T20 World Cup co-hosts Sri Lanka ask Pakistan to reverse their refusal to play their group match against India in Colombo.

By Ariba Shahid and Muhammad Waseem KARACHI, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Pakistan's decision to boycott its Twenty20 World Cup match against India has drawn widespread support from fans and administrators who hailed the move as a long-overdue stand in a rivalry in which sport and geopolitics have collided.

India, West Indies and Pakistan kicked off their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 campaigns with opening-game victories.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — West Indies fast bowler Romario Shepherd took four Scotland wickets in five balls, including a hat trick, and Faheem Ashraf’s late assault rescued Pakistan in a three-wicket win over the Netherlands on an eventful opening day of cricket's T20 World Cup.

"Dhurandhar," the Ranveer Singh-led espionage thriller about an Indian undercover operative infiltrating Karachi's criminal underworld, has landed at No. 1 on Netflix's global Top 10 non-English films list – and is also No.

At least 31 people were killed, and more than 169 others were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in Islamabad during Friday prayers, as the Pakistan defence minister and the prime minister’s office blame “India and its proxies” for the terror attack.