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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] => 1537974 [Title] => Bach: Sports bodies must clean up to protect credibility [Summary] =>

Sports organizations must work harder than ever in 2016 to clean up their act after a year of corruption and doping scandals that tarnished the Olympic movement, IOC President Thomas Bach said yesterday in a New Year's message.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-30 13:13:41 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1756715 [AuthorName] => Stephen Wilson [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1495233 [Title] => Ties that bind [Summary] =>

Why do relationships last? Are the threads that bind them strong as steel, warm as the sun’s rays, and soft like the threads in a silk cocoon?

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-02 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135221 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1391760 [AuthorName] => Joanne Rae M. Ramirez [SectionName] => Newsmakers [SectionUrl] => newsmakers [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/other-sections/newsmakers/20150903/Christine-Dayrit-and-Bum-Tenorio-Jr-1.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1429231 [Title] => Rio Ruckus: IOC, Olympics targeted by environmental protest [Summary] =>

IOC President Thomas Bach came to Rio de Janeiro to laud the city's progress in getting ready for the 2016 Olympics.

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has defended the environmental impact of the Rio 2016 Games after activists tried to disrupt a meeting of the organization's top officials on Saturday.

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IOC President Thomas Bach said Tuesday he is confident that the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will be a "safe games."

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The International Olympic Committee is putting up $20 million to fight doping and match-fixing — considered the two biggest threats to the credibility of the games.

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New IOC president Thomas Bach is pleased with the Italian government's support for a 2024 Summer Olympics bid and said it's "time for the United States to present a strong bid."

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-24 06:21:08 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1124642 [AuthorName] => Andrew Dampf [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1250729 [Title] => Putin: No discrimination against gays at Olympics [Summary] =>

President Vladimir Putin promised yesterday that gay athletes and guests at the Winter Olympics in Sochi will feel at ease, seeking to assuage fears fueled by a recent Russian law banning gay "propaganda."

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Although Asia’s two candidates fared poorly at the recent International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidential elections in Buenos Aires, there was no doubt the region played a key role in propelling German lawyer Thomas Bach to the seat of power in the world’s most dominant sports organization.

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