India, March 29 -- For decades, the menace of age fraud has cast a shadow over Indian sports, distorting fair competition and depriving young and budding athletes of opportunities. The government has now taken decisive steps to address this problem. Age fraud - where athletes manipulate birth records or falsify documents to compete in younger age categories - may be a global issue, but its impact in India has been particularly severe, affecting talent development across sports. Despite past efforts, enforcement gaps and outdated verification methods allowed the problem to persist, eroding trust in the system....