(Reuters) – U.N. human rights boss Michelle Bachelet received a mandate on Tuesday to collect evidence of crimes during Sri Lanka’s long civil war, which ended in 2009 with the defeat of the separatist Tamil Tigers and an upsurge of civilian deaths.

The four-year-old gelding raced just five times in Hong Kong for two minor placings, finishing 12th in the G1 Hong Kong Derby (2400m) at his most recent start on March 21. Shadow Hero arrived in Hong Kong last year with a sizeable reputation, having been …

The Open des Bretzels is the biggest event taking place in Europe on the Challenger Tour this week, with the Challenger 10 level women’s event being held in Mulhouse, France. The tournament, which was originally scheduled for earlier in the year before being postponed,

Zara Tindall, who is the granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth, has given birth to a baby boy — with her husband revealing the couple ‘didn’t make it to hospital’.

But the Warwick Farm trainer says Golden Slipper-roughie Queen Of Wizardry also shouldn’t be discounted, with the tough weather conditions suiting the daughter of Not A Single Doubt against her more fancied rivals in the $3.

Wolves are currently 13th in the Premier League which is disappointing for the club given they finished 7th last season. They’re 11 points off that position, which is held by Liverpool, themselves facing a huge drop on what they achieved domestically in the last campaign.

Champion jockey William Pike will ride Michelada in Saturday week’s $500,000 Group 2 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) at Ascot. William Pike chose Michelada, a filly he knows well, having steered the daughter of Nicconi in her two starts including a win on debut …

Yarrawonga coach Mark Whiley has confirmed the club will be missing three star players to either injury or work in Saturday's season opener against Albury.

Nikola Milenković is set to leave Fiorentina at the end of the season if multiple reports coming out of Italy are to be believed. Various claims stated Manchester United are one of the firm candidates for signing the defender.

British National champions James Willstrop and Sarah-Jane Perry will top their respective draws at the inaugural AJ Bell England Squash Super 8 Championships in Manchester from 7-9 April with all the action streamed live on Facebook and SQUASHTV.