Smriti Mehra has moved to the top of the Hero-WGAI Order of Merit for the first time this season following her win of in Srinagar earlier this week. The 40-year-old now has Rs 4,89,000 from four events of which she has won two and finished third and fourth in the other two.

The Indian U-16 football team lost to Dubai for the second time in a row in a friendly ahead of their participation in the final phase of the AFC U-16 tournament later this month. The Dubai boys emerged winners 3-2 at the FA Stadium in Dubai.

The third edition of the Touché Golf League 2012 will tee off at the Kensville Golf Club in Ahmedabad on Monday. This is the first leg of the West Zone and from here the team championship event will be played in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Mumbai, and a final round in Bangkok in December.

The northeastern schools made their presence felt in the first-ever schools event for the U-17 girls at the ongoing Subroto Cup football tournament in the capital. In the last-eight line up decided on Saturday, half the quarter-finalists were schools from the northeastern region.

For 16-year-old Namrata D’Souza, her calligraphy pen is her prized possession. “I intend to become an architect but calligraphy will always be my first love. I will pursue it as a hobby all my life,” she says. The passion for calligraphy among people today seems far from dying. One would be surprised to know that people still love to practice this art form even in an age when computer generated art is so popular.

The Walkeshwar Temple and the nearby Banganga Tank may seem like symbols of Mumbai’s (often overlooked) heritage structures. But they are interesting not as architectural specimens alone. In today’s bustling times, it is difficult to remember the true context in which the tank especially became famous.

While the leading men in Bollywood successfully continue to play 20-somethings even in their 40s, the same cannot be said for the ladies of the industry. There was a time when heroines like Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit, Kajol and Juhi Chawla ruled the roost for a little over a decade before making a dignified exit.

After a successful event in Mumbai last year, the Sheru Classic Professional bodybuilding championship — Asia’s first IFBB professional league event — is back with its second edition.

Smriti Mehra brought in all her experience to overhaul youngster Nalini Singh Siwach and win the fourth leg of the Hero-WGAI women’s pro tour in Srinagar on Thursday.

Government High School Alkapuri, Haryana, hammered Government Senior Secondary School, Car Nicobar, 17-0 in a Group III encounter, to register their biggest win in the Under-17 girls category of the 53rd Subroto Cup schools football tournament in the capital on Thursday.