LYON, France -- While one of the biggest stars remaining in the Women's World Cup continues to insist she will be available for Sunday's final between the United States and the Netherlands, the outlook for another sounded less promising a day ahead of kickoff.

U.S. star Megan Rapinoe said her hamstring won't prevent her from playing. Dutch counterpart Lieke Martens, according to her coach, is a day-of-game decision with a foot injury.

As she has since missing a semifinal win against England with a hamstring strain earlier in the week, Rapinoe indicated Saturday that she is making progress. With five goals in four games, she is one behind teammate Alex Morgan and England's Ellen White for the overall tournament lead.

"As of now I'm expecting to be ready for tomorrow," Rapinoe said. "I feel good. That's all I can really say right now."

Martens didn't speak with the media Saturday, but Dutch coach Sarina Wiegman sounded less than optimistic about her availability. Martens was replaced at halftime of a semifinal win against Sweden.

"She's preparing for the game tomorrow," Wiegman said. "We're not sure if she can start, but we're working on it. I don't know the outcome yet. We'll decide tomorrow morning."

Photos from the Dutch training session Saturday showed Martens sitting on the sideline at times while the rest of the team went through drills on the field.

Martens is arguably the best player on the Dutch team. She won the Golden Ball as the tournament's most outstanding player when the Netherlands won the European Championship in 2017. She was also named FIFA's player of the year that year. She led Barcelona to the UEFA Women's Champions League final this past season and has been linked to a potential move this summer to Olympique Lyon, Champions League winner the past four years.

Martens scored both goals in a 2-1 Netherlands win against Japan in the opening knockout round of the World Cup, her only goals of the tournament.

Wiegman said nothing will change the way the Dutch approach Sunday's game, her team still intent on playing aggressive soccer and possessing the ball.

U.S. coach Jill Ellis also said no players have been ruled out, with midfielder Rose Lavelle the biggest question mark other than Rapinoe. Lavelle left the semifinal with a hamstring issue but said Friday that it was precautionary and she would be fine.

LYON, France -- Despite a proposal announced on Friday by FIFA president Gianni Infantino to invest $1 billion in the women's game over the next four years and double prize money at the Women's World Cup in 2023, U.S. captain Megan Rapinoe said women soccer players are not respected equally by their sport's international governing body.

"It certainly is not fair," Rapinoe said of the gap in prize money awarded at the men's and women's World Cups. "We should double it now and use that number to double it or quadruple it for the next time. That's what I mean when we talk about, 'Do we feel respected?'"

FIFA doubled the 2015 prize money for the Women's World Cup to $30 million in 2019 and raised the amount awarded to the winning team to $4 million. At last year's men's World Cup, France received $38 million for winning the title from a $400 million purse, and earlier this year, FIFA announced it would raise the men's pool to $440 million for 2022. That means that while the women's purse will increase to a proposed $60 million in 2023, the gap between the men and women will increase the next time around.

"Earlier in the year, a quote came out that I said, 'FIFA doesn't care about the women's game,' and that's what I mean," Rapinoe said. "If you really care about each game in the same way, are you letting the gap grow? No. Are you scheduling three finals on the same day? No. Are you letting some federations play two games in the four years between each tournament? No, you're not."

At one point in Saturday's news conference, Rapinoe broke out in song when asked what can be done to ensure that the momentum gains made at this month's Women's World Cup continue into the future.

"Money, money, money, money," Rapinoe sang. "Money from FIFA, money from federations, money from advertisers, sponsors, rights holders, TV, all of that. Investing in infrastructure, training programs, academies for women, in coaching for women. I don't think you get to the point of having an incredible business by running it on a budget that is one dollar more than it was last year. You have to make big upfront investments and really bet on the future."

This is not the first time Rapinoe has criticized FIFA for its decision to schedule two men's tournament finals on the same day as the final game of the Women's World Cup. The WWC final between the United States and Netherlands will kick off at 11 a.m. ET in Lyon, France, on Sunday. Then, at 4 p.m. ET, the Copa America men's final will take place in Rio de Janeiro, followed by the CONCACAF Gold Cup men's final in Chicago at 9 p.m. ET.

