Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner insists he isn’t thinking about leaving the role, if his side lose their Europa Conference League second leg play-off tie against Zrinjski Mostar, with the tie level at 1-1.
T20 World Cup, Super 8 Group 2, Colombo (RPS)
New Zealand 168-7 (20 overs): Santner 47 (26); Theekshana 3-30
Sri Lanka 107-8 (20 overs): Ravindra 4-27, Henry 2-3
New Zealand won by 61 runs
Co-hosts Sri Lanka are out of the T20 World Cup after collapsing to a 61-run defeat by New Zealand in Colombo.
Needing to win to keep their semi-final hopes alive, Sri Lanka looked to be in control late into the New Zealand innings, having restricted them to 98-6 after 16 overs.
However, the bowlers crumbled in the face of a late surge from Mitchell Santner (47 from 26 balls) and Cole McConchie (31 not out from 23) and New Zealand bludgeoned 70 from the final four overs.
A chase of 169 left the game in the balance but Sri Lanka’s top order folded, with fast bowler Matt Henry taking two wickets in the powerplay.
From there, the home side failed to generate any momentum and when Rachin Ravindra had both Kusal Mendis and Pavan Rathnayake stumped in the ninth over, Sri Lanka were 29-4 and the game was up.
Left-arm spinner Ravindra, who made 32 from 22 with the bat, took a further two wickets to end with figures of 4-27, while Henry was afforded the rest of the night off after taking 2-3 from his two overs as Sri Lanka dragged themselves to 107-8.
After losing to England in their opening Super 8s game, Sri Lanka depart with a whimper while New Zealand remain in contention to reach a fifth T20 World Cup semi-final.
For much of the first innings, though, Sri Lanka’s bowlers looked like being the match-winners, with spinner Maheesh Theekshana taking 3-9 from his first three overs and fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera also impressing.
They led the way as New Zealand slumped from 75-2 to 84-6 in less than three overs.
But Sri Lanka failed to finish the job and McConchie began the fightback before his captain took over with a brutal display of hitting, dismantling a suddenly fragile Sri Lanka attack, in a stand of 84.
It took New Zealand to a competitive total that, ultimately, proved more than good enough as the spinners took over and Sri Lanka fell apart.
Beau Greaves “couldn’t believe it” as she made history in becoming the first woman to hit a nine-dart finish on the PDC ProTour.
The 22-year-old achieved the perfect leg in her Players Championship 6 match against Mensur Suljovic in Leicester.
After back-to-back 180s, Greaves took out 141 with treble 20, treble 19 and double 12.
“I couldn’t believe I’d hit it,” she said. “I’ve narrowly missed hitting one a few times so it was nice to finally hit one. It’s nice to be the first woman to hit one on the PDC ProTour.”
She went on to claim a 6-5 victory by clinching a final-leg decider, but was beaten 6-3 in the last 16 by David Sharp, who had earlier knocked out former world champion Peter Wright.
As part of Colombia’s peace process, former National Army soldiers confess to taking part in extrajudicial killings to the victims’ families.
Colombia continues to navigate the fragile aftermath of more than five decades of armed conflict. Although the 2016 peace agreement formally ended hostilities between the state and the FARC-EP rebels, sustaining peace has proven far more complex than signing it.
This episode follows former members of the national army accused of carrying out the so-called “falsos positivos” (false positives) — extrajudicial executions in which innocent civilians were executed, then falsely presented as combat casualties by the government as a way to bolster the numbers of enemies killed. Soldiers testified to their involvement in the assassinations to the families of the victims as part of the peace process. We also explore the suffering and anguish of those who have had their families devastated by these killings.
Their testimonies unfold within the framework of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), the justice mechanism established under the peace agreement between the Colombian state and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP).
The JEP applies a model of transitional and restorative justice centred on victims and with full guarantees of due process. Its mandate is to investigate, prosecute and sanction those most responsible for serious human rights violations. The system provides two pathways: a restorative process for those who acknowledge responsibility, provide full truth, and contribute to reparation and guarantees of non-repetition; and an adversarial process for those who do not.
Currently, more than 17,000 individuals are appearing before the JEP, including former FARC-EP members, members of the armed forces, and civilian third parties. The jurisdiction has issued indictments for maximum responsibility, delivered restorative and adversarial sentences, and conditionally waived criminal prosecution for non-most-responsible participants.
As Trump delivered his State of the Union address, demonstrators dressed in frog costumes took to the streets outside the White House to protest the administration and what some called a “fascist regime.” Trump’s speech came as his approval rates have drastically slid.
Constitution Hill will pursue “the next chapter” in Flat racing after being ruled out of this year’s Champion Hurdle and any further races over jumps.
Having won the prestigious race in 2023, one of National Hunt racing’s biggest names had been lined up for another bid for success on 10 March at the Cheltenham Festival.
But following three falls in the nine-year-old’s last four races, Constitution Hill will now focus on the Flat after a debut victory in the Road to Cheltenham Novice Stakes at Southwell.
In a statement on X, trainer Nicky Henderson and owner Michael Buckley said it “was a sad day” and the decision followed “a lot of time soul searching”.
But Henderson added: “He leaves the jumping world sound [and] happy and ready for the next chapter.
Having triumphed in his first 10 races under jockey Nico de Boinville, Constitution Hill’s falls – including at Aintree and Cheltenham – had left Henderson mulling over his future.
The successful switch to Flat at Southwell last Friday showed his potential.
Starting 6-4 favourite and with five-time champion jockey Oisin Murphy in the saddle, the move paid off as he took to the front well before the line and held firm to win by nine-and-a-half lengths from Square Necker and Gambino.
Henderson said: “He showed on Friday night that he has another career in front of him that could possibly take us all to new playing fields.
“It was a terrific night for both him, us, and I believe British Horse Racing and we are very aware of the public perception and the possible consequences of running over hurdles and feel it is not fair to ask him and Nico to do it again.
