Centre Directed to Consider Taekwondo Player's Name for Asian Games; Exclusion Over Merged Weight Category Rejected: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has directed the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to reconsider the candidature of taekwondo player Kashish Malik for participation in the 2026 Asian Games. The Court held that an athlete cannot be declared ineligible merely because the weight category in which she had originally qualified was later merged with another category. Setting aside the Ministry's decision, the Court directed the competent authority to consider…