Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner says “he never threatened to leave” the club over the potential sale of captain Marc Guehi to Liverpool on transfer deadline day.
England defender Guehi, 25, had looked set to join the Premier League champions but the move fell through with Palace unable to secure adequate replacements.
With Guehi now able to move on as a free agent next summer when his contract expires, the Austrian was asked about reports of tension over the situation between him and Eagles chairman Steve Parish.
“I think it’s the last time I want to talk about it,” Glasner said.
“I never threatened to leave the club. Never. I didn’t have to threaten anybody. There were no bad tensions between the chairman and myself.
“It was really just a discussion about sports, and he decided against the money and for the sporting perspective of Crystal Palace. Big credit to the chairman.”
Palace completed two signings on the final day of the summer transfer window,
Toulouse centre-back Jaydee Canvot joined on a four-year deal while Christantus Uche arrived on a season-long loan from Getafe.
The club wanted two defensive reinforcements before sanctioning Guehi’s departure.
“At the end of many discussions it was the chairman who asked me: ‘Oliver, do you think we can manage the season when we sell Marc?’ I said: ‘Honestly we can’t manage it in the short-term,'” added Glasner.
Guehi is ‘100% focused’
Glasner, 51, who guided the club to their first major trophy with victory over Manchester City in the FA Cup final in May, also dismissed suggestions that Guehi had considered whether to continue as captain given his unhappiness at how things played out.
He added: “It is credit to Marc that he never threatened to strike. He is a very honest person. That is why I was never worried about this situation.
“He will be our captain as long as he’s here, because he’s just such a great player and such a great personality.
Molly-Mae Hague recently shared her top three make-up products, and it included this new brow gel. Keen to see if it’s worth the hype, I tried it out on my unruly eyebrows…
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I tried Molly-Mae’s favourite brow gel(Image: Getty, Laura Mulley)
Blessed (or cursed, whichever you think) with naturally thick, coarse eyebrow hairs, I use a brow gel pretty much every day to control and shape them, even if I don’t wear any other make-up. I have a long-term favourite (REFY Brow Sculpt, FYI) but I’m always up for trying new recommendations, so when Molly-Mae Hague recently included one in her top three make-up products, I had to try it.
Speaking to influencer William Grande this week on the red carpet at the NTAs – where her Amazon show Molly-Mae: Behind It All won an award – Molly shared her current three favourite make-up products, and it included Morphe Micro Manager Gripping Brow Gel, which costs £12 from Selfridges.
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It has a tiny spoolie brush(Image: Laura Mulley)
Promising 16-hour hold, 100% of testers said that this lifts, tames and locks brows into place, and 100% also agreed that it feels flexible and comfortable to wear.
I was immediately taken by the slimline, gold-packaged design and, when I opened it, the teeny tiny spoolie brush – smaller than any I’d used before. The benefits of this, I found, are that it allows you to very precisely shape the brows exactly how you want, without overloading them with product or getting it onto the surrounding skin – an issue I’ve had with other products in the past.
To be honest, I didn’t expect it to be strong enough to hold up my heavy brows – few brow gels are – but this even passed the pulling-a-jumper-over-the-head test without my eyebrows drooping. Even better, there was no white residue or flaky bits on the hairs once it had dried – another common complaint I have. It also gave them a slightly glossy finish.
My brows before (left) and after (right)(Image: Laura Mulley)
I didn’t quite test its 16-hour claim, but my brows did remain looking good all day – lifted, defined and fuller, with gaps filled in. As this Morphe gel is cheaper than my usual too, I’ll definitely be swapping to this for the foreseeable.
If you want to copy the now-BAFTA winners make-up bag even further, the two other favourites Molly-Mae listed were By Terry Cellularose CC Serum, £62, and Natasha Denona HY-GLAM Concealer, £32.
Meanwhile the star’s NTAs beauty look involved a sought-after blusher with a 1.2k waiting list, as Molly stepped out wearing NARS’ new blurring blush that thousands of fans were virtually queuing up back during its launch.
