The government has approved of setting up a Sports Authority of India centre in Rohtak district of Haryana. The 59th of its kind in the country, the training centre will be at Meham in Rohtak.

Unlike what most of you have heard, it wasn’t Kareena Kapoor alone who caused the delay in the Saif-Kareena wedding. Apparently the dates were pushed to December because Saif Ali Khan wants to concentrate on his home production Go Goa Gone, which is marching towards completion.

It may be completely in ruins today, but the St. John the Baptist church in Mumbai (Andheri East) is a throwback to the region’s Portuguese colonial past. Built as far back as 1579 by the Portuguese, the church became a focal point for celebrations of the feast of John the Baptist among the local community.

A five-strong team of junior golfers including Women’s Tour regular Gurbani Singh, will participate in the Ryo Ishikawaw world junior golf championship in Tokyo from August 1 to 5.

With the London 2012 Olympic Games getting ever closer, YouTube India has climbed on to the bandwagon, creating a platform for Indians to cheer for the national squad and popularise Indian athletes within the country.

The second and final day of the Panasonic Dream Camp in Shillong saw youngsters getting tips from India international player Gouramangi Singh on the art of defending. Former India football coach Savio Medeira was also present and educated the kids on sports nutrition.

If you’re a beer snob (an antithesis there?) then the present must seem like a great time to be in the country indeed. A few days after SABMiller India launched Indus Pride, the first beer brewed with authentic Indian spices, at least two new beers are hoping to whip up some foam.

After a long day in the field, trainees at the Panasonic Dream Camp, which opened in Shillong on Tuesday, unwound with a screening of the soccer classic film Escape to Victory.

Vishesh Khanna capitalised on the blunders of those around him to script a brilliant comeback victory to win the Tollygunge Junior, the eighth and final leg of the Tata Steel IGU East Zone junior/sub-junior Tour which concluded at the Tollygunge Club in Kolkata on Tuesday.

Picked from close to 6,500 Under-15 footballers around the country in the Tata Tea Jaago Re Inter Milan Soccer Stars programme, Delhi boy Praneet Purohit is on Cloud Nine.