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





New Tokyo Governor to visit Sochi 2014 to meet Bach

By Duncan Mackay at the Main Press Centre in Sochi

Yoichi Masuzoe will travel to Sochi 2014 to attend the Closing Ceremony after his victory in the Tokyo Governor elections ©JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty ImagesFebruary 14 - Newly elected Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe is to travel here next week to attend the Closing Ceremony of Sochi 2014, where he will meet senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials, including Thomas Bach, the President.








Olympic outcast Schranz now back as part of IOC Family

By Philip Barker at the Tirol House in Rosa Khutor

Karl Schranz is a guest of Sochi 2014 ©Getty ImagesFebruary 8 - Former Austrian skier Karl Schranz is an honoured guest here of Sochi 2014, but 42 years ago he was sent home in disgrace from the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo, branded a professional by then International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Avery Brundage.


Blatter leads calls for IOC to scrap age-limits

By Duncan Mackay at the Radisson Blu Resort & Congress Centre in Sochi

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today addressed the IOC Session in Sochi ©Getty ImagesFebruary 6 - FIFA President Sepp Blatter today led calls for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to scrap its age limits for members, claiming they should be voted out only if they are incapable of performing their duties.