Nick Butler Senior Reporter

Since joining insidethegames.biz in 2013, Butler has travelled to a variety of major global sporting events, including the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games as well as the most recent editions of the Asian, European and Pan American Games in Incheon, Baku and Toronto. He has also attended the last four International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sessions and has particularly enjoyed tackling the politics and diplomacy of the Olympic Movement.

Nick Butler

Recent articles by Nick



Ugandan athletes urged not to "vanish" during Nanjing 2014

By Nick Butler in the Main Media Centre in Nanjing

Uganda will be looking for similar success than they achieved at Glasgow 2014, but without any athletes going missing ©Getty ImagesUganda Olympic Committee President William Blick has warned athletes not to "vanish" in China during the Summer Youth Olympic Games, after two rugby players from the African country went missing at the end of Glasgow 2014.




New partnership hailed as boost for skateboarding's Olympic ambitions

By Nick Butler at the Main Media Centre in Nanjing

A new partnership has been announced between Street League Skateboarding and the ISF ©SLS/ISFA new partnership has been unveiled between the International Skateboarding Federation (ISF) and Street League Skateboarding (SLS) in what should prove a further boost for the sport ahead of its showcasing as an exhibition event in the Summer Youth Olympic Games here.