Samantha Lane

Samantha Lane is a sports writer with The Age's sports section. She joined The Sunday Age's sports team in 2005, where she specialised in the coverage of Australian Rules football, before joining the daily Age in 2007. She has a wealth of multi-media broadcasting experience since starting her journalism career in 2002 at www.afl.com.au. She is also a panellist on Network Ten's Before the Game. Samantha covered the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, the 2008 Beijing Olympics and will be reporting extensively on the 2012 London Olympics.

Cycling

'Paranoia' to keep riders out of tour

Samantha Lane Australian professional cyclists disadvantaged in January national road titles.

Evans to miss Tour Down Under

Samantha Lane Cadel Evans leaves it to two foreign world champions to represent his BMC racing team.

Bid for overhaul at top of cycling

Samantha Lane Change Cycling Now will be addressed by US Anti-Doping Agency boss behind the downfall of Lance Armstrong.

Cycling

World body should ban drug cheats for life, says Gerrans

Samantha Lane Australia's national road champion Simon Gerrans wants world cycling body to get tough.

Believe me, I’m clean: Gerrans

Samantha Lane These are questions Simon Gerrans' parents haven't asked him.

Swimming

Neil a casualty of Olympic flop

Samantha Lane Swimming Australia’s chief executive latest casualty following country's Olympic flop.

Cycling

Vinnicombe claim probe

Samantha Lane Official who allegedly helped Martin Vinnicombe self-inject fresh target of Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority.

Swimming

Neil takes fall for flop in the pool at London

Samantha Lane SWIMMING Australia's chief executive is the latest casualty of the sport following the country's Olympic flop.

Future Olympians face jail if caught lying about drugs

Samantha Lane Games selection will hinge on statutory declaration of never having used performance-enhancing drugs.

Cycling

Team's drug audit holds no fears for riders

Samantha Lane GreenEDGE's Matt Goss and Simon Clarke declare themselves clean.

Meares lured by Rio gold

Samantha Lane Not satisfied with her London triumph, Anna Meares commits to another four-year campaign.

Cycling

Pound troubled over Coates' position

Samantha Lane Conflict possible over nominating candidates to probe cycling's international governing body.

Cycling

The doping wheels are turning, says Mueller

Samantha Lane Cycling Australia's president says doping being tackled with ''vigour that few other sports can match''.

Cycling

Coach Sutton placed in an induced coma after crash

Samantha Lane SHANE SUTTON, the Australian coaching chief of the British cycling team, was put in an induced coma after he suffered bruising to his brain following a road cycling accident in which he also broke...

Cycling

Top bike coach in coma

Samantha Lane Australian coaching chief of British cycling team in an induced coma after road cycling accident.

Cycling

Review begins journey back to redemption

Samantha Lane Australians' loss of faith in cycling can be restored by government-led review.

Cycling

Evans to handle cycling doping crisis his way

Samantha Lane Cadel Evans will address sport's doping crisis on his own terms and in his own time.

Culture of denial

Samantha Lane The first and biggest domino in cycling has fallen. Where and how will it all end?

Cycling

No denying it, cycling must face the music

Samantha Lane When Lance Armstrong won his record seventh Tour de France in 2005 he stood on the victory dais on Paris's Champs-Elysees and said: ''The people who don't believe in cycling, the cynics, the...