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Basketball

Duo turns in game-winning performance

Jon Tuxworth Canberra coach Carrie Graf rated huge performances from Brigitte Ardossi and Mikaela Dombkins as their best in a Capitals singlet after they inspired a tight win over Sydney last night.

Basketball

Wilson 'knows when to shoot'

Jon Tuxworth The Canberra Capitals have backed Carly Wilson to break her scoring drought, insisting her on-court smarts will tell her when it's time to take over a game.

Basketball

Beveridge eyes Boomers gig

Jon Tuxworth Canberra's Rob Beveridge wants the Australian Boomers coaching job after Brett Brown quit the post this week.

Athletics

Breen backs 'B' team to help young athletes

Jon Tuxworth Canberra sprinter Melissa Breen has backed calls for B-qualified athletes to be selected for the next Olympics, insisting it will prevent more youngsters from quitting the sport.

Basketball

Jackson to miss Flames clash

Jon Tuxworth It was billed as her triumphant homecoming, but Canberra Capitals star Lauren Jackson will be limited to bench duty for another week after being ruled out of Friday's clash with Sydney.

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Basketball

Hunt for next generation of point guards

Jon Tuxworth Lauren Jackson has played with some of the game's great point guards, but she believes Canberra Capitals star Nicole Hunt deserves to be mentioned with the best of them.

Basketball

Jackson benched for another week

Jon Tuxworth It was billed as her triumphant homecoming, but Canberra Capitals star Lauren Jackson will be limited to bench duty for another week after being ruled out of Friday’s clash with Sydney.

Basketball

Pocock applauds Hunt as Capitals silence Thunder

Jon Tuxworth A WNBL player knows she has arrived when the Wallabies captain asks for a happy snap.

Cricket

Lure of Shield too good to ignore, says Solway

Jon Tuxworth It was the toughest decision of his life, but Dean Solway says he had no option but to leave Canberra to have any chance of breaking into first-class cricket.

Basketball

Hunt keen to repeat match-winning ways

Jon Tuxworth It was one minute and 28 seconds of brilliance that proved Nicole Hunt can take over a game.

Cricket

Defection spices up club rivalry

Jon Tuxworth Queanbeyan stalwart Jono Dean initially wanted to ''clip Blake under the chin'' when his younger brother defected to Tuggeranong.

Cricket

Haddin an 'inspiration'

Jon Tuxworth NSW lower-grade wicketkeeper David Dawson says it would be ''inspirational'' to watch Brad Haddin don the baggy green again after admiring his resilience during his family crisis.

Cricket

Moylan adopts a Meteoric approach to her first love

Jon Tuxworth Like Ellyse Perry, Sally Moylan loves finding the back of the net as much as batting in one.

Basketball

Logan waits on visa as wandering star joins team on road

Jon Tuxworth Logan is hopeful Women's National Basketball Association recruit Laurie Koehn will receive visa clearance in time to for its road trip double against Sydney and Canberra this weekend.

Basketball

Rivals back Jackson payment

Jon Tuxworth Basketball Australia boss Kristina Keneally insists Canberra's WNBL rivals have no issue with it paying part of Lauren Jackson's lucrative deal to play with the Capitals.

Cricket

Career tweaker swaps topspin for off-spin

Jon Tuxworth He couldn't match it with Bernard Tomic on the tennis court, now Josh Connolly is focused on emulating Nathan Lyon by kickstarting a cricket career with ACT Comets.

Basketball

Everything on schedule for the return of Jackson

Jon Tuxworth She moonlighted as a children's TV star yesterday, but Lauren Jackson remains on track to return to her day job with the Canberra Capitals next week.

Basketball

Capitals celebrate Wilson's 250th with narrow win

Jon Tuxworth The Canberra Capitals produced a thrilling one-point win against the Bulleen Boomers last night.

Cricket

Hard-hitting Breakers send the Meteors crashing

Jon Tuxworth A hard-hitting masterclass from Alyssa Healy and Alex Blackwell condemned ACT Meteors to a big loss in its season-opening Twenty20 clash against New South Wales yesterday.