The Italian national Olympic committee has asked for sports events to be suspended on Saturday, the day of Pope Francis’ funeral. After the government declared five days of national mourning, the Olympic committee,

Italy’s match against Wales in the Women’s Six Nations has been moved to Sunday due to the funeral of Pope Francis. The game was originally scheduled to take place on Saturday lunchtime, ahead of Scotland facing Ireland and the grand slam decider between England and France later in the afternoon, but has been postponed to the following day.

The Women's Six Nations fixture between Italy and Wales is switched to Sunday, 27 April to avoid a clash with the funeral of Pope Francis.