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                    [Title] => Widespread doping rap puts Russia under fire
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Russia’s status as a sports superpower and its participation in track and field events at next year’s Olympics came under threat Monday after a report accused the Russians of widespread, state-supported doping reminiscent of the darkest days of cheating by the former East Germany.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-10 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1390862 [Title] => Tagaytay holds Asian jr chess [Summary] =>

The Philippines will host three major international chess events this year after the country accepted the staging of the Asian Juniors and Girls Championships from Nov. 29-Dec. 4 in Tagaytay City.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1357121 [Title] => Russia greets Egypt's el-Sissi with arms display [Summary] =>

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi arrived in Russia on yesterday for his first official visit as president and was immediately shown a selection of Russian military hardware for sale.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-13 02:17:19 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1348995 [Title] => Free throws [Summary] =>

On Saturday night, I arrived in a silent house with a television set blaring to a sports channel - the Asian leg of the International Basketball Federation or more popularly known as FIBA, was on. It was the Philippines' hand at bagging the third place for this year's competition. This time they were against host country China.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136140 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1128727 [AuthorName] => Annie Fe Perez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1347166 [Title] => Martinez not giving up on studies [Summary] =>

Soft-spoken Michael Martinez, the 17-year-old wunderkind who mesmerized the country by figure skating to a high level of performance at the Winter Olympics in Sochi this year, is sacrificing his education to focus on preparing for Pyeongchang in 2018. But Martinez isn’t giving up on someday going back to school.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1346006 [Title] => Martinez driven in Olympic quest [Summary] =>

Figure skater Michael Martinez said the other day what drives him to go the extra mile in excelling on ice is love of country and now that he’s ranked No. 27 in the world, the pathway is clearing for a second trip to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang in 2018.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20140714/Michael-Martinez-Ice-Skater.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1344228 [Title] => Russia to allow gambling in Sochi [Summary] =>

Russia will allow gambling in Sochi in a bid to make continued use of the facilities that were built in the Black Sea resort for the 2014 Winter Olympics.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-09 06:08:56 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1535941 [AuthorName] => Nataliya Vasilyeva [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1303100 [Title] => Rio mayor acknowledges venues behind schedule [Summary] =>

With IOC officials in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday to monitor progress on the 2016 Olympics, the city's Mayor Eduardo Paes acknowledged that work on a large cluster of venues is far behind schedule.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-20 11:59:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1756704 [AuthorName] => Stephen Wade [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1301566 [Title] => G8 likely to boot out Russia over Ukraine crisis: media [Summary] =>

Russia is likely to be booted out of G8 over the Ukrainian crisis as the other seven members are considering to choose London as an alternative meeting place for a G8 summit planned in Sochi, sources from the German government were quoted by media as saying on Saturday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-16 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1300208 [Title] => Pinoy Explorer airs finale episode [Summary] =>

In the finale of TV5’s Pinoy Explorer, Aga Muhlach (photo) picks up from where the historic Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics recently left off and heads to Russia to feature the one-of-a-kind winter activities only the Russians are known to do.

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