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                    [Title] => IOC's Bach: Refugees will be honored at Rio Olympics
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 A group of refugee athletes will march together in the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in a symbol of hope for the world's migrants, IOC President Thomas Bach said Thursday (Friday in Manila).

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-28 22:07:54 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262860 [AuthorName] => Derek Gatopoulos [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20160129/ps-refugees-bach.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1239854 [Title] => Olympic flame for Sochi Games ready for relay [Summary] =>

Using the sun's rays, the Olympic flame lighting for the Winter Games in Sochi went off without a hitch in southern Greece yesterdays, ahead of its journey across Russia's nine time zones and even a trip to space before the Feb. 7-23 games.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-30 07:02:29 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262860 [AuthorName] => Derek Gatopoulos [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1239853 [Title] => IOC chief receives Russian 'assurances' over gays [Summary] =>

New IOC President Thomas Bach said yesterday he had received assurances from senior Russian officials and games organizers that an ongoing controversy over the country's treatment of gays will not affect athletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

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Greek police said on Saturday that all the artifacts which had been stolen from the Ancient Olympia Museum in February have been recovered.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-25 09:00:42 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 604322 [Title] => From Sam Milby to sea dragons: YOG takes SG [Summary] =>

It took a while for the realization to hit me.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1667758 [AuthorName] => Raymond Ang [SectionName] => Supreme [SectionUrl] => supreme [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 261046 [Title] => RP begins Olympic quest [Summary] => Athens (Via Globe Telecom) — Set in majestic setting steeped in lore and history, the Games of the modern era returned to its birthplace more than 100 years ago when the 28th Olympiad unfolds today at the state-of-art Olympic Stadium.

And for a brave band of 16 Filipino athletes, the question is whether the end is on hand after 80 years of excruciating wait for a precious gold medal or will the heartbreak linger on for yet another four?
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097213 [AuthorName] => Lito Tacujan [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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