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Latest - Pakistan have beaten the West Indies by eight wickets for their first ICC Women's World Cup victory since 2009 while the loss put a dent in in the Windies play-off hopes.

The West Indies were restricted to 89/7 from their 20 overs in a rain-shortened match in Hamilton as off-spinner Nida Dar took the best figures for Pakistan in a World Cup with four for 10.

Pakistan got home with seven balls to spare with Muneeba Ali top scoring with 37.

It helped end an 18-match losing streak in the tournament. The last time Pakistan had won a match in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup was also against the West Indies.

The West Indies remain third on the points table with six points but have played six matches with only one more league match to go against South Africa on Thursday.

Australia have already qualified with five straight wins while South Africa are second having won all their four matches so far. India, England and New Zealand are on four points each.

Australia play South Africa in Wellington today.

Burgess charged by police.

St George Illawarra Dragons star George Burgess has reportedly been charged in relation to an incident involving a woman earlier this month.

News Corp in Australia reported that the 29-year-old Englishman was interviewed by police to assist with their inquiries over 'sexual touching' allegations.

The woman spoke to police last week over the incident which allegedly occurred in Mascot.

Channel 9 reported last night that Burgess had been charged after presenting to Mascot police station and that he is due in court on April 13.

Nine reported Burgess denied the allegations to the Dragons.

Burgess returned to the NRL this season after a an 18-month stint in the UK. He featured in the Dragons' 20-6 loss to the Panthers last Friday after missing selection for Round 1. It was his 150th NRL game.

Prior to his time in the Super League, Burgess played 149 first grade games for the Rabbitohs - including the 2014 grand final. He has also represented England 17 times.

It comes after three high profile sexual assault cases have stunned the NRL over the last two years - Burgess' Dragons teammate Jack de Belin, former Dragons winger Tristan Sailor and Jarryd Hayne.

Pakistan start third test strongly

Pakistan quick bowlers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah picked up two wickets apiece as Australia ended day one of the third test in Lahore on 232 for five.

Afridi did the early damage, striking twice in his second over to dismiss opener David Warner for seven and No. 3 Marnus Labuschagne before he had scored, to reduce Australia to 8-2 after they won the toss and opted to bat.

19 year old Naseem drafted into the Pakistan side in place of all-rounder Faheem Ashraf, hurt the tourists in the final session, dismissing a well-set Steve Smith for 59 and Travis Head for 26 as Australia reached 232-5 at close.

All-rounder Cameron Green was unbeaten on 20 for Australia with wicketkeeper-batter Alex Carey eight not out.

The first two tests of the series - the first between the sides in Pakistan since 1998 - were drawn.

Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium is hosting a test match for the first time since the 2009 attack by gunmen on a bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team.

-Reuters

Chess grandmaster banned

Russian chess grandmaster Sergey Karjakin has been banned from competition for six months because of his support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The 32-year-old Karjakin, who challenged Magnus Carlsen for the world title in 2016, has defended his country's actions on social media in recent weeks, drawing intense criticism from the chess world.

The International Chess Federation said: "The statements by Sergey Karjakin on the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine have led to a considerable number of reactions on social media and elsewhere, to a large extent negative towards the opinions expressed."

Karjakin, who was born in Crimea and represented Ukraine until 2009, said: "An expected, but no less shameful decision by FIDE. All sports selections have been trampled, the basic principle that sport is out of politics has been trampled."

The ban puts Karjakin's participation in the Candidates Tournament, which starts on June 16, in doubt. He can appeal against the decision within 21 days.

-Reuters

Russian race walker banned

Russian race walker Yelena Lashmanova has been banned for two years for the use of prohibited substances and will be stripped of her 2012 Olympics gold medal in the 20-km race.

Lashmanova won gold in London when she beat compatriot Olga Kaniskina, who was also later stripped of her silver medal for doping. Lashmanova then won gold at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, another medal she will now lose.

The AIU said the charges were based on Laboratory Information Management System data as well as evidence provided by Richard McLaren, who led the investigations into state-sponsored doping by Russian athletes.

Lashmanova was previously handed a two-year doping ban in 2014. She had been coached by Viktor Chegin, who was banned for life from athletics in 2016 over the Russian doping scandal.

Russia's athletics federation was suspended by World Athletics in 2015 following a World Anti-Doping Agency report containing allegations of state-supported doping, which Moscow denied.

-Reuters

Fritz upsets Nadal

Taylor Fritz said his stubborn streak and a high pain tolerance helped him win the Indian Wells tennis title after an ankle injury almost forced the American to pull out of the final against Rafa Nadal.

Fritz overcame excruciating pain to snap Nadal's 20-match winning run with a 6-3 7-6(5) victory in the ATP Masters 1000 tournament, becoming the first American to capture the crown since Andre Agassi over two decades ago.

"I'm an extremely stubborn person. I also think I have a very high pain tolerance and not a lot of regard for potentially damaging myself worse if I think there's a chance to get on the court and play," said Fritz, who suffered the injury on Saturday.

"It's probably a lot of not-so-good things that get me on court. I was thinking about what I was going to have to say to the crowd if I pulled out ... It takes a lot to get me to not take the court."

Fritz had shown similar resilience last year when he returned at Wimbledon following knee surgery, only a month after exiting the French Open in a wheelchair due to injury.

-Reuters