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The product in question is The Multiple from NARS, priced at £33. Promising 16 hours of wear, this multitasking genius is perfect for everything from red carpet moments to everyday glam. Since launching, it’s already become a must-have product for so many beauty fans, racking up hundreds of five-star reviews in its first week.
Israeli air and artillery fire continue to bombard Gaza, killing at least 59 people on Friday, including 14 members of the same family.
Among those, 42 people were killed in Gaza City and the north of the besieged territory, according to medical sources.
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Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Gaza City, said it was another “sleepless night” in the area.
“Israeli forces are using remotely operated explosive devices in neighbourhoods, coupled with heavy air and artillery attacks covering much of the eastern part of Gaza City,” he reported.
“The Israeli military is also using the intimidating tactic of illuminating the skies above Gaza City. For the second night in a row, they used flare bombs, creating fear among displaced people already forced to seek shelter anywhere they can find it.”
The 14 members of the same family – the Sultan family – who were killed, also died in Gaza City in a single Israeli attack on their home in the at-Twam area.
Palestinian group Hamas condemned Friday’s air raids and the strike on the Sultans, accusing Israel of waging a campaign of “terror and organised war crimes” through the destruction of residential towers and targeting of civilians, saying such actions are in violation of international law.
It also decried continued global “inaction and complicity”, saying it is only emboldening Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to intensify genocide and forced displacement against Palestinians.
Smoke rises as a building is hit by an Israeli strike, in Gaza City [File: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters]
In Gaza City’s Daraj neighbourhood, Israeli drone fire killed a child and wounded others, a source at the nearby al-Ahli Hospital told Al Jazeera.
Elsewhere, Israeli attacks destroyed a school located in the Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza.
“Many people had taken refuge in it, but have now been forced back into the streets one more time,” Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud added.
Meanwhile, in western Gaza City, an Israeli attack targeted a cluster of residences, including a residential tower across the street from a UNRWA medical facility, Mahmoud reported.
“As far as we know, the tower is still standing, though it sustained a great deal of damage. But the cluster of homes was completely destroyed.”
In a statement on X on Friday, the Israeli military said it struck 500 targets in Gaza City this week, as it advances an assault to forcibly displace about one million residents and seize control of the area.
Israel’s security cabinet in August approved a plan by Netanyahu for the military occupation of Gaza City, which has displaced tens of thousands of people.
However, Gaza’s Government Media Office on Friday said more than 1.3 million Palestinians, including 350,000 children, remain in Gaza City and the north, despite Israel’s relentless bombardment and forced evacuation threats.
‘This is not life’
As Israel pushes to displace residents of Gaza City to the south of the enclave, Palestinians have been saying that nowhere is safe in the territory.
Hundreds of thousands of people are crammed into makeshift tents in the al-Mawasi area in Khan Younis, designated by Israel as a so-called “humanitarian zone”, which lacks water access and sanitation, among other amenities.
“This is not life,” Shade al-Wawi, a displaced Palestinian, told Al Jazeera from al-Mawasi. “We cannot do it any more.”
“We are smelling dust, and with it, smelling grief and death,” he said.
Displaced Palestinians, fleeing northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation, move southward after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]
In less than a month, more than 70,000 people have made the arduous journey from northern to southern Gaza following Israel’s move to forcibly evacuate Palestinians from “combat zones”, according to UNICEF spokesperson Tess Ingram.
“This is already an incredibly crowded area, with hundreds of thousands of people here, with not enough services or supplies to meet their needs – let alone the influx of people coming from the north,” he said of al-Mawasi.
Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum, reporting from al-Mawasi, said Palestinians there were facing a “desperate reality”.
“Families are told to come here, but are turning back because there are no spaces left for them to ensure a dignified life, which has been stripped away by Israel’s repeated evacuation orders and mass bombing,” he reported.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed more than 64,000 people, according to local health authorities, caused a hunger crisis and wider humanitarian disaster, and reduced much of the enclave to rubble.
