Tottenham goalkeeper Joe Hart has apologised after posting a social media message with the caption "job done" following the club's elimination from the Europa League on Thursday.

Spurs went into the second leg against Dinamo Zagreb with a two-goal lead but Mislav Orsic produced a stunning hat trick as Dinamo won 3-2 on aggregate to dump the north London side out of the competition.

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After the match, Hart posted the words "job done" with a tick on his Instagram account with the picture reading 3-0 to Dinamo.

The post was quickly deleted and the former England international issued an apology to the Spurs supporters and said it was a mistake from his social media team.

"Morning guys, I feel like I need to come on and make an apology on behalf of my social media team," Hart said in an Instagram video.

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"It's just been brought to my attention, I've literally just woke up, but someone [on my social media team] thought we'd won 3-0 last night.

"As sloppy as it sounds it's the truth. They posted 'job done' -- that's unacceptable. I'm sure that's annoyed a lot of people and I'm sorry it's come to that.

"But it's obviously not come from me. I've got nothing but love for the club and support for the team. I'm just as down as the boys are.

"Apologies, unfortunately this happens but just know it didn't come from any other place other than a typo. Have a great day."

Following the shock defeat, Spurs manager Jose Mourinho questioned the attitude of his players while club captain Hugo Lloris labelled the performance as a "disgrace."

Spurs will look to return to winning ways when they travel to Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sunday.

Manchester United will face Granada in the Europa League quarterfinals and could face Ajax or Roma should they reach the semifinals.

Arsenal were drawn against Slavia Prague in the last eight and will face either Dinamo Zagreb or Villarreal should they progress.

United, semifinalists last season, reached the last eight after Paul Pogba's goal saw them beat AC Milan 1-0 at San Siro, and will face Granada who are in the quarterfinals for the first time. The La Liga side reached this stage with a stunning win over Napoli before beating Molde in the round of 16.

Arsenal are looking to go one better than 2019 when they were beaten finalists, but will have to overcome a Slavia side who have so far eliminated Leicester City and Scottish champions Rangers.

Villarreal boss Unai Emery, who won this competition in three consecutive years with Sevilla, is bidding to become the first manager to win a European competition on four occasions. They will face Dinamo, who reached the last eight after a stunning comeback victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the round of 16

Ajax have a tricky quarterfinal tie with Roma where, if they win, could meet United in the semifinal in a repeat of the 2017 final.

The quarterfinal first legs will be played on April 8 with the returns on April 15, while the first semifinals will be on April 29 and second legs to take place on May 6. The final will be played in the Polish city of Gdansk on May 26.

QUARTERFINALS

Granada vs. Manchester United
Arsenal vs. Slavia Prague
Ajax vs. Roma
Dinamo Zagreb vs. Villarreal

SEMIFINALS

Granada or Manchester United vs. Ajax or Roma
Dinamo Zagreb or Villarreal vs. Arsenal or Slavia Prague

Babar Azam has backed returning opening batsman Sharjeel Khan to deliver despite concerns over his fitness, which the Pakistan captain agreed is "not great". He insisted, however, that Khan remains a match-winner, which is why he is a part of the side.

"He can't be Shadab [Khan] at once but still you need to carry him," Azam said. "I agree his fitness isn't great but we will bring him up to the mark. His form right now can help us and he is one of the best openers. I have played with him in Karachi Kings and he can take away the pressure and totally change the game.

"We are working on his fitness and you will see a difference. I never asked for him in ODIs but for T20 cricket, which is a short format, you can adjust."

Khan returned to the domestic circuit last year after serving a 24-month ban for his role in the PSL spot-fixing scandal of 2017. His selection to the T20I side for the tour of Africa - South Africa and Zimbabwe - was largely based on his form in the PSL, though, which included a century against Islamabad United. He was the third-highest scorer in this year's unfinished PSL, behind Mohammad Rizwan and Azam, but at a booming strike rate of 170.94, which was well ahead of the other two.

While Khan's bulk has come for scrutiny, chief selector Mohammad Wasim has said on record that Pakistan was altering the benchmarks for fitness, making it less stringent to make room for skillful players.

