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

Sochi 2014 unveils $261 million profit

By David Owen

Sochi 2014 made a profit of $261 million, according to early results ©AFP/Getty ImagesThe Organising Committee of this year's Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi has announced an operating profit of nine billion roubles (£153 million/$261 million/€192 million), according to preliminary estimates.

Powell drugs ban reprieve offers route to Glasgow 2014

By Duncan Mackay

Asafa Powell could compete in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next month after the Court of Arbitration for Sport temporarily lifted his drugs ban ©Getty ImagesFormer 100 world metres record holder and Olympic gold medallist Asafa Powell has had his drugs ban lifted, temporarily at least, by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), allowing him to compete in the Jamaican Championships next weekend where he could qualify for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

WADA welcomes FIFA anti-doping initiative

By David Owen

The first phase of drug testing at this year's World Cup in Brazil have proved negative ©etty ImagesThe World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has urged other sports bodies to take a leaf out of FIFA's book, after world football's governing body completed the first phase of a groundbreaking World Cup drug testing programme with no positive cases reported.