Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.

Sentence 1:The club said both had failed to uphold team standards and Martin was suspended for two matches for the incident . Sentence 2:Meanwhile , Connors , who was on a final warning for indiscretions under coach Hardwick , was sacked .
meanwhile