Australia's Davis Cup hopes have been shattered but Canberra's Nick Kyrgios may have turned a corner under the watchful eye of Lleyton Hewitt.
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Will the pair of firebrands be the men to spearhead Australia to a drought-breaking Davis Cup win?
Kyrgios' former coach Todd Larkham thinks so, adamant the Canberra product's bond with Hewitt is "fantastic for the future" of Australian tennis.
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika says an exploding dumpling won't stop him from returning to Canberra and hopes it's not another seven years before the next Test in the capital.
Australia came from behind to beat Argentina on a chilly night but only 14,229 fans were in the stands to watch the first Test at Canberra Stadium since 2010.
But a win is a win - will it catapult the Wallabies towards bigger and better things to round out the Rugby Championship and kick off their Spring Tour?
The crowds flocked to watch the Matildas and Canberra fans got an eye on an incoming star in Ellie Carpenter, just a day after hearing the capital has won a National Youth League licence.
The Canberra Greyhound Racing Club is determined to fight the ACT government's proposed ban in the wake of what could be the final Canberra Cup.
All this and more in The Canberra Times sport podcast.
