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                    [Title] => Armstrong's coach hits out at 'unjust' legal case
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Lance Armstrong is the victim of an "unjust" legal case that is set to cost him his seven Tour de France victories, his longtime coach said Friday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-24 17:58:37 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 836414 [Title] => Without Yao, China basketball has work to do [Summary] =>

While the Chinese are piling up the medals in another Olympics, the most popular team in the increasingly sports-crazy nation was overwhelmed from the start.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-08 23:07:29 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 710507 [Title] => Kitoy fulfills ultimate dream in Sydney [Summary] =>

Roberto “Kitoy” Cruz considers his stint with the national team in the 2000 Sydney Olympics as his greatest moment and his victory in the 1991 SEA Games as the sweetest in a checkered taekwondo career.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097461 [AuthorName] => Olmin Leyba [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 530868 [Title] => IOC withholds Jones' 100-meter gold from Thanou [Summary] =>

It's time to rewrite the Olympic record books: There was no gold medal winner in the women's 100 meters at the 2000 Sydney Games.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-10 12:51:47 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 530836 [Title] => IOC mulls changes in cycling, tennis [Summary] =>

Elimination of endurance events in track cycling and inclusion of mixed doubles in tennis are up for consideration this week by the International Olympic Committee.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 522297 [Title] => Integrated Cycling Fed to introduce Keirin race [Summary] =>

The Integrated Cycling Federation of the Philippines (ICFP) will introduce the “Super Keirin” race in the country starting February near year.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 262505 [Title] => Draw holds key to Filipino jins’ bid [Summary] => ATHENS (Via Globe Telecom)— With its ranks dwindling to a precious few, the Philippines hopes to make a good draw in taekwondo and rekindles its hopes going into the final week of the Athens Games.

"We will fight as if there’s no tomorrow," said national coach Jobet Morales on the eve of the draw set Thursday at the Faliro Sports Pavilion here.
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With its hopes to medal inside the ring vanishing into the night at Peristeri Hall, the compact RP team brings its mission to the mats of this ancient Korean martial art placed on a raised podium at the Olympic Pavillion beginning Thursday.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097213 [AuthorName] => Lito Tacujan [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 261925 [Title] => Geisler to give t’kwondo gold his best shot [Summary] => ATHENS (Via Globe Telecom) — Donald David Geisler III sure knows the road to Olympic glory is littered with landmines but the top Filipino taekwondo jin remains confident of his chances, even hinting at finally snapping the Philippines’ quest for gold in 80 years.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 261669 [Title] => Figueroa’s amazing tale ends; Molina falls [Summary] => Athens ( Via Globe Telecom) — Teener Jasmin Figueroa bowed out of the Athens Games but enshrined her name as the best Filipino Olympic archer in 32 years.

Figueroa, catapulted to prominence with her smashing upset of the women’s world No.3, dished out her best form but lost to Spain’s Almudena Gallardo, 150-152, in the round of 32 of the 70-meter 18-arrow women’s individual archery event at the historic Panathinako Stadium here.
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