Cricket

Thornton served cricket with much more than bat and ball

Chris Dutton Tuggeranong Valley president Bob Weight has praised the players who tried to save Glenn Thornton's life on Saturday as the club started to come to grips with the death of one of its most loyal...

Cricket

Breakers easily run down Meteors

Chris Dutton THE ACT Meteors may have been hit by a ''freight train'' at Blacktown but coach Andrew Dawson insists his team will be battle-hardened after a brutal weekend against the NSW Breakers.

Game mourns stalwart who died mid match

Chris Dutton TUGGERANONG Valley Cricket Club is mourning the sudden loss of Glenn Thornton, who died on the field during a fourth-grade match at Chisholm yesterday.

Sailing

Oarsome move for Cook

Chris Dutton Dual Olympic Games gold medallist Malcolm Page has backed Sarah Cook to jump from rowing to sailing in time to chase her Rio dream and declared she has the ''special character'' to make a successful...

Cricket

Spaseski takes on his mates

Chris Dutton A fresh start with old mates - Michael Spaseski never thought he'd leave Queanbeyan but after six years of dominance with the Blue Bags, the ACT Comets batsman needed a change.

Cycling

Wonderful contributor's image tainted

Chris Dutton, David Polkinghorne He was a mentor to generations of Canberra cyclists but Stephen Hodge shocked the capital's tight-knit riding community when he dropped a bombshell on the sport yesterday, admitting he had taken...

Hodge doping scandal shocks cycling community

Chris Dutton Iconic Canberra cycling figure Stephen Hodge has shocked the capital's tight-knit riding community with his drugs bombshell today when he admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs for six...

Cricket

Tug of two cities over, Perry set to sink Meteors

Chris Dutton She had to leave Canberra to continue her sport juggling act and dual international Ellyse Perry's decision to move back to Sydney could haunt the ACT Meteors when the women's cricket season begins...

Basketball

Samuels siblings set hearts on Rio

Chris Dutton Dani has the muscle, Casey's got the skills and after growing up trying to beat each other on the basketball court, the Samuels sisters have a joint Olympic Games dream.

Ice Skating

Henderson puts cycling skills on ice

Chris Dutton Former ACTAS cyclist Karuna Henderson hopes her renewed passion for skating will catapult her to a personal best and international selection.

Centenary

Barr hopes 2013 is just start of party

Jon Tuxworth, Chris Dutton Canberra's centenary sporting celebration is almost complete but the ACT government hopes the legacy created in 2013 will attract regular top-line fixtures to the capital.

Netball

Centenary plans give the capital big ideas

Chris Dutton Canberra will need a bigger indoor venue to host international netball blockbusters, and the ACT government hopes a new rectangular stadium with a roof in the Civic will be the answer.

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Netball

Diamonds to play NZ in centenary celebration

Chris Dutton Canberra will need a bigger indoor venue to host international netball blockbusters and the ACT Government hopes a new rectangular stadium with a roof in the Civic can be the answer.

Basketball

Capitals confident without star as Flames flicker out

Chris Dutton The Canberra Capitals want to ''leave our mark'' on the Women's National Basketball League without Lauren Jackson and are preparing to go on their two-game Queensland road trip without their...

Canberra Sport

Netball joins the ACT's big party

Chris Dutton THE ACT government will ramp up negotiations with the AFL, soccer and hockey to complete its centenary sporting puzzle after securing a Canberra clash between international netball's biggest rivals.

Baseball

Vegemite a big hit with Cavalry star

Chris Dutton FROM the red light district of Amsterdam to the playing fields in Woden, Kody Hightower is back in Canberra and the Cavalry star wants to become the best hitter in the Australian Baseball League.

Soccer

Will this be a season to remember?

Lee Gaskin, Chris Dutton The A-League's moment of truth has arrived and I've got some bad news for the fans - I've looked into the soccer crystal ball and it doesn't look pretty.

Cricket

Mix right for Tuggeranong

Chris Dutton The pain of semi-final heartbreak will drive Tuggeranong to chase its first two-day title in nine years and skipper Michael Wescombe is confident his side has the right mix to steal the trophy from...

Cricket

Live: Australia v West Indies

Chris Dutton All the action from Colombo where Australia takes on the West Indies in the World Twenty20 semi-final.

Rogic joins A-League greats

Chris Dutton Tom Rogic went overseas to test himself in a league of international superstars, but the rising star has found what he was looking for where he least expected it - the A-League.