Pakistan's government directed the country's cricket team to play India in the T20 World Cup on February 15 in Colombo, ending a week-long stand-off.

A dispute that saw South Korea's players threaten to boycott next month's Women's Asian Cup over "discriminatory conditions" has been resolved, football officials in the country said.

Japan has filed an official protest with Olympic organisers after the figure skating medal podium at the Milan-Cortina Games left athletes with chipped skate blades following the team competition.

Two goals from on-loan Donyell Malen drove Roma to a 2-0 win over Cagliari on Monday, lifting them level with fourth-placed Juventus in Serie A.

South Africa inflicted a 57-run thrashing on Canada in Ahmedabad on Monday.