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He made the announcement after Bayern's German Cup last-16 win over VfL Wolfsburg and also said he had -informed the club he would not take over the sports director role as widely expected.
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Only minutes earlier Bayern President Uli Hoeness had told reporters he knew nothing of Lahm's retirement and said any announcement would be a joint one with the club.
"Bayern Munich are surprised by the actions of Philipp Lahm and his advisor," Rummenigge said in a statement.
"Until yesterday we were expecting to issue a joint statement from Philipp Lahm and Bayern Munich.
"Uli Hoeness and myself had honest Nike Shox NZ Hombre Rojas Negras España , intensive talks in the past months with Philipp about a potential involvement in the management of our club.
"Last week he informed us he was currently not available for the sports -director position and that he wants to end his contract early."
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He has spent almost his entire senior career at Bayern after coming through their youth system.
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"We want to make it clear that the doors at Bayern Munich will remain open for Philipp," Rummenigge said.
RIO DE JANEIRO， April 21 (Xinhua) -- Rio 2016 Olympic organizers hailed Thursday's lighting of the Olympic torch as an "evocative" ceremony that "lit up" the Rio Games.
"The flame was brought to life at the site of the ancient Games before setting off on the Olympic torch relay that will cross Greece， Switzerland and Brazil，" the official Rio2016 portal said.
The portal highlighted the participation of Brazil's two-time Olympic volleyball champion Giovane Gavio， who was the first Brazilian to carry the torch.
"The ex-athlelte and Rio 2016 volleyball event manager received the symbol of the Olympic Games from Greek gymnast Eleftherios Petrounias， commencing the relay that will pass through Greece， Switzerland and more than 300 Brazilian cities before arriving at the Maracana stadium on August 5 for the opening ceremony，" Rio 2016 said.
It quoted Gavio as saying that he wanted "to inspire all Brazilians to participate in the Games."
Brazil's major newspapers drew attention to the country's ongoing political and economic crisis.
"The period of political turbulence and economic crisis was not ignored at the torch-lighting ceremony in Greece，" the Globo newspaper said.
"In speeches during the event carried out in Olympia - the birthplace of the Olympic Games - the president of Rio 2016， Carlos Nuzman， and of the IOC， Thomas Bach， sent a message of peace and unity to Brazil."
The Folha de S.Paulo newspaper cited Bach's comments about Rio's "Olympic legacy" in a report that discussed the Games' potential healing effects on Brazil.
"Despite the difficulties that Brazil faces， the flame is an eternal reminder that we are all part of the same humanity. That will be the great legacy for the Rio Games for Brazil and the world，" it said.
According to the newspaper， Bach had underlined "the universalness" of the Games， which will be held in South America for the first time.
And it said Thursday's ceremony evoked visions of the Games' beginnings in Olympia more than 2800 years ago.
"[Olympia]， which is about 300km from Athens has only 15，000 inhabitants and seems like a village，" the newspaper said. "There were priestesses and other characters that were a throwback to ancient Greece."
Rio 2016 chief Nuzman was also quoted in local media saying that the Olympics were helping Brazil to keep a positive frame of mind.
"The Olympic torch brings a message that can and will unite our beloved Brazil， a country that is suffering a lot more than it deserves in search of a better future，" Nuzman was quoted as saying by Veja.
Local media also underlined the absence of Dilma Rousseff from the ceremony after Brazil's lower house approved a motion to impeach her on Sunday.
MEXICO CITY， June 22 (Xinhua) -- Mexican surgeons have successfully carried out a complex liver transplant， in one of only 18 such operations ever performed worldwide.
The Social Security and Services Institute for State Employees (ISSSTE) said it applied "an innovative technique to replace diseased blood with healthy blood so (the patient) can tolerate the transplant."
"Today the ISSSTE makes history by presenting the first successful case of a liver transplant in a 24-year-old patient with hepatic cirrhosis caused by sickle-cell anemia，" the institute announced Tuesday.
Out of the 18 similar transplants performed around the world， only 10 have been successful in that the patient has survived， said ISSSTE.
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