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                    [Title] => Rio stadium fires 75 percent of workers ahead of Olympics
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Administrators of Rio de Janeiro's iconic Maracana stadium have fired 75 percent of the arena's staff eight months before the 2016 Olympics.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-05 19:37:25 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20160106/ps-macarana-layoffs.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1539812 [Title] => Rio stadium fires 75 percent of workers ahead of Olympics [Summary] =>

Administrators of Rio de Janeiro's iconic Maracana stadium have fired 75 percent of the arena's staff eight months before the 2016 Olympics.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-05 17:00:37 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1371926 [Title] => Volleyball to be hot ticket for 2016 Rio Olympics [Summary] =>

Brazil's loss to Poland in the final of the men's volleyball world championship on Sunday was a blow to the South Americans, but should boost the sport in two years at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-22 13:30:19 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1756704 [AuthorName] => Stephen Wade [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1347268 [Title] => Germany No. 1 in FIFA rankings after World Cup win [Summary] =>

Germany has climbed to the top of the FIFA rankings after winning the World Cup for the first time in 24 years.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-17 17:26:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1342769 [Title] => Germany beats France 1-0, reaches World Cup semis [Summary] =>

Germany reached the semifinals for a fourth straight World Cup by beating France 1-0 Friday in a cagey match settled by a first-half header from Mats Hummels.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-05 02:11:50 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1756744 [AuthorName] => Steve Douglas [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20140705/Germany-vs-France-FIFA2014.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1342205 [Title] => Germany, France maglalaglagan [Summary] =>

Mag­kakaroon pa rin ng European team sa semifinals ng World Cup dahil sa pagkikita ng Germany at France sa isang laro sa quarterfinals.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1335463 [Title] => Argentina defeats Bosnia 2-1 in tale of two halves [Summary] =>

Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero are dangerous scorers, but neither was getting many touches in the first half of Argentina's World Cup opener against Bosnia-Herzegovina.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-16 15:06:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1756704 [AuthorName] => Stephen Wade [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20140616/messi-argentina-world-cup-bosnia.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1335445 [Title] => Rio officer shoots live round during Cup protests [Summary] =>

A motorcycle policeman can be seen on an Associated Press video firing what appeared to be a live pistol round at anti-World Cup protesters Sunday near Rio de Janeiro's Maracana soccer stadium.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-16 10:49:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1330607 [Title] => Tattoos express Brazilians' soccer love [Summary] =>

The fanatic passion Delneri Viana holds for his beloved Botafogo soccer club really gets under his skin — 83 times and counting.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-03 16:35:39 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 959277 [Title] => Spain beats Italy 7-6 on PKs to reach Confed final [Summary] =>

Spain came through an exhausting scoreless 120 minutes and then a penalty-kick shootout 7-6 over Italy in the semifinal Thursday and will face Brazil in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium on Sunday to cap the World Cup warm-up tournament.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-28 10:24:29 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1124642 [AuthorName] => Andrew Dampf [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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