The Road to 2012

Sport producer John Baldock blogs on the challenges of organising one of the world's biggest sporting events, the Summer Olympics.

Athletes call for Dow Chemical ban

08 March 2012 | 11:26 - By John Baldock

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.

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)

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)

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Mob rule

11 August 2011 | 13:22 - By John Baldock

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

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

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

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London's Burning

09 August 2011 | 12:49 - By John Baldock

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

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

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

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One year out

27 July 2011 | 14:19 - By John Baldock

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

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

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

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Paralympics targeted in money row

04 April 2011 | 10:02 - By John Baldock

Most rows over money are ugly.

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

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

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Broken promises, broken dreams

04 February 2011 | 15:34 - By John Baldock

The battle to win control of London's Olympic Stadium is turning nasty.

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

John Baldock John Baldock is a sports producer for World News Australia.

 
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