Rugby Union: Brian O’Driscoll has been cited for stamping on Simone Favaro in Ireland’s 22-15 RBS Six Nations defeat by Italy on Saturday. A brief statement issued by tournament organi-sers confirmed that indepen-dent citing commissioner Aurwel Morgan has decided the incident warranted further scrutiny. The date and place for O’Driscoll’s hearing has yet to be announced.

Cycling: Olympic silver medallist Rolf Sorensen has admitted to doping during his successful years in the nineties, the Dane said. “It is time that I too – long overdue – admit to having been part of the Epo-era that was a part of the sport in the 90s,” Sorensen, who won silver at the Olympic Games road race in Atlanta in 1996, said in a statement. Sorensen admitted to having taken the hormone ery-thropoietin (EPO) and cortisone but told Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet he was more “a party smoker on Saturdays as opposed to a needle addict”.

Basket, NBA: Philadelphia 76ers star centre Andrew Bynum will undergo arthroscopic surgery on both knees that will end his season before it ever started, the team announced yesterday. The injury-prone seven-footer has a lengthy history of knee ailments and the latest setback dashed hopes of his long-awaited debut for the 76ers this season after they had traded for him during the summer.

Baseball: A salsa party was booked at the AT&T Park after the Dominican Republic beat the Netherlands 4-1 to set up an all-Caribbean clash against Puerto Rico in the final of the World Baseball Classic. The Dominicans will play for the WBC title against a Puerto Rico team they have beaten twice earlier in the 16-team tournament. Seeking to become the first team to go through a WBC unbeaten, the Dominican Republic erupted for four runs in the fifth inning to take charge after trailing 1-0 on a first-inning run by the Dutch.