become a predicament since Ive been in the England squad. Once I first knew Id got in a couple of provisional squads we sort of thought: OK, if it did happen, then what would we do? Weve looked at a few things of how we can get from Wembley to Mauritius, and its do-able. If I do get in the England squad, Ill definitely be there. Id just be going straight to Mauritius afterwards."Jarvis is extremely proud of the fact that he was the first Wolves player to represent England since Steve Bull in 1990 but the last thing he wants is for the landmark to be achieved in the same season that the club is relegated: "Obviously it has been a massive achievement for me [to play for England]. It is everyones dream to represent their country. But I dont want to look back and think: Thats when I won my first cap and thats when we got relegated as well."Wolves looked well-placed to climb clear of the bottom three when Jarvis scored the only goal of the game to defeat Aston Villa in March, but they have failed to win since and picked up only two points from a possible 15. "I dont think anyone would say they have taken their foot off the gas," said Jarvis, responding to the suggestion that complacency might have set in. "We knew we had a massive job to do after that game. We are still confident [we can do it]."Albion, however, promise to be awkward opponents. Derby matches between the two clubs are always fiercely contested and the visitors will come into this one on the back of an excellent run that has seen them collect 16 points from Roy Hodgsons nine games in charge to climb to 11th place. "Its a massive derby, first and foremost," Jarvis said. "For the fans its what they look forward to each year. And we need the points to boost us. There is no bigger game to go and win."Wolverhampton WanderersEnglandStuart James guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]

Modric: I have no interest in going anywhere else Six-year deal ties midfielder to Tottenham until 2016The Croatia midfielder Luka Modric has signed a new six-year contract which ties him to Tottenham Hotspur until 2016.The 24-year-old arrived from Dynamo Zagreb in the summer of 2008 on a five-year deal and, although the transfer fee was 16.6m, his weekly wage did not put him in Tottenhams top bracket of earners. He had recently been linked with a lucrative move to Manchester United or Chelsea after his impressive form for the north London club over the past two seasons.Modric has been described by the Spurs manager, Harry Redknapp, as the squads one world-class talent. He was instrumental in Tottenham finishing in fourth place and reaching the Champions League qualifying stages for the first time.A few days after Spurs achieved that goal, he married his girlfriend, Vanja. The couple are said to be happy in London and are expecting their first child. After committed his long-term future to Tottenham, Modric said he had "no interest in going anywhere else".Tottenham HotspurTransfer window guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]