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

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Pimol re-elected as head of Thailand Taekwondo

By Duncan Mackay

Pimol Srivikorn taekwondoMarch 12 - The Taewkondo Association of Thailand (TAT) has re-elected Pimol Srivikorn as President for a fourth consecutive term despite them failing to achieve one of the major goals he had set himself at the last election.


FIFA suspends another Executive Committee member

By Duncan Mackay

Fernando Manilal head and shouldersMarch 11 - Sri Lankan Vernon Manilal Fernando, a member of FIFA's Executive Committee, has been provisionally suspended from all football-related activities for 90 days, the world governing body announced today. 

Glasgow 2014 launches international route of Queen's Baton Relay

By Duncan Mackay

Glasgow 2014 Queens Baton Relay launch March 11 2013March 11 - The Queen's Baton Relay for next year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will travel nearly 120,000 miles around the world, covering 71 countries and territories in 248 days, before arriving in Scotland in time for the Opening Ceremony on July 23, it was announced today.