Basketball
Wilson a chance for Olympics as Penny drops out
Jon Tuxworth It's not the fashion any player wants their Olympic hopes to be enhanced.
Basketball
Joyce has the coaching pedigree to help bring out the best in Opals
Jon Tuxworth Brendan Joyce is backed to succeed as the new Australian Opals coach.
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Caps mull life after Jackson
Jon Tuxworth The Canberra Capitals will ramp up their search for a championship-quality centre after Lauren Jackson confirmed she won't suit up for the WNBL club next season.
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Graf ready to extend stay with Capitals
Jon Tuxworth Canberra Capitals coach Carrie Graf has signed a new three-year deal with the club in a huge coup for the WNBL's most successful franchise.
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Graf stuck in limbo over Opals job as Capitals position is up
By Jon Tuxworth THE Canberra Capitals are ''very confident'' of agreeing to terms with out-of-contract coach Carrie Graf before the end of the WNBL season.
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Sputtering Capitals will have to rebound without Jackson
Jon Tuxworth Canberra Capitals skipper Jess Bibby says her misfiring team is resigned to playing without Lauren Jackson for the rest of the season, and it is up to the present group to dig itself out of its mire.
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Graf sticks with Capitals, leaving Opals
Jon Tuxworth Canberra Capitals coach Carrie Graf will today confirm she will re-sign with the WNBL club after Basketball Australia confirmed she will not renominate