Cricket, more than a sport

In March 2003, as renewed tension threatened an Indian team's tour of Pakistan, the move to Lahore of an Indian team prevented another incident after another uprising.
Psl schedule and teams 2018 A month after this tour, the Indian prime minister of the day was reaching out "a hand of friendship," a formula that had introduced a period of rather serene relations between the two powers of the Indian subcontinent. For which cricket is more than a sport: a form of political affirmation already used against the English occupier, of the time of the colonization.
The diplomatic legs of February 2015, during the World Cup, produced more formal effects in May 2015. Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime Minister, officially supported the idea of ​​a former president (of Indian nationality) the International Cricket Federation to relaunch play series. "We made the decision to launch series between our two countries to improve our relationship," Narendra Modi said. The ball is now in the Pakistani camp.
Indian-Pakistani mixed doubles in tennis
Their title of glory, a final (lost) at the US Open, usually fills a few lines in specialized gazettes. But this match lost in 2010 against the Bryan brothers has brought Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Ul Haq Qureshi a worldwide reputation.
These two secondary players have the particularity of being Indian and Hindu, for the first, Pakistani and Muslim for the second. Their association lasted until 2012. They then chose to change their partner for sporting reasons, having long carried high the currency they displayed on the tournaments: "Stop the war, start tennis" (stop the war, start tennis)
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