London Olympics Sponsorship

• UK doctors blast McDonalds' Olympic sponsorship

  McDonald's is a sponsor for the London Olympics - and a British doctors' group says that's sending the wrong message in a country with ballooning obesity.

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  India hasn't asked its athletes to boycott London Games: Maken

  Clarifying that the government has not asked athletes to boycott the London Olympics over the Dow Chemicals sponsorship, Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Thursday said that the matter has been pursued at a diplomatic level with the host nation.

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  Have not thought of pulling out of London Olympics: Maken

  Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Wednesday, said the government has not yet thought of pulling the Indian athletes out of London Olympics due to row over Dow Chemicals' sponsorship but said they have lodged a protest with the IOC, keeping in mind the sentiments of Bhopal gas victims.

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  Sports Minister writes to International Olympic Committee on Dow sponsorship

  After repeated letters of protest by the IOA failed to move the International Olympic Committee, the Indian government has now stepped in by asking the body to drop Dow Chemicals as sponsor of this year's London Games for the company's link to the Bhopal Gas tragedy.

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  India sends another protest letter against Dow sponsorship

  With no response coming from either the International Olympic Committee or the London Olympics organisers to their previous protest, the Indian Olympic Association on Friday shot off another letter to both bodies, demanding Dow Chemical's removal as sponsor of the upcoming event.

• London 2012 Olympics Games ethics commissioner quits

  Sustainability Commissioner to the London 2012 Olympics, Meredith Alexander, quit today in protest of the sponsorship deal with Dow Chemical Company for its connection to the Bhopal gas disaster.

• Dow row: Activist invites London Mayor, Olympic head for a drink of Bhopal water

  Activists protesting against Dow Chemical's sponsorship in London Olympics 2012 have challenged London Mayor Boris Johnson and Olympic Committee head Sebastian Coe to drink the contaminated ground water from the site of the Bhopal Gas disaster.

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  Indian Olympic Association writes to IOC against Dow

  The Indian Olympic Association (IOA), in a strongly worded letter on Tuesday, asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reconsider 2012 London Games' sponsorship deal with Dow Chemicals, which bought the tainted Union Carbide blamed for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.

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  Dow clarifies on London Olympics sponsorship

  After weeks of protest by Bhopal Gas tragedy survivors, comes news that the decorative wrap around London's Olympic Stadium will not have the logo of Dow Chemicals. But is it really a victory for the protestors?

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  Dow to drop its logo from Olympic stadium, IOA still not happy

  Dow Chemical has agreed to remove its logo from London's Olympic stadium but the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) said that it is not satisfied with the move and wants the US giant to pull out its sponsorship from the 2012 Games.

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  IOA to lodge strong protest to IOC over Dow sponsorship

  The Indian Olympic Association on Thursday unanimously decided to lodge a "strong protest" to the 2012 London Olympics organisers and the International Olympic Committee, seeking removal of Dow Chemicals as a sponsor of the Games but said it would not boycott the mega event.

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  India to protest against Dow; won't boycott London Olympics

  The Indian Olympic Association has decided to protest against the Dow sponsorship in the London Olympics but will not boycott the Games.

• Dow row: Bhopal activist hits out at London Olympics Organising Committee Chairman

  A day after London Olympics Organising Committee Chairman Sebastian Coe defended Dow Chemicals' association with the Games, despite protests from India, a Bhopal tragedy activist has hit out at Mr Coe. "Coe is acting like a mouthpiece for Dow... The government should boycott 2012 Olympics," said Satinath Sarangi, Bhopal tragedy activist.

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  IOA calls meeting to discuss Dow Olympic sponsorship row

  With growing resentment in India over Dow Chemical's association with the London Olympics, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has convened a meeting on Friday to discuss the issue.

• International Olympic Committee backs Dow's sponsorship: Reports

  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has reportedly rejected India's protest and has backed Dow Chemical's sponsorship for the next year's London Olympics. Dow Chemicals, which signed an agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in July last year, is the company which took over Union Carbide, responsible for the 1984 Bhopal gas ...