Duncan Mackay Editor

Duncan Mackay is the founding editor of insidethegames.biz, the world’s leading and most influential independent Olympic news website. He was voted the British Sports Writer of the Year in 2004, British News Story of the Year in 2004 and British Sports Internet Reporter of the Year in 2009. Mackay is one of Britain's best-connected journalists and during the 16 years he worked at The Guardian and The Observer he regularly broke several major exclusive stories. He was also the only newspaper journalist in Britain to correctly predict that London would win its bid for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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Myanmar to host 7th ASEAN ParaGames

By Duncan Mackay

Myanmar will host the 7th ASEAN Para Games next month ©WikipediaDecember 26 - Myanmar will host the 7th ASEAN ParaGames at the Wunna Theikdi Sports Complex in Naypyidaw after Singapore gave up staging the event, it has been announced.




Russia launches bid to host IAAF Diamond League meeting

By Duncan Mackay

Russia wants to follow this year's IAAF World Championships by hosting other major events, including a Diamond League meeting ©Getty ImagesDecember 25 - Russia hopes to build on hosting this year's International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships by bidding for other major events, including a Diamond League meeting at the Luzhniki Stadium, which is currently under reconstruction, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has revealed.