Nick Butler Senior Reporter

Since joining insidethegames.biz in 2013, Butler has travelled to a variety of major global sporting events, including the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games as well as the most recent editions of the Asian, European and Pan American Games in Incheon, Baku and Toronto. He has also attended the last four International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sessions and has particularly enjoyed tackling the politics and diplomacy of the Olympic Movement.

Nick Butler

Recent articles by Nick



Istanbul put young athletes at the forefront of 2020 bid

By Nick Butler at the Sheraton Hotel in Buenos Aires

Hasan Arat in between two of 21 young athletes as part of Istanbuls 2020 campaignSeptember 5 - Istanbul 2020 unveiled, what they hope, will be an innovative move here in the final stages of its campaign to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games by revealing that 50 young ambassadors from a variety of sporting backgrounds will be at the forefront of their final presentation. 



Zero tolerance policy will eradicate past doping failures, insists Erdener

By Nick Butler at the Sheraton Hotel in Buenos Aires

Head of the Turkish NOC ErdenerSeptember 4 - Uğur Erdener, President of the National Olympic Committee of Turkey (NOCT), today emphasised Turkey's "zero tolerance" policy towards doping as part of a firm stance against an issue which has dogged Istanbul's campaign to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.