Khan was a promising talent for Pakistan before his ban. He played 25 ODIs, 15 T20Is, and one Test and in that time built a reputation for being a hard-hitting batsman. But Pakistan did well without him when he was absent too, soaring to the top spot in T20I cricket, though they have slipped from there since.

The change of heart on fitness marked something of a U-turn from the PCB, as earlier head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and chief executive Wasim Khan were less open to selecting players whose fitness was wanting. Azam, the Pakistan captain in all three formats, is less ideologically inflexible on fitness, and is open to bringing in players who provide value in other ways.

"I don't know why there is an impression that his fitness isn't good enough," Azam said when asked specifically about Khan, and his fielding. "He played four-day cricket, a one-day tournament, and the PSL as well so I don't think there is an issue. He is a match-winner and we are focusing on his fitness as well. In fielding he is great and there isn't an issue so he is very much part of the squad and we have to back him for the good."

ESPNcricinfo understands Azam wasn't happy with certain aspects of selection and he confirmed there were differences with the chief selector. "I think if these things remain in the meeting room that should be good," he said. "When there are debates, they are good for the team. Agreement and disagreement are natural processes it happens when we talk.

"But we have to keep it in the room. This isn't my team, it's our team. I understand the selection protocols and my role is to play the best possible XI and utilise the players we have."

Pakistan play three ODIs and four T20Is against South Africa before moving to Zimbabwe, where they are scheduled to play two Test matches and three T20Is.

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Bangladesh's two-Test tour of Sri Lanka is set to begin on April 21, with both matches scheduled to be played in Pallekele.

The series had originally been slated to be played last October, but was postponed after Sri Lanka's health authorities insisted that the touring team needed to spend 14 days in quarantine, to which neither the Bangladesh Cricket Board nor the Bangladesh players agreed.

Sri Lanka's government has since relaxed their quarantine rules for international cricket teams, however, so long as those teams have entered a bio-secure bubble ahead of their departure. Bangladesh are likely to arrive on April 14 and are due to play an intra-squad warm-up in Katunayake on April 17 and 18. The series is almost certain to be played behind closed doors.

This would be the third major men's cricket event Sri Lanka hosts since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, with last year's Lanka Premier League, and the England Test series in January having come before. On both those occasions, players were allowed to undergo only a brief quarantine, before they began training with their teammates several days after arrival. No international women's matches have been hosted in Sri Lanka during this time.

The second Bangladesh Test will begin on April 29, with a three-day break in between the games. Bangladesh drew their last Test series in Sri Lanka 1-1, winning the second Test of their 2017 tour, at the P Sara Oval in Colombo.

British number two Cameron Norrie was beaten 7-5 6-4 by Dominik Koepfer in the quarter-finals of the Mexican Open.

Koepfer needed five match points to secure victory and reach his first ATP Tour semi-final.

In the doubles, British brothers Ken and Neal Skupski beat Briton Jamie Murray and Brazil's Bruno Soares 6-3 3-6 12-10.

Koepfer will play compatriot Alexander Zverev, who received a walkover win against Casper Ruud, in the semi-finals.

Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-5 4-6 6-3 and will play Lorenzo Musetti, who beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 7-6 (7-3), in the other semi-final.

BBC Sport profiles scrum-half "magician" Antoine Dupont and the impact the 24-year-old has had in the Six Nations over the past two years, alongside comparisons to football's Lionel Messi.

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When Wales recovered from a record half-time deficit to beat France in their opening match of the 2019 Six Nations in Paris, then head coach Warren Gatland said his team had "forgotten how to lose".

Gatland led his side to the World Cup semi-finals later that year but, as is often the case in Welsh rugby, after highs there soon followed lows.

Just 12 months after Gatland's glittering 12-year reign had ended, under his successor, Wayne Pivac, Wales found themselves picking the bones out of their worst Six Nations for more than a decade.

With seven defeats from 10 matches, Wales had suddenly remembered how to lose.

And yet now, three months on from a dismal 2020, Welsh rugby's never-ending cycle of feast and famine has swung back to the opposite extreme.