In making these scheduling decisions, FIFA has taken a "rising tides" defense, saying that playing all three finals on the same day will boost attention for each event, an argument Rapinoe said is lacking.

"It's terrible scheduling for everyone," Rapinoe said. "It's a terrible idea to put everything on the same day. In every way. Obviously, there are two other finals going on, but this is the World Cup final. This is, like, cancel everything day. The World Cup final is set so far in advance, it's actually unbelievable [this happened]. No, we don't feel the same level of respect that FIFA has for the men.

"I mean, we're making a [men's] World Cup in Qatar happen [in 2023]. That shows you the kind of care [FIFA] has about the men's World Cup, considering all the issues that are happening there."

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Afghanistan are set to play their maiden Test against West Indies on November 27 in their adopted home country India. This game is part of a full tour that also includes three T20Is and three ODIs.

The two sides have only ever played in 10 internationals, eight of those held in the Caribbean. West Indies lead Afghanistan 5-4 in the head-to-head, their most recent victory coming in the World Cup.

The one-off Test would mark Afghanistan's third appearance in the longest format. They were beaten on debut by India in 2018 but came up trumps against Ireland in 2019.

According to the FTP, West Indies are scheduled to stay in India even after their series against Afghanistan so they can play the hosts in a series that includes three T20Is and three ODIs.

Afghanistan, meanwhile, would be coming into their series against West Indies having Bangladesh in a one-off Test and a T20I tri-series that also features Zimbabwe.

It has emerged that Aftab Alam, the Afghanistan fast bowler, was sent back home from the World Cup following allegations of serious misbehaviour with a female guest at the Southampton hotel the team was staying in.

At the time, the ICC had said that Alam was being sent back under "exceptional circumstances", but the Afghanistan Cricket Board later confirmed that it was for a "breach of ICC's disciplinary code of conduct". That, ESPNcricinfo understands, wasn't the only occasion when Alam ran into trouble during the tournament - he was removed by the security from a hospitality suite during the India-Pakistan game in Manchester too.

While pulling up Alam, the ACB also suspended team manager Naved Sayem, while asking the board's disciplinary committee to conduct a probe into the Alam hotel incident and submit its report within a week. Alam was suspended as soon as the ACB decided to remove him from the World Cup squad - made official on June 27.

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The latest development came at the ACB's annual general meeting, held in Kabul, today. "The disciplinary committee has already been assigned to carry out the investigation in the Alam incident and asked to submit the report in a week," Atif Mashal, an ACB board member, told ESPNcricinfo.

Mashal said Sayem was found guilty of not reporting the incident "properly". "He was found to hide things from the ACB. That is why it was decided to suspend him and investigate. As for the player (Alam), we will formalise the sanction against him once the disciplinary committee submits its report."

It is understood that the ICC's anti-corruption unit (ACU) has concluded its investigation on Alam, finding him guilty of inappropriate behaviour, and has sent its report to the ACB to take action against the player.

Alam's last game in the World Cup was on June 22, against India, when Afghanistan fell short in their chase of India's 224 for 8 by 11 runs. He took a wicket and was then bowled for a duck. Incidentally, the team hotel where the alleged incident took place is inside Hampshire Bowl, where the Afghanistan squad was staying for their group matches against India and Bangladesh.

It is believed that the ACU got the Afghanistan squad to assemble at the team hotel in Southampton on June 23 morning, but Alam wasn't present. He wasn't in his room either, and it emerged that he was with a relative in London. Alam is understood to have returned later in the day, but Phil Simmons, Afghanistan's head coach, suspended him for two matches for not being present at the ACU meeting. Alam was told he could not even participate in the practice sessions for those games.

In the earlier game between India and Pakistan at Old Trafford, Alam turned up at the game unannounced and requested VIP access for himself and his friends. Using his player's accreditation pass, he made his way to one of the hospitality rooms and then refused to leave. When security was summoned, his friends left but Alam stayed. Eventually, however, security was called and he was removed.

