Inside the Games

Mackay launched the site in 2005, originally as insidethegames.com, following the announcement that London has been chosen to host the 2012 Summer Olympics. The name of the site was changed to insidethegames.biz in 2009.[http://www.runblogrun.com/interviews/the-rbr-interview-duncan-mackay-by-larry-eder.html The RBR Interview: Duncan MacKay, by Larry Eder], RunBlogRun, October 2, 2009. Accessed August 19, 2019.

Inside the Games was based in Bletchley, near Bletchley Park.David Tooley, [https://www.prfire.com/submission/key-people-in-the-olympic-movement-look-to-bletchley-company-insidethegames-biz-for-news/ Key people in the Olympic Movement look to Bletchley company, insidethegames.biz for news], prfire.com, January 23, 2017. Accessed August 19, 2019.

Mackay was a winner of the 2009 Internet writer of the year award at the British Sports Journalism Awards by the Sports Journalists' Association for his work on insidethegames.{{cite news |title=2009 SJA British Sports Journalism Awards |url=https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/sja-journalism-awards/2009-sja-journalism-awards/ |access-date=19 August 2019 |publisher=Sports Journalists' Association |date=9 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821234707/https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/sja-journalism-awards/2009-sja-journalism-awards/ |archive-date=21 August 2010 |language=en |url-status=live}} The insidethegames site was involved in a court litigation in 2010 with Zulu Creative, a web design company previously used by insidethegames.{{cite news |title=Editor of Olympic website is declared bankrupt |url=https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/olympics/editor-of-olympic-website-is-declared-bankrupt/ |access-date=19 August 2019 |work=Sports Journalists' Association |date=3 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107222408/https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/olympics/editor-of-olympic-website-is-declared-bankrupt/ |archive-date=7 November 2010 |language=en}}

In addition to the Olympics, the site covers Paralympics, Commonwealth Games, and a variety of other sporting events. Inside the Games formed official media partnerships with the organizers of some of the sporting events that it covers.{{cite news |author1=Sergei Grishin |title=insidethegames.biz, the No.1 Olympic news website in the world, becomes a media partner for the II President's Cup in Manchester |url=https://sambo.sport/en/news/portal-1-po-osveshcheniyu-olimpiyskikh-novostey-insidethegames-biz-stal-informatsionnym-partnerom-ii/ |access-date=19 August 2019 |publisher=International Sambo Federation |date=24 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819143032/https://sambo.sport/en/news/portal-1-po-osveshcheniyu-olimpiyskikh-novostey-insidethegames-biz-stal-informatsionnym-partnerom-ii/ |archive-date=19 August 2019 |language=en |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Interview: insidethegames.biz's editor Duncan Mackay and Managing Director Sarah Bowron talk SAC, Mo Farah and Diving |url=https://www.sportaccord.sport/news/2014/interview-insidethegamesbizs-editor-duncan-mackay-and-managing-director-sarah-bowron-talk |website=Sports Accord |access-date=19 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819143036/https://www.sportaccord.sport/news/2014/interview-insidethegamesbizs-editor-duncan-mackay-and-managing-director-sarah-bowron-talk |archive-date=19 August 2019 |language=en |date=28 March 2014 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=insidethegames.biz becomes exclusive media partner of the Academy |url=http://theacademy.tseconsulting.com/article-30-insidethegames-biz-becomes-exclusive-media-partner-of-the-academy.php |website=The Academy |publisher=TSE Consulting |access-date=19 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150301021340/http://theacademy.tseconsulting.com/article-30-insidethegames-biz-becomes-exclusive-media-partner-of-the-academy.php |archive-date=1 March 2015 |language=en |date=7 January 2015 |url-status=dead}}

The site was published by Dunsar Media until 31 October 2023.{{cite web |title=Statement from insidethegames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1142273/statement-from-insidethegamesbiz |website=Inside the Games |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031180117/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1142273/statement-from-insidethegamesbiz |archive-date=31 October 2023 |language=en |date=31 October 2023 |url-status=live}} On 1 November 2023, the site was taken over by Vox Europe Investment Holding Ltd with Spanish sports journalist David Rubio becoming the Editor in Chief. The new investors have been linked with Umar Kremlev and pro-Vladimir Putin sports officials in Russia, with one director named as a former assistant to Kremlev{{cite web |author1=Jens Weinreich |title=The case of Insidethegames: beware of Russian propaganda |url=https://www.the-inquisitor-magazine.com/the-case-of-insidethegames-beware-of-russian-propaganda |website=The Inquisitor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107161833/https://www.the-inquisitor-magazine.com/the-case-of-insidethegames-beware-of-russian-propaganda/ |archive-date=7 November 2023 |language=en |date=1 November 2023 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}} - something denied by the new owners.{{cite web |title=Statement from insidethegames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1142368/statement-from-insidethegames |website=Inside the Games |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108103808/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1142368/statement-from-insidethegames |archive-date=8 November 2023 |language=en |date=7 November 2023 |url-status=live}}

In May 2024, control of the site was transferred to ITG Media DMCC,{{cite web |title=DUNSAR MEDIA COMPANY LIMITED - Persons with significant control |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06977427/persons-with-significant-control |website=Companies House |access-date=28 August 2024 |language=en }} a Dubai-registered entity.

After the change in ownership, the site secured multiple exclusive interviews with members of the International Boxing Association which Kremlev is president of. ITG has cited and published IBA press releases,{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1146974/iba-president-demands-ioc-resignation|title=IBA president demands Thomas Bach resignation|date=24 July 2024|access-date=4 August 2024|publisher=Inside The Games}}{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1147374/kelif-what-matters-safety-and-life-boxer|title=Khelif controversy: "Safety first - letting them compete endangers rivals' lives"|date=2 August 2024|access-date=4 August 2024|author=Raùl Daffunchio Picazo|publisher=4 August 2024}} videos, and statements in detail and given prominence to statements from supporters of the IBA.{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1147353/ioc-to-disqualify-khelif-lin-yu-ting|title=Women's and sports organisations urge IOC to disqualify Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting|date=2 August 2024|access-date=4 August 2024|author=Gustavo Muñana|publisher=Inside the Games}} In August 2024 the site published an editorial by IBA CEO Chris Roberts{{cite web |author1=Chris Roberts |title=Chris Roberts: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1148035/roberts-world-boxing |website=Inside the Games |publisher=Itg Media Dmcc |access-date=28 August 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240828134451/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1148035/roberts-world-boxing |archive-date=28 August 2024 |language=en |date=25 August 2024 |url-status=live}}

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