By Oliver Trust
BERLIN Kelvin Benjamin Youth Jersey , Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has renewed his criticism of rising transfer fees in football after the group draw of the 20172018 Champions League on Friday.
This time, Hoeness attacked clubs like Manchester City and the club's Group B opponent Paris St Germain for splashing out ending huge sums on international stars.
"Clubs like Manchester City and Paris St. Germain haven't won anything yet. I'm not worried because I'm convinced that money does not inevitably win titles," said the 65-year old.
Drawn in Group B, Bayern Munich will face Scotland's Glasgow Celtic, Belgians RSC Anderlecht and Paris St German, one of the favorites.
Hoeness stressed that the 2013 Champions League winner wouldn't be joining the crazy race for stars by paying immense sums of money to try to secure success. "It's difficult for every club to win the Champions League. Transfers between 100 and 200 million euro are no insurance that you will win a major international title," Hoeness emphasized.
Bayern Munich will stick to a conservative spending policy. "We've decided to keep our coffers topped up and still be competitive enough to be successful. Bayern Munich has to find its own way to when it comes to national and international competitions," the former German international told German media after Paris signed Brazilian striker Neymar Junior for 222 million euro from Barcelona.
Hoeness said that the club feels that, "It's not the right way to find investors prepared to pump billions of euro into a club like Bayern." The German club would be certain to receive several offers but intends to keep its independence.
The club's new 70 million euro academy is its answer to the "crazy things going on in the international transfer market," Hoeness commented.
Other than Real Madrid, no other club, no matter how much they have invested, has been a regular Champions League winner. The Bavarian club prefers to invest in infrastructure rather than in expensive players.
Hoeness was supported by the former German international, Lothar Matthaeus. The 56-year-old told the German pay-tv channel "sky" that, "Bayern has the quality to win the 20172018 Champions League."
He felt that up to 10 teams could win this season's competition. In addition to Bayern, Matthaeus sees titleholder Real Madrid, Paris, Juventus Turin, Barcelona and the Premier League clubs Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea as potential winners.
The Champions League final will take place on May 26th 2018 in Kiev.
All three German participants are hopeful of progressing past the group stage of the Champions League. The 2012 German champion Borussia Dortmund will face the hardest group as it has been pitted against Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur and Apoel Nicosia in Group H. Dortmund and Tottenham are expected to battle for the second place that guarantees a berth in the last 16.
Last season's Bundesliga newcomer, RB Leipzig is happy about what seems to be the easiest group as the East-German side will be up against AS Monaco, FC Porto and Besiktas Istanbul in Group G.
Leipzig for the first time in the club history is part of the Champions League.
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SHANGHAI is following in Beijing’s footsteps by canceling the 21-kilometer international half marathon event.
Organizers announced yesterday that this year’s half marathon, which was due to take place on November 12, isn’t going to be held.
They said the 8,000 places for the race have instead been allotted to the 42.2km full marathon, which will now have 28,000 places — 8,000 more than last year. The 10km and 5km races will continue to feature 5,000 runners each.
“The decision was made to meet the demand of our runners after a series of analyses,” said Zhou Jin, general manager of Shanghai Donghao Lansheng Event Management Company.
“Currently, Shanghai hosts over 10 running events which set the half marathon. Therefore, Shanghai’s half-marathon runners’ still have a wide choice. To give more quotas to the full marathon during Shanghai International Marathon is also a kind of upgrade for the event,” she said.
A total of 126,789 runners applied for the 2015 races. Among them, 48,399 (38.17 percent) applied for the full marathon and 45,073 (35.55 percent) for the half marathon. In 2016, there were 153,163 applications; 64,067 (41.83 percent) for the full marathon and 54,338 (35.48 percent) for the half marathon.
“The increase was obvious. Also, our statistics showed that over 95 percent of the full marathon runners were able to complete their race. Therefore we think it is time for some adjustment,” Zhou added.
The 10km and 5km events have been kept to ensure the involvement of runners who are not able to complete the full distance but are eager to participate in the annual event.
The organizer also adjusted this year’s running route to provide better views for observers and an improved running experience.
At the 17th kilometer spot, runners will enter the riverside area in Huangpu District instead of making a U-turn along Miaojiang Road.
The route at the 30th kilometer spot will also be changed to allow runners to avoid Longteng Bridge, which a number of participants had found too much of a stamina challenge.
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