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

IAAF ban nine Turkish athletes as doping problem highlighted

By Duncan Mackay

Ali Ekber KayasJuly 31 - Turkey's doping problems were put firmly under the spotlight again today when the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) announced that nine athletes had been banned after failing drugs tests - just two days after its President Lamine Diack had warned they needed to "clean their house".













Gay B-sample confirms positive drugs test

By Duncan Mackay

Tyson Gay London 2012July 27 - Former world champion Tyson Gay is facing a suspension from athletics after the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) confirmed that his B-sample had tested positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs.