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The Road to 2012

SBS Sports Producer John Baldock looks ahead to the London Olympics.

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Victims who lost their eyesight after the 1984 poison gas leak from the pesticides plant in Bhopal, India, sit in front of the US Union Carbide factory (AFP/Getty Images)

Athletes call for Dow Chemical ban

08 March 2012 | 11:26

An online campaign with its own website and Facebook page has called on athletes to protest at Dow Chemical’s inclusion as an Olympic sponsor.

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And it has already drawn the support of over 25 current and former Olympic athletes. Read more

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Riots have rocked London one year out from the London Olympic Games. (Getty)

Mob rule

11 August 2011 | 13:22

'Mobile Vulgus' in Latin means 'excitable crowd' and became shortened in English to be simply 'the Mob'.

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In London over the past few days and in other English cities its been “Mob Rule” on a massive scale. Read more

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Rioters in London set fire to cars and throw rocks at police. (AAP)

London's Burning

09 August 2011 | 12:49

For three days fires have burned, shops have been looted and hundreds of arrests have been made.

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But despite the trouble spreading to areas which border the Olympic site itself, the organising committee of the London Games have yet to comment on the impact it could have on the Games. Read more

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The number one is mown into the grass in the Olympic Stadium to mark the '1 year to go' milestone. (EPA)

One year out

27 July 2011 | 14:19

London’s Olympics are just one year away, and on the surface it all looks plain sailing from here.

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The delivery of the stadiums and infrastructure at Olympic park is 88 per cent complete with more than 3.5 million tickets sold. Read more

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The British Olympic Association is taking the London 2012 Organisers to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (AAP).

Paralympics targeted in money row

04 April 2011 | 10:02

Most rows over money are ugly.

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But when the British Olympic Association says it wants any share it may receive from the profits of hosting London 2012 to exclude the cost of hosting the Paralympics – it’s turning downright disgraceful. Read more

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