Action against senior ACB officials too

In an unconnected development, two senior ACB officials - acting chief executive Asadullah Khan and Dawlat Ahmadzai, former chief selector - who were found guilty of separate offences, are also going to be investigated by a panel comprising three board members, Mashal confirmed, saying that a "serious" decision had been taken on that front too.

Asadullah has been charged with breaching the ACB constitution and policies on various decisions he took after taking charge recently. Ahmadzai was pulled up for taking controversial decisions in squad selection for the World Cup. Ahmadzai, who was shifted to the junior selection panel midway into the World Cup, took controversial decision to replace Ashgar Afghan as the ODI captain with Gulbadin Naib, while also removing Afghan from the leadership of the Test and T20I teams.

"A three-member committee comprising board members will conduct the investigation for the various breaches (by Asadullah and Ahmadzai)," Mashal said.

India 265 for 3 (Rahul 111, Rohit 103) beat Sri Lanka 264 for 7 (Mathews 113, Thirimanne 53, Bumrah 3-37) by seven wickets
As it happened

India didn't quite get to test their middle order one last time before the semi-final, but Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul put up India's fourth century for the opening stand in the tournament, made centuries of their own, and helped India to 15 points at the end of the group stage as they galloped to a seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka.

The openers put on 189 of the 265 India were set, unleashing strokes that ranged from pristine to borderline outrageous. They were able to recreate a pace that resembled that of India's regular opening pair, and it came about because of Rohit's uncharacteristic early aggression.

Rohit's century was accurately capsulized in the 17th over of India's chase. His strike-rate had only briefly dipped below run-a-ball when he was on 46, and he sorted that out by launching Dhananjaya de Silva over wide long-off, feet firmly rooted on the pitch. That didn't seem enough; a ball later, he skipped down the track, and brought out a clean swing from underneath the ball, and sent it straight back over him for the longest six of the day.

Preceding them were eight boundaries of all makes - languid pokes through the covers, whips through midwicket, even a one-handed loft over mid-on. Through the course of the stand, Rohit did pretty much anything he wanted. On 99, he pulled Rajitha to the midwicket boundary, an off-stump delivery, to bring up the record for most centuries - five - in a World Cup well after he'd vaulted to the top of the run-scoring charts.

Rahul was more true to his theme in the tournament but managed to play out his plans longer than any previous innings. While still occasionally circumspect outside off stump, Rahul began with a string of glorious drives through the off side against the new ball. India's scoring rate at the start was significantly helped as a result, with even Lasith Malinga enduring a difficult time against the two right-handers. Rahul's own scoring rate slowed down in the midst of Rohit's fluency, but he too chose to break the shackles against Dhananjaya. His kickstart also involved getting to fifty against Sri Lanka's only spinner on the day, and then hitting him straight.

His century was brought up with more precision than power, though that was understandable: it was his first ODI century since his debut ton against Zimbabwe in 2016. Malinga did manage to pick him up though, gloving behind as he limboed against a short ball that kept tailing back. India needed under 25 to get at that point, and Virat Kohli was there to see them through to the end.

India's 189-run stand outdid the other century partnership on the day, a patient 124-run alliance for the fifth wicket between Angelo Mathews and Lahiru Thirimanne that kept Sri Lanka in the game after they'd lost four wickets inside 12 overs. Sri Lanka's most experienced batsmen had two jobs to do on the day - blunt India's attack, aggressive fields and all, and try to give their bowlers a total to bowl at. They managed both, starting by playing low-risk shots and staying content scoring just over four an over for the first half of their partnership. Their first three boundaries together came after Kuldeep Yadav's introduction - and against him - nearly fifty balls into the stand. Mathews was happy slashing the spinner through the off side, on a pitch that offered a hint of grip and bounce.

It was largely a batting-friendly surface though and got easier and easier as the sun burst through in the middle of the day. Thirimanne couldn't reap the benefits much past his fifty, but Mathews grew more and more dangerous as Dhananjaya de Silva stuck around with him. He reverse-swept Kuldeep twice as he approached a ton and continued punishing any width, of which there was plenty as India's bowlers endured tepid second spells. Even the shot to bring up his third ODI century, all of which are against India, was a generous half-tracker that was carved over point.

