T20 World Cup: Top five players to watch at the 2026 tournament
The 2026 edition of the ICC T20 World Cup boasts the game’s greatest names and Al Jazeera Sport picks our top five.
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Balochistan to Bangladesh: Why Pakistan is boycotting India World Cup match
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has blamed India for recent attacks in Balochistan.
‘Intrusion of politics’: Pakistan’s boycott of India game divides opinion
Ex-players and politicians criticise the politicisation of cricket and urge the ICC to step in and mend ties.
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All to know about the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 stadiums
Al Jazeera’s guide to the eight venues that will host the T20 World Cup 2026 matches in India and Sri Lanka.
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T20 World Cup 2026: Teams, format, venues and full match schedule
Teams, groups, dates, start times and venues for all 54 matches at the tournament in India and Sri Lanka.
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After the floods of 2025, can we keep 2026 above water?
Flooding has become the world’s ‘foremost climate hazard’, according to experts. So what do we do about it?
‘Like wastelands’: Sri Lanka tea plantations suffer Cyclone Ditwah’s wrath
The worst cyclone to hit the island in a century uprooted fully-grown crops of tea, a key source of export revenue.
Satellite images show the scale of destruction from Asia floods
More than 1,800 people have died as floods have ravaged Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.
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Can Southeast Asia cope with record-breaking storms?
The region has seen a rise in more powerful storms this year.
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Indonesia counts human cost as more climate change warnings sounded
Indonesia says 1,000 dead, some 1 million displaced from rains as report points at the threat posed by climate change.
Sri Lanka landslides feared as toll hits 618, widespread loss sweeps Asia
Disaster agency warns that monsoon storms are adding more rain and making hillsides unstable.
