Baseball

It's batter up as Cavalry searches for the new Buschini

David Polkinghorne The Canberra Cavalry are confident of discovering the next Adam Buschini to ensure they don’t suffer a championship hangover.

Cycling

Matthews misses Giro by ill chance

David Polkinghorne Michael Matthews knows he would have gone into his first Grand Tour in good form.

Lucky Lobster

Adelaide where the action is

David Polkinghorne As the Sydney autumn carnival winds up and the races head to Hawkesbury, the race of the day travels to Adelaide.

Australian football

Fill-in full-forward takes all before him

David Polkinghorne Ainslie discover their new diamond in attack.

Cycling

Powell out for fun before title defence

David Polkinghorne Sue Powell is the reigning C4 time trial and road race world champion, but she is unsure of her title defence.

Lawn bowls

Women fly the flag for ACT as men fail

David Polkinghorne The ACT women have downed a star-studded Queensland team at the Australian Sides Championships in Bendigo.

Racing

Canberra club backs debate on steroid ban

David Polkinghorne Canberra Racing Club has welcomed a discussion on the use of anabolic steroids in the racing industry, because anything that could affect the integrity of racing needed to be considered carefully.

Racing

Staying test for Coliseo

David Polkinghorne Norm Gardner thinks the Sydney autumn carnival is over-hyped and would much rather be at a country racetrack watching Coliseo run.

No place for steroids in stables: trainer

David Polkinghorne Canberra trainer John Nisbet wants the Australian racing industry to fall into line with Europe and Japan and completely ban the use of anabolic steroids.

Baseball

ABL denies Bishell axing

David Polkinghorne Canberra Cavalry general manager Peter Bishell to part ways with the club at the end of the week.

Onthelookout takes crew for a wild ride

David Polkinghorne Could a casual chat in the lead-up to Black Opal Stakes day between trainer and owner lead to the ''Steven Bradbury of racing'' ending Black Caviar's 24-race winning streak at Randwick on Saturday?

Racing

Onthelookout for a nice bit of prizemoney

David Polkinghorne One name stands out from the nominations for the T.J. Smith Stakes, but it's not Black Caviar.

Racing

GWS syndicate dares to dream of Caviar

David Polkinghorne Could the next Black Caviar be on her way to the nation's capital to be trained by Matthew Dale?

Football

Former stars back to help youngsters

David Polkinghorne Shaun Ontong and Kaz Patafta want to help discover the next Tom Rogic in Canberra.

Athletics

AA wants equal funding for disabled athletes

David Polkinghorne Athletics Australia is lobbying the ASC to get equal funding for able-bodied and disabled athletes.

Racing

Shinn's Friday on Saturday would be grand

David Polkinghorne Jockey Blake Shinn enjoyed the perfect preparation for one of the biggest days of the Sydney autumn carnival, with four winners from his four rides at Canberra on Friday.

Racing

Criterion has ability for Opal-Slipper double, says Cleary

David Polkinghorne Catbird is the only horse in 40 years of racing to win the Black Opal-Golden Slipper double, but it took just one night of partying to lose the trophy for the world's richest two-year-old race.

Racing

Nat King Cu bites back

David Polkinghorne A mystery bite has delayed Nat King Cu's return to the racetrack, but Canberra trainer Nick Olive is confident he is ready for Friday's racing at Thoroughbred Park.

Mountain biking

It's a honey-bunny win for English

David Polkinghorne Hot cross buns with honey were the secret weapon that helped power Jason English to his sixth consecutive Australian solo 24-hour championship at Stromlo Forest Park.