Emily Goddard Subeditor and reporter

Emily Goddard is a subeditor and reporter for insidethegames.biz. She has broken a number of exclusives including that News International had lost their exclusive deal with London 2012 following the phone-hacking scandal that rocked Britain in 2011, Richard Caborn's future as chairman of the Amateur Boxing Association of England was in danger, and she was also the journalist to report the first comments from the IOC following the Russian anti-gay legislation.

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Exclusive: Warm, fuzzy part of London 2012 legacy unfulfilled, claims Amaechi

By Emily Goddard

March 23 - John Amaechi, the British former basketball player who was a director on the London 2012 Diversity Board, has claimed the Olympic legacy has not been completely fulfilled and described some of the rhetoric surrounding it is "a nonsense".

Time for women to play bigger role in sports governing bodies, says FIFA Executive Committee candidate

By Emily Goddard

March 23 - Moya Dodd, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) vice-president seeking to represent female football on FIFA's ruling Executive Committee, has claimed it is time for women to be playing a bigger role in the decision making processes at global sport governing bodies.

Elite climbers gear up for the CISM World Winter Games

By Emily Goddard

March 23 - Some of the biggest names in climbing, including Kilian Fischhuber and Anna Stöhr, are gearing up to compete in Annecy at the International Military Sports Council (CISM) World Winter Games ahead of the World Championships later this year.

People will say we have done credit to the Olympic legacy, insists Caborn

By Emily Goddard

March 22 - Richard Caborn, the former British Sports Minister, is so confident in his redevelopment proposals for Sheffield's condemned Don Valley Stadium that he thinks people will look back and view it as a "credit to the Olympic legacy".

Slim dials up Olympic ringtone to send IOC broadcast revenues to $4 billion-plus record

By David Owen

March 22 - The world's richest man, Carlos Slim, is becoming a partner of the Olympic Movement.

Exclusive: We are not a games organiser, insists SportAccord director

By Emily Goddard at Securing Sport 2013 in Doha

March 20 - The core pillars of SportAccord's activity have nothing to with organising multisport games, according to its director of social responsibility and integrity units Ingrid Beutler, casting a shadow over Marius Vizer's Presidency manifesto for the organisation.

Verbruggen's reputation "demolished" by Armstrong scandal admits SportAccord director

By Emily Goddard at Securing Sport 2013 in Doha

March 19 - SportAccord's director of social responsibility and integrity units Ingrid Beutler has come out in support for her organisation's President Hein Verbruggen in the wake of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal that has rocked the world of sport to the core.

It can't be a summer World Cup in Qatar, insists Premier League chairman

By Emily Goddard at Securing Sport 2013 in Doha

March 19 - Sir Dave Richards, chairman of the Premier League, has openly backed a winter FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022 saying that it cannot be played in the summer due to the heat.

ABAE chair Caborn welcomes move to professional boxing by AIBA

By Emily Goddard at Securing Sport 2013 in Doha

March 19 - Richard Caborn, the former British Sports Minister and current chairman of the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE), has welcomed the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) move towards bringing professional boxing under its umbrella to create harmony in the sport's disciplines.

Badminton World Federation awarded "integrity" trophy after disqualifying match-fixers at London 2012

By Emily Goddard at Securing Sport 2013 in Doha

March 19 - The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has been awarded the inaugural Outstanding Achievement in Promoting Sport Integrity trophy after it disqualified four women's doubles pairs from the London 2012 Olympics for throwing matches.

Education, education, education to tackle corruption in sport, insists Oswald

By Emily Goddard at Securing Sport 2013 in Doha

March 19 - Education, education, education is what is needed to tackle corruption in sport, according to Denis Oswald, the International Rowing Federation (FISA) President and an arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

I will run for IOC Presidency only if I have support, insists Oswald

By Emily Goddard at Securing Sport 2013 in Doha

March 18 - Denis Oswald has claimed he will only enter the race to become President of the International Olympic Committee if he is sure that he has enough support to launch a proper challenge.

It is too early for a female IOC President, says SportAccord director

By Emily Goddard at Securing Sport 2013 in Doha

March 18 - It is too early for a female International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, according to Ingrid Beutler, SportAccord's director of social responsibility and integrity units.

AFC vice-president and former British Sports Minister confirmed to speak at Securing Sport 2013

By Emily Goddard in Doha

March 17 - Asian Football Confederation (AFC) vice-president Moya Dodd and former British Sports Minister Richard Caborn are among the latest high profile figures announced as speakers at Securing Sport 2013, the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) confirmed.

Iovtchev calls time on record-breaking gymnastics career at 40

By Emily Goddard

March 17 - Bulgarian gymnast Iordan Iovtchev has called time on his competitive career at the age of 40 as six-time Olympian, four time Olympic medallist and former double world champion on floor and rings, celebrated his retirement with a show in Sofia.

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When British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympic gold medal in ice dance at Sarajevo 1984 with 12 perfect 6.0s from every judge, for their interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, an important member of their team was singer-actor Michael Crawford. Crawford, who had played Frank Spencer in British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera, had become a mentor to the pair in 1981 and went on to help them create their Olympic routine. Crawford said he “taught them how to act". He was present with their trainer Betty Callaway at the ringside at Sarajevo as they created one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history.

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