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                    [Title] => Bach: Sports bodies must clean up to protect credibility
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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] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1533604 [Title] => Beijing names head of 2022 Winter Games organizing committee [Summary] =>

Beijing's Communist Party chief has been appointed head of the organizing committee for the 2022 Winter Games.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-16 12:05:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1518625 [Title] => China approves budget for 2022 Winter Olympics rail link [Summary] =>

China has approved the budget for a 58.41 billion yuan ($9.22 billion) high-speed rail project connecting Beijing to the outdoor venues for the 2022 Winter Olympics, a crucial piece of infrastructure for staging the games.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-04 12:45:08 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1437385 [Title] => IOC panel visits bid sites; China fires back on human rights [Summary] =>

IOC evaluators began a five-day inspection tour of Beijing's bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics on yesterday as Chinese organizers fired back at critics of the government's human rights record.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-25 05:32:21 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1231696 [AuthorName] => Christopher Bodeen [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1417686 [Title] => IOC dismisses idea of joint Saudi-Bahrain bid for Olympics [Summary] =>

The IOC shot down a suggestion by a Saudi Arabian official yesterday that the ultraconservative nation could seek to co-host the Olympics with neighboring Bahrain by having male and female athletes compete in separate countries.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-28 05:51:01 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1756715 [AuthorName] => Stephen Wilson [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1354396 [Title] => Elusive Olympic dream [Summary] =>

International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski said recently she believes the POC, PSC and NSAs know what it necessary and what they must do to make the elusive dream of capturing the country’s first Olympic gold medal a reality. But unfortunately, they lack the tools to get the job done, she lamented.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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