India, Jan. 20 -- Can a national-level ice hockey team be picked from players skating on roller blades instead of ice skates? The Bombay High Court is weighing in, staying the selection of the ice hockey team representing Maharashtra at the Khelo India Winter Games 2026, on these grounds. Making scathing remarks against the Maharashtra directorate of sports and youth affairs, the court put on hold the selection of a 19-member squad for the games, organised by SAI and scheduled to begin in Ladakh on Tuesday.P19

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