Israel releases Gaza prisoners
Separately on Friday, 13 Palestinian prisoners from Gaza were released by Israel after months of detention under what medical and local sources described as harsh and degrading conditions, Anadolu news agency reported.
The detainees were freed at the Kissufim crossing east of central Gaza and immediately transferred by International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) vehicles to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah due to their deteriorating health.
Medical personnel said the men arrived in frail condition, suffering from malnutrition and physical injuries consistent with abuse during captivity.
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, a nongovernmental group, has said thousands of Palestinians in Gaza have been swept up in mass arrests since Israel’s offensive began on October 7, 2023, many subjected to forced disappearances and prolonged incommunicado detention.
Qatari PM to meet Trump
As conditions deteriorate on the ground, the UN General Assembly on Friday voted overwhelmingly to endorse a declaration on a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians.
Separately, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani is in New York meeting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and possibly President Donald Trump, days after US ally Israel attacked and killed Hamas members in Doha.
The attack on Tuesday was widely condemned in the Middle East and by the UN Security Council as an act that could escalate tensions in a region already on edge, and derail efforts to broker a truce in Gaza.
Who: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka What: Asia Cup T20 Group B match Where: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE When: Saturday, September 13 at 6:30pm (14:30 GMT)
How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 3:30pm (11:30 GMT) in advance of our live text commentary stream.
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The first crunch game of the 2025 Asia Cup comes in Group B with six-time winners Sri Lanka taking on a Bangladesh side that will very much fancy their chances in a game that is likely to go a long way to deciding the fate of the tough group.
With Afghanistan already up and running in the four-team group with their win against Hong Kong, who Bangladesh also beat in their group opener, Sri Lanka will be feeling the pressure to get on the board in their first outing.
Al Jazeera Sport takes a look at a battle between two sides hoping to lift the trophy following the September 28 final.
What is Bangladesh’s T20 form coming into the game?
A 33-ball half-century from captain Litton Das handed Bangladesh an opening win in the Asia Cup on Thursday.
Bangladesh cruised to 144-3 for a seven-wicket victory after Hong Kong, which lost to Afghanistan in its opening game, made 143-7 after being put in.
Litton made a watchful start after Parvez Hossain Emon (19) was deceived by Ayush Shukla’s slower ball and was caught at deep mid-wicket in the third over.
Hong Kong struck once more inside the powerplay when Nizakat Khan ran back from mid-off and held onto a catch over his shoulders to dismiss Tanzid Hasan, who struggled to score 14 off 18 balls with only one boundary.
But Litton and Towhid Hridoy (35 not out) ensured Hong Kong did not get a sniff to repeat its historic win against Bangladesh at the T20 World Cup in 2014.
“Very important to win the first game,” Litton said. “Last couple of series, we have played good cricket, but in the Asia Cup, a little bit of pressure comes automatically.”
Bangladesh had beaten both Pakistan and Sri Lanka 2-1 in their last two bilateral series.
Bangladesh’s Tanzid Hasan, right, and Bangladesh’s Litton Das run between the wickets to score during the Asia Cup Cricket match against Hong Kong [Fatima Shbair/AP]
What is Sri Lanka’s T20 form like?
An unbeaten 73 from Kamil Mishara led Sri Lanka to an eight-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in Harare last Sunday to seal a 2-1 win in their Twenty20 series to warm up for the Asia Cup.
Put in to bat after losing the toss, Zimbabwe made 191-8, but Sri Lanka cruised to the target with 14 balls to spare.
Mishara and Kusal Perera put on 117 runs in an unbeaten third-wicket stand as Sri Lanka completed a white-ball double, having won the preceding one-day international series against Zimbabwe 2-0.
Having scored just 35 runs in four previous T20I innings, 24-year-old Mishara made his mark with a match-winning knock, hitting three sixes and six fours from the 43 balls he faced.
“It is a privilege to win a game for my country, I just feel very good,” said Mishara.