Wales return to Paris on Saturday, one win away from the most improbable of Grand Slams.

It would be their fifth of the Six Nations era - more than any other country - but those peaks have been punctuated by dire troughs, with Wales finishing in the bottom half of the table 12 times out of 21 since the competition changed from five to six teams.

As Pivac says, this year and the last have been like "chalk and cheese" for Wales and, as history tells us, this is the boom and bust nature of Welsh rugby.

Wales spent the 1980s and 1990s in the wilderness; long, barren decades which yielded just two Five Nations titles, one of which was shared with France.

Such fallow years would have been dispiriting for most but they cut deeper for Wales, a rugby nation built on the mythology of a bygone golden era, the 1970s of seven Championships, three Grand Slams and a generation of players who redefined their sport.

Those faded glories felt like fantasy at the beginning of this century, with Wales failing to finish higher than fourth in the first five editions of the Six Nations and lumbered with the wooden spoon in 2003.

But late in 2004, there was just a hint of recovery with encouraging performances in narrow defeats by South Africa and New Zealand.

"I think that New Zealand game allowed us to actually realise that we could mix it with the best, that we could perform against the best team in the world," says Tom Shanklin, the former centre and wing who scored one of Wales' tries in their 26-25 loss to the All Blacks.

"We took a lot of confidence from that."

Wales started the 2005 Six Nations at home against England three months later. They had not beaten the world champions since 1999 but overcame their neighbours with a nerve-shredding 11-9 triumph.

"You could take a bit of confidence from losses but nothing like winning a game, and it only takes one game to kickstart that momentum," says Shanklin.

Wales discovered as much as their victory over England lit the touch paper for a thrilling revival. After high-scoring wins in Italy, France and Scotland, Wales returned to the Millennium Stadium to face Ireland on the final weekend.

Cardiff was bathed in unseasonably warm March sunshine as Wales stormed to victory, bringing home their first Grand Slam since 1978 to start an almighty party.

"We won a first Grand Slam in 27 years but that came with a bit of a hangover," says Shanklin.

"I think we thought that we were just going to crack on and become world beaters. It doesn't quite work like that.

"Rugby is constantly evolving, you have to evolve with it, and we didn't."

As a result, Wales' title defence in 2006 was a shambles.

Head coach Mike Ruddock resigned just two games into the campaign as controversy raged about alleged power struggles between the players and staff.

Wales finished fifth in the Six Nations table with only one win from five matches, and they suffered the same ignominy under Gareth Jenkins the following year.

Later in 2007 came the ultimate embarrassment as Wales were dumped out of the World Cup in the group stage after losing to Fiji.

Jenkins was sacked in a car park and, just two years on from winning a Grand Slam in such glorious, cathartic fashion, Wales were a laughing stock.

"We weren't in a great state," says Shanklin, one of those who had started each of the Grand Slam matches as well as the humbling by Fiji.

"As a group, confidence was low. We also knew that we still had quality players around us."

Enter Gatland.

The New Zealander had been a serial winner as Wasps coach and he recognised what Shanklin saw: that Wales had the raw materials to be a good side.

Gatland told his new charges that they could be successful again, but there would need to be a change from the carefree style which had brought them the 2005 Grand Slam but also the damaging defeats which followed.

"The biggest thing that we took from Warren Gatland coming in was an identity, a style of play that suited something that we possibly didn't have previously," says Shanklin.

"It was back to basics, working harder than the opposition. It wasn't going to be expansive but play to your personnel.

"Warren came in and gave us a blueprint of how he wanted us to play the game."

It worked. In Gatland's first game in charge in February 2008, Wales beat England at Twickenham for the first time in 20 years.

Home victories against Scotland and Italy followed, before a narrow win in Ireland set up a Grand Slam-clinching triumph over France in Cardiff.

From the elation of 2005 to the humiliation of 2006 and 2007, within months Wales had picked themselves up from one of their lowest ebbs to seal a stunning transformation.

"That's where Wales are just the greatest. When everyone writes Wales off, they spring a surprise and come out of the blocks," says Shanklin, who played in all five games of the 2008 campaign.

