On Tumblr. Disney’s conservatism is well known. Almost all its animated films feature a majority of women (read: princesses) who are white, blonde and delicate.

The first-ever Asian Football Confederation’s professional diploma licence course in India will kick-off at the Cooperage ground in Mumbai on Monday, with national coach Wim Koevermans in charge. The first module of the course will finish on July 28.

Table Tennis Federation of India secretary general Dhanraj Choudhary has been retained as the treasurer of the Asian Table Tennis Union during the general council meeting of the Asian body held recenlty in Busan, Korea.
Cai Zhenhua of China was elected the president, Tony Yue of Hong took over the post of secretary general at the meeting.

Indian riders Sumit Lucas Toppo and Arunagiri Prabhu will get a chance to race on their home turf — the Madras Motor Race Track in Chennai — for the first time in the Asia Dream Cup that will run concurrently with the Petronas Asia Road Racing Championship in Chennai on July 14 and 15.

A day before the heats of the 4x400 metre women’s relay at the Asian Athletics Championships here, the Indian runners are uncertain over the final make-up of the team. Anu Mariam Jones, Anil Da Thomas, Sarita and Priyanka Mondal, who were originally scheduled to compete in the event, are now clueless if they will get to run.

Rakul Preet, the third runner-up in the Miss India Pageant 2011, is set to enter the Bollywood industry with Yaariyaan — the directorial debut of T-Series’ head honcho Bhushan Kumar’s wife Divya Kumar.

Looks like city riders can’t get enough of bikes and beers. Recently when Café Morrison organsied its annual Biker’s Night, capital’s biking enthusiasts turned up and showed their support to the biking brotherhood. The event witnessed a number of activities and bikers from across the country gathered to enjoy this occasion.

When former India athlete P.T. Usha bagged staggering five golds and a bronze at the 1985 Asian Games in Jakarta, there were barely any synthetic tracks in the country. There were no state-of-the-art-technology sports centres, no personal trainers and no technical analysts to help athletes perform at their top level.

En-route to India, ace thrower Vikas Gowda was quietly planning for a grand birthday gift. The Commonwealth Games champion wanted to ring in his 30th birthday on Friday with a glittering gold medal at the Asian Championship that had eluded him on four previous occasions.

It was like a dream come true for Siddhanth Saksule to work with Konkona Sen Sharma in Gaur Hari Dastaan, an upcoming film by director Anant Mahadevan. The film will see Konkona in the mother’s role, opposite Vinay Pathak. Siddhanth will be seen playing the son of these well-known actors.