Laureus Team of the Year 2026: The nominations for Laureus World Sports Award 2026 have been announced. The Indian women’s cricket team, which will win the ODI World Cup in 2025, has also been included in this nomination. Indian women’s cricket team has been nominated in the Laureus Team of the Year category. Harmanpreet Kaur and company are not the only ones to be nominated in this category, but apart from them, there are also 5 more great teams of the world who have proved their mettle in different sports. That means, a total of 6 teams have been nominated for the Laureus Team of the Year.
Who will compete with the Indian women’s cricket team?
The five teams that the world champion Indian women’s cricket team is going to compete with for the Laureus Team of the Year award include – England women’s football team, European Ryder Cup team (golf), McLaren Formula 1 team (UK), basketball’s Oklahoma City Thunder (USA) and football club Paris Saint-Germain (France). The Indian women’s cricket team has been nominated for its excellent performance in the 2025 ODI World Cup.
Nominations were made in these 8 categories
Laureus World Sports Awards are to be given in a total of 8 categories including Team of the Year, the nominations for which were announced in a ceremony held in Madrid. Apart from Team of the Year, 8 categories include World Sportsman of the Year, World Sportswoman of the Year, World Breakthrough of the Year, World Comeback of the Year, World Disabled Sportsperson of the Year, World Action Sportsperson of the Year and Sport for Good Award.
Will keep an eye on these players
Nominations for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award include players like tennis star Carlos Alcaraz, Mondo Duplantis. There are nominations for the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Award like Aryana Sabalenka, Ivana Bonamati and world famous swimmer Katie Ledecky. All of them have been nominated for their performance in 2025.
The winners of the Laureus World Sports Awards 2026 will be announced on 20 April at the Cibeles Palace in Madrid.