"A lot of the time, it's either we'll win a Grand Slam or top the Championship, or we finish bottom.

"We're all or nothing."

Gatland's first Six Nations with Wales produced a Grand Slam and so did his last in 2019. Another clean sweep in 2012 and a Championship one year later made his 12-year reign the longest and most successful in Welsh history.

Even if he was not immune to the fluctuations and internal dramas of Welsh rugby, the arch pragmatist instilled in his side a level of consistency which had been missing under his predecessors.

Whereas the 2005 Grand Slam was Wales' only top-half finish in the Six Nations before Gatland's arrival, they were third or higher in eight of the New Zealander's 12 campaigns.

As Gatland contemplated the end of his tenure after narrowly losing a 2019 World Cup semi-final to eventual champions South Africa, he said it would "break his heart" if Wales "went back to the doldrums".

The comment was vintage Gatland, reflecting on his stellar achievements with Wales but still finding time to apply a little pressure on his successor. A coach with a fondness for playing mind games with opponents, Gatland now seemed to be gently turning the heat on Pivac before his compatriot had even started.

Pivac was inheriting a team who had enjoyed historic success but had also endured criticism for their style of play under Gatland, whose functional and abrasive approach had been dubbed 'Warrenball' by his detractors.

Gatland bristled at the moniker, and it represented an ethos from which Pivac wanted to gradually move away as he sought to sharpen Wales' attack and evolve their game to a level where they could close the gap on the southern hemisphere heavyweights.

However, Pivac's early attempts at progression initially looked like severe regression.

Wales beat Italy 42-0 in his first Test in charge but followed that with six successive defeats.

Criticism mounted from fans and pundits, while Pivac had to answer questions about his job security last November, just 12 months into his four-year contract.

Wales were not attacking with the verve many had expected under the former Scarlets coach, while the team lacked the robustness which had been a hallmark of Gatland's reign. Wales' set-piece was a mess and they had become so porous that defence coach Byron Hayward swiftly departed.

A year after being top of the world rankings, Wales had plummeted to ninth having lost seven of their 10 matches in 2020. A fifth-place finish in the Six Nations was their worst since 2007, while their only wins in the year came against Italy and Georgia.

Pivac and his staff insisted they were not panicking. They said the autumn was about developing strength in depth and, despite the concerning results, they demonstrated their commitment to building for the future by handing debuts to 11 players during their first year in charge.

"Like every team, we needed time to bring new boys in and after the World Cup it was an excellent chance to do that," says George North, Wales' wing and centre.

"Last year was a chance to give those younger and newer players a chance to get some experience of international rugby and prepare the squad to get to where we are now.

"That's rugby at this level. You have to go through those periods."

While Wales endured a chastening autumn, North had to overcome a difficult spell of his own as he was left out of the team.

It was a striking decision from Pivac to drop the British and Irish Lions player but one which had the desired effect, with North rediscovering his form with Ospreys before returning to the international set-up rejuvenated.

Having moved from wing to outside centre, the 28-year-old has been one of Wales' best players in this Six Nations, during which he has become the youngest player in the world to pass 100 caps for his country.

North's transformation over the past few months has mirrored Wales' in some respects, and his centre partner Jonathan Davies likens the team's improvement to that of the Scarlets side he played for under Pivac.

"When I came back to the Scarlets [in 2016] it took a while for us to find our feet. We might have lost our first three or four games with Wayne in charge," says Davies.

"But by the end of the season we were playing some of the best rugby I've ever been involved in.

"The autumn was when we [Wales] could lay foundations and we knew then, coming into the Six Nations, that was an opportunity to springboard our performances and make sure we're competing.

"Although results weren't what we wanted, we took positives from it and we're reaping the rewards from it at the moment."

The mantra is clear. Speaking to various members of the Wales squad, you get the impression that the players buy into Pivac's vision. They grasped the long-term purpose of their efforts during a difficult autumn, and now they are enjoying the fruits of their labour.

Another who has played under Pivac for Wales and Scarlets is fly-half Rhys Patchell, absent from this Six Nations because of injury.

"Wayne is very good at creating an environment where the boys feel that they are driving it," he said before last month's win over England.

