Emily Goddard Subeditor and reporter

Emily Goddard is a subeditor and reporter for insidethegames.biz. She has broken a number of exclusives including that News International had lost their exclusive deal with London 2012 following the phone-hacking scandal that rocked Britain in 2011, Richard Caborn's future as chairman of the Amateur Boxing Association of England was in danger, and she was also the journalist to report the first comments from the IOC following the Russian anti-gay legislation.

Emily Goddard

Recent articles by Emily





Brazil 2014 ups World Cup security budget to combat crime wave

By Andrew Warshaw

brazil securityDecember 6 - Blighted by an alarming crime rate, Brazil is boosting its 2014 FIFA World Cup security budget to 1.879 billion Brazilian real (£562 million/$903 million/€696 million) to make sure the event is "one of the most protected sports events in history," the Government has announced.

Paralympic officials meet for IPC Athletics Sport Forum

By Emily Goddard

jonnie peacock 051212December 6 - Officials from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), National Paralympic Committees and International Organisations of Sports for the Disabled (IOSDs) have gathered in Frankfurt to discuss future developments in athletics at the two-day IPC Athletics Sport Forum, which got underway today.



Sweden to host 2012 European Curling Championships

By Emily Goddard

Karlstads Löfbergs Lila ArenaDecember 5 - Sweden will host the 2012 European Curling Championships when play gets underway this Saturday (December 8), with Karlstad's Löfbergs Lila Arena welcoming the A Group and the Karlstads Curlingklubb the B Group.



It's "now or never" for change insists LeMond as he offers to be interim UCI President

By Mike Rowbottom at the Hilton Metropole Hotel in London

Greg LeMond in front of Change Cycling Now logo 2December 3 - Greg LeMond insisted here today that it was "now or never" for cycling to change its governance and culture in the wake of the doping scandal involving Lance Armstrong and the US Postal Services team – and added that he was willing to stand as an interim President for cycling's world governing body, the International Cycling Union (UCI).

Dutch stars top IPC Athlete of the Month shortlist

By Emily Goddard

Bibian MentelDecember 3 - Bibian Mentel, the Dutch snowboarder who has won the first IPC-sanctioned event in the sport since it was accepted onto the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games programme on her home course in Landgraaf, joins compatriot wheelchair tennis player Jiske Griffioen on the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) shortlist for the Athlete of the Month title.