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May
New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): The Delhi High Court has delivered a landmark verdict for gender parity in Indian sports, clearing celebrated Olympian grappler Vinesh Phogat to compete in the upcoming selection trials for the 2026 Asian Games. Overturning a restrictive single-judge order, a division bench comprising Chief Justice D. K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia ruled that the Wrestling Federation of India's current selection matrix is deeply exclusionary, actively penalizing elite female athletes who choose to take a legitimate sabbatical for motherhood. The high-profile judicial intervention secures Phogat's participation in the crucial domestic selection trials scheduled for May 30 and…