"Once you gain a bit of momentum, he's very good at capitalising on that momentum and then it almost becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

"I feel that's a real strength Wayne had at the Scarlets, where we won the league in unbelievable fashion and went to a semi-final in Europe.

"It was almost like once the fire was lit and the momentum was with the team, he just fanned it and kept it going and the boys really thrived on that."

There is that word again: momentum.

The material improvements Wales have made over the course of the Six Nations have been clear. They have fixed their line-out, tightened their defence and, as captain Alun Wyn Jones has noted, have become more clinical in attack.

There are numerous other facets of the game which the coaches and players have fine-tuned as the competition has progressed - not that they have wanted to divulge the finer details this week and show their hand to France before Saturday's match.

But as well as those tangible qualities, there are the intangibles too.

This Wales team, the most experienced in the country's history, have long demonstrated their resilience under pressure, their ability to fight back from adversity and to close out tight games at pivotal moments.

And as was the case in 2019, 2012, 2008 and 2005, this year's Six Nations has shown how powerful an intangible quality momentum can be.

Having helped drive that motion in 2005 and 2008, Shanklin sees history repeating once again.

"Momentum. I think that's the big thing that's changed with Wales," he says.

"Who would have thought we'd be in this position right now?

"I honestly believe playing your home games at the Principality Stadium is a big factor. You look at the Autumn Nations Cup and it was played at Parc Y Scarlets. That's not home to Welsh rugby.

"Without the fans, I think you need all the positives you can get. And I certainly think that is a massive factor in the mindset going out to play.

"I think defensively we've been rock solid. So it's an all-round improvement I see, from the attack side of creating opportunities, finishing opportunities, and defensively as well.

"But the main thing is just momentum. We've seen previously how that has affected Wales, and all of a sudden now we seem to be riding that wave.

"At the start of the Six Nations I thought there's absolutely no chance we'd be going for a Grand Slam."

Shanklin was not the only one who held that view. Surveying the destruction at the end of last year, it was difficult not to be downbeat about Wales' prospects.

But as they did in 2008, when they hauled themselves off the canvass after their World Cup debacle just months earlier, Wales have made an instant - and potentially spectacular - recovery.

"We seem to perform best when our backs are against the wall, when the pressure is on, when no-one expects us to win," Shanklin adds.

Wales had forgotten how to lose when they were in France two years ago. They have since rediscovered the habit and beaten it all over again.

Now they are back in Paris, Wales, as ever, are all or nothing.

Handing out midseason grades in a 56-game season presents its own sample-size challenges. Handing them out in a season in which some teams have yet to actually hit the midpoint, due to postponed and rescheduled games, only complicates things.

That established, here are the 2021 NHL midseason report cards for all 31 teams, including our picks for potential class president and which students might flunk out by the end of the term.

Stats are collected from sites such as Natural Stat Trick, Hockey Reference and Evolving Hockey.

Note: Emily Kaplan graded the East and Central teams, while Greg Wyshynski graded the North and West clubs.

Jump to a team:
ANA | ARI | BOS | BUF | CGY | CAR | CHI
COL | CBJ | DAL | DET | EDM | FLA
LA | MIN | MTL | NSH | NJ | NYI
NYR | OTT | PHI | PIT | SJ | STL
TB | TOR | VAN | VGS | WSH | WPG

East Division

Boston Bruins

Players: B. The biggest surprise is how stellar the defense has been, despite losing key veterans in Zdeno Chara and Torey Krug. Charlie McAvoy has held down the fort as the new No. 1, but young players have fit nicely into new roles. Boston's top forwards, as usual, are putting on a show, but GM Don Sweeney explained it well to reporters this week: The 5-on-5 offense is not where it needs to be, and scoring -- specifically depth scoring -- is "a major concern." Boston is 27th in scoring goals at 5-on-5 this season. The Bruins, overall, have been slumping to lose their grip in the East Division race, now sitting comfortably in fourth place.