“There was pressure, of course, but the coaching staff just told me to play my normal game. I just wanted to get into my rhythm and then played my normal game.”
On top of the 2-1 series defeat by Bangladesh, Sri Lanka lost their previous T20 series 2-1 to their hosts, New Zealand, in December and January.
Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis top-scored with 73 in his side’s win in the opening T20 of the recent bilateral series with Bangladesh [Eranga Jayawardena/AP]
What happened the last time Bangladesh played Sri Lanka?
Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets to seal their three-game T20 bilateral series earlier this year.
Having won the toss in Colombo, Sri Lanka were restricted to 132-7 with opener Pathum Nissanka top scoring with 46 off 39 balls for the hosts.
Only two other batters made it to 20, however, with Dasun Shanaka coming in at seven and hitting 35 off 25 to top up the modest total.
Shak Mahedi Hasan claimed 4-11 off his four overs for Bangladesh before Tanzid Hasan’s unbeaten 73 off 47 made short work of the chase.
Bangladesh’s team members pose for photographers with the winner’s trophy after the third Twenty20 cricket match against Sri Lanka in July [Eranga Jayawardena/AP]
What is Bangladesh’s Asia Cup record?
Bangladesh have yet to win the Asia Cup, but with each tournament that passes, the experience grows, and with it the expectation that they will soon hold aloft the trophy.
They have been runners-up on three occasions, the last being the 2018 final, when they were defeated by India by three wickets.
It was Bangladesh’s third appearance in four finals, with India also claiming victory in the 2016 final and Pakistan beating them in 2012.
What is Sri Lanka’s Asia Cup record?
Sri Lanka has claimed six Asia Cup titles already. The islanders last lifted the trophy in 2022, beating Pakistan on home soil by 23 runs in the final.
Their first victory came in the second edition, in 1986, when they also beat Pakistan.
Between 1997 and 2008, Sri Lanka won three out of four editions, and were the defeated finalists when Pakistan claimed the title in 2000.
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka team news
After their opening win, Bangladesh look set to be unchanged for the crunch second match in the group.
Janith Liyanage, meantime, was a late addition to the Sri Lanka squad for the Asia Cup. The seam bowling all-rounder’s addition to the squad means the Sri Lankans have a 17-strong group for the tournament.
Sri Lanka chopped and changed their way through the bilateral series against Zimbabwe, with Nuwanidu Fernando replaced for the final match by Kusal Perera.
Kamil Mishara was not selected for the first match of the three-game series, with the former two both playing, but played both the second and third games of the series.
Maheesh Theekshana also dropped out of the side from the second match to be replaced by Matheesha Pathirana.
Nuwan Thushara, like Theekshana, played the first match of the series, only to be replaced by Binura Fernando for the final two games.
Predicted Bangladesh lineup
Litton Das (c & w), Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Parvez Hossain Emon, Tawhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali, Shamim Hossain, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed
Former Ireland and British and Irish Lions scrum-half Conor Murray has confirmed his retirement from rugby after opting against a move abroad.
Murray, 36, ended his Test career alongside Peter O’Mahony and Cian Healy at the conclusion of this year’s Six Nations.
While initially indicating that he would “pursue a playing opportunity abroad”, five-time Six Nations winner Murray has decided to hang up his boots.
“I had left it open-ended,” he told The 42.
“My body felt really good and in a good place. But it was more for a life experience for my wife Joanna and our little boy Alfie, who’s 10 months now, and just if we wanted to go somewhere nice and experience a nice place to live, for them as much as me wanting to play on.”
Murray added that he received a “couple of offers” to extend his career.
“There was one in Japan but dragging them [his family] there, putting them in an apartment in Tokyo or something like that just didn’t appeal to where we’re at at the minute,” he added.
“So long story short, nothing of appeal came up and I’m very happy to hang up the boots properly and move into the next chapter.”
During his 125-cap Ireland career, Murray won five Six Nations titles, including two Grand Slams.
He also made eight Test appearances for the British and Irish Lions across the 2013, 2017 and 2021 tours.
