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.

Duncan Mackay

Recent articles by Duncan





Lance Armstrong being sued by US Government

By Duncan Mackay

Lance Armstrong in US Postal kitFebruary 22 - Lance Armstrong is being sued by the United States Government for allegedly defrauding the US Postal Service by accepting sponsorship money and then taking banned performance-enhancing drugs, it was revealed tonight.







Chicago "not bidding" for 2024 Olympics, says Mayor

By Duncan Mackay

Chicago 2016 supportersFebruary 21 - Chicago, the last American city to bid unsuccessfully for the Olympics and Paralympics, have ruled out trying again for 2024, although several other United States cities have claimed that they would be interested.


World's wrestlers stage Olympic protest in Tehran

By Duncan Mackay

Wrestling protest in TehranFebruary 21 - Some of the world's top wrestlers have staged a protest against the decision to remove the sport from the core programme of Olympic sports after Rio 2016, bringing together competitors from Iran, Russia and the United States.