That innings, and that partnership came after India seemed to have sealed Sri Lanka's fate much earlier in the day. Bumrah had begun with two consecutive maidens, one of which contained the wicket of Dimuth Karunaratne, who edged behind on the angle. Bhuvneshwar Kumar didn't quite hit his straps in overseas conditions though, and his day didn't get any better when Kuldeep Yadav and Hardik Pandya had a moment of miscommunication as they got under a toe-ended loft from Kusal Perera; Hardik didn't seem to hear the call at mid-on, and Kuldeep, the mid-off fielder who was closer to the line of the ball only mustered a weak flap at the ball with Hardik in his peripheral vision.

But onto that vulnerability was Bumrah again, this time using the angle to induce a cut from Kusal, only to get his inside edge, which MS Dhoni grabbed onto. Kusal chose to walk as India contemplated a review, and he would be followed shortly after by Kusal Mendis, who ran down at Ravindra Jadeja's fourth ball of the day only to be beaten in flight and stumped. Dhoni added a fourth dismissal - two fewer than Adam Gilchrist's World Cup record of six - when Avishka Fernando gloved a slower bouncer to him but Sri Lanka's collapse stopped at 55 for 4. It did prove vital though - 264 on a good batting surface was not going to trouble India. And it was the perfect representation of a disappointing tournament for them.

John Daly's request to use a golf cart at The Open has been turned down by the R&A, but the 1995 champion said he will still compete at Royal Portrush when the tournament begins July 18.

"Quite disappointed they do not see it the same way our PGA of America and PGA Tour sees it," Daly, who says he suffers from a disability that precludes him from walking, said on social media. "Different continents different laws???

"... While I trust the R&A's decision was made with good intentions, I could not disagree more with their conclusions."

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Daly on Saturday said a doctor confirmed he has bicompartmental degenerative arthritis in his right knee.

"Fingers crossed I can make it thru the pain," he said in his post.

Daly, 53, was approved to use a cart at the PGA Championship at Bethpage Black in May after he had applied with the PGA of America to do so through the Americans with Disabilities Act. He failed to make the cut in that event.

The two-time major champion regularly plays the PGA Tour Champions, a 50-and-older circuit that allows carts. He last played a tournament without a cart in September at the Omega European Masters in Switzerland on the European Tour.

While sympathetic, the R&A declined Daly's request.

"We have carefully considered the request from John Daly to use a buggy at The Open," it said in a statement Saturday. "We appreciate the difficulty John is facing and have full sympathy for him as this is clearly a serious, long-term condition. Having considered all of the relevant factors, the Championship Committee has decided to decline his request.

"We believe that walking the course is an integral part of the Championship and is central to the tradition of links golf which is synonymous with The Open. We must also ensure that, as far as possible, the challenge is the same for all players in the field."

The R&A also said the terrain at Royal Portrush "is not suited to buggies" and isn't permitted by the club.

"This is not a decision we have taken lightly but we believe it is the right one for The Open," the R&A said. "John has a special place in our hearts as a Champion Golfer and he will always be welcome at the Championship both at Royal Portrush and in future."

In 2001, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Casey Martin, who had sued the PGA Tour for the right to use a cart due to a birth defect that was considered a disability under the ADA.

Other golf organizations honored the ruling in Martin's case. But the ruling was narrow, and other golfers who have applied for a golf cart have needed to show medical reasons.

Not everyone agreed with the PGA decision in May.

"This is a bigger golf course, there's a lot of property," Tiger Woods said of Bethpage Black. "There's definitely going to be a component to stamina as the week goes on, four days over a tough championship that is mentally and physically taxing takes its toll.

"As far as JD taking a cart? Well," Tiger continued with a grin. "I walked with a broken leg, so ..."

Woods was referring to his 2008 U.S. Open victory.

ESPN's Bob Harig contributed to this report.