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.

Emily Goddard

Recent articles by Emily

WOA to launch World Olympians Forum

By Emily Goddard

woa logoFebruary 4 - The World Olympians Association (WOA) has unveiled plans to establish a new biennial event uniting all 142 National Olympians Associations (NOAs) to share and discuss best practice schemes and projects that will benefit Olympic athletes and local communities around the world.

Lee swaps England men's hockey head coach role for women's

By Emily Goddard

Jason Lee EnglandFebruary 4 - Jason Lee has been named as the new head coach of the England women's hockey team, making the switch from his role with the England and British men's squads where he led them for three Olympic cycles to take them to the Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Games.


Toronto 2015 puts out call for Ignite community grassroots programme

By Emily Goddard

toronto 2015 inspireFebruary 2 - Mary Spencer, Canada's Pan American gold medal winning boxer, has joined Toronto 2015 in inviting Pan and Parapan American Games enthusiasts and community organisations to create their own special Games-themed initiative or put a Pan Am twist on an existing initiative as part of its grassroots programme, Ignite.