Coach: B. Bruce Cassidy is regarded as one of the best coaches in the NHL. He has shuffled lines to find more offensive consistency, but hasn't been able to find it yet. Cassidy isn't afraid to call out his team's for poor effort -- like he did after a 4-0 drubbing by the Rangers last week -- and he typically gets the right response.

GM: B-plus. GM Don Sweeney is looking smarter for letting Chara and Krug walk -- despite how difficult it was on the players, as well as the fan base. The young blue line has held up, but the GM might get defensive reinforcements at the trade deadline anyway. Craig Smith has been a good cultural fit, but isn't chipping in as much productionwise as hoped. It's one of the reasons the Bruins are still shopping for offensive help.

Class president: Brad Marchand. He has led the Bruins with 33 points in 26 games, and his coach says he should be getting love for the Selke Trophy -- as well as the Hart Trophy for league MVP. Said Cassidy: "I think there's probably other players in the league with better numbers that people will gravitate towards, but if you look at what Marchy brings to this team in terms of offensive ability, scoring, penalty kill, power play, 4-on-4, overtime and he's got an 'A' on his sweater, he's become much more of a leader in terms of setting an example in practice, in games. I think he should be in the conversation."

In danger of failing: Jake DeBrusk has been a popular target for fans, and was demoted to healthy scratch this month. "Feels like everyone thinks I'm done around here," he said. If nothing else, he's carrying a chip on his shoulder for the rest of the season. DeBrusk, 24, said he took the scratching personally -- and he responded by scoring a goal in his next game back.

Overall grade: B. The Bruins are a veteran-led team, but the changes this season mean it's taking more time than usual to find their stride. It's fine for now as long as they get clicking before the playoffs.

Rangers manager Steven Gerrard has called on UEFA to take action after midfielder Glen Kamara complained of being racially abused by a Slavia Prague player in Thursday's 2-0 Europa League defeat in Glasgow.

Kamara was furious after Slavia centre-back Ondrej Kudela leaned into his ear and said something while covering his mouth, sparking a melee in the final stages of their round-of-16 tie.

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The Scottish champions, who were reduced to nine men after Kemar Roofe and Leon Balogun were sent off, crashed out of the competition 3-1 on aggregate.

"My player tells me he was racially abused," Gerrard said. "I feel angry ... I know Glen and I trust him 100% and it is extremely disappointing.

"If I wanted to say something to you on a football pitch, why do I need to cover my mouth and go to the ear? It is over to UEFA now this situation and I just hope it doesn't get brushed under the carpet."

"I 100% believe him ... I trust Glen 100% with my life."

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Slavia denied the allegations and said in a statement Kudela had been assaulted by Kamara after the game. The defender said his remarks to the Finnish midfielder, who is Black, had not been racist.

Forward Roofe was also subjected to racial abuse on social media after he was shown a red card for a high-boot challenge on Slavia goalkeeper Ondrej Kolar.

"Kemar deserved the red card, if he goes with his head the situation could've been different but some things are above football and I don't even feel like talking about football right now," Gerrard added.

Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Hugo Lloris said their shock Europa League exit after Thursday's 3-0 defeat by Dinamo Zagreb was a "disgrace" and reflected deeper issues at the club.

Spurs were favourites to reach the quarterfinals after securing a 2-0 lead from the first leg in London but Zagreb stormed back with a sensational hat trick from Mislav Orsic to claim a 3-2 aggregate victory.

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Manager Jose Mourinho accused his players of lacking professionalism after the defeat and Lloris echoed his comments.

"I think we are more than disappointed, it is a disgrace," Lloris said. "I hope everyone in the changing room feels responsible.

"The taste of defeat is more than painful. We are a club full of ambition, I just think at the moment it is a reflection of what is going on in the club.

"We have a lack of basics, fundamentals, our performances are just in relation of that. Mentally we should be stronger, more competitive."

The France goalkeeper said Tottenham, who were also heavily criticised for a poor performance in Sunday's north London derby loss at Arsenal, had underestimated the Croatian champions.

"When you are not ready at this level, you pay," he added. "There is quality everywhere and if you don't respect the opponent they can punish you, that's what happened."

Tottenham, who are eighth in the Premier League, visit Aston Villa on Sunday.