London Olympics 2012 controversies

Thousands of pieces of equipment from the Olympic Games are being auctioned to raise money towards the cost of putting on London 2012

So we only need to sell off 692307.692308 signed torches by Wiggo to break even on the Olympics! Seems feasible...  

Team GB have enjoyed great success but the government wants the longer-term economic legacy to be just as productive.

TeamGB success has definitely provided a much needed boost to British moral, despite the fact that London became a showcase of corporate branding & entertainment. 

But sure that we'll soon come down again and remember the 13Bn spent, the jobs that haven't been created and the economy that has seen no real stimulation.

Belarusian women's shot put gold medallist Nadzeya Ostapchuk is stripped of her title after failing a doping test.

From being left in tatters after the 2011 London riots, the city has emerged as a winner from the 2012 Olympics - has your view of London changed after hosting the Games?

Lots of very positive comments out there and some very proud countrymen, but are we forgetting certain elements? Whats the flip side to the London2012 coin? 

Usain Bolt Took a Bunch of Photos with a Swedish Guy's Camera. Who Owns the Rights to the Sprinter's Snapshots?

The seven missing in London. That's what the headlines in Cameroon call the athletes who walked away from the Olympic village at the London Games.

Is the European dream more attractive than representing your home nation in the Olympics?  

"The restaurant chain's sponsorship of the Olympics has attracted criticism."

Should McDonald's be an official Olympics sponsor?

"What of British fashion’s role in these London Olympic Games?

"Models : While it may have made for powerful imagery in the pages of Vogue, on the global stage of the Olympic stadium, it simply wasn’t impactful."

“Seeing models strut in six-inch heels looked a little less impressive after a fortnight of watching extraordinary athletic feats, not least because those who performed them had to stand on the sidelines and watch some women walk about in clothes.”

Morning newspaper round-up: Assessing China's performance as the London 2012 Olympic Games close.

Plenty of references in Chinese national papers to 'fair play' and 'fair refereeing'. Don't think badminton nor poor Liu Xiang will be quickly forgotten. 

BRUSSELS — The Belgian Olympic Committee says it has told cyclist Gijs van Hoecke to leave the Olympics after photos appeared of him looking drunk and unable to walk while leaving a London nightclub.

We all need to 'let off steam' from time to time, but where should we draw the line between a fun night out and letting yourself and others down due unnecessary behaviour? 

Syrian 400m hurdler Ghfran Almouhamad is disqualified from the Olympics after testing positive for a banned substance.

Yet another case of banned substances use at the Olympics, ultimately forfeiting the athletes training and performance whilst shaming herself, her team and her country. 

Olympic double gold medal winner says he now wants to add a third to his London 2012 collection...

Let the man enjoy his success: lets not spoil the moment with tall tales of performance enhancing drugs and unfair competition, Carl Lewis! 

250 “brand police” have been out in force during the London Olympics to protect brand sponsorships and battle against ambush marketing. Here are some of the creative ways that businesses wanting to cash in on the event have bent the rules ... And graffiti artists have succeeding in expressing the repressed views of the nation. Haha!

Topless feminist activists stormed central London yesterday, part of a radical Ukrainian group, protesting the Olympics' "support" for radical Islamist regimes.

Shouldn't these girls been left to peacefully protest? Don't understand why we have to be arrested for showing a bit of breast. GB freedom of speech seems to no longer exist when it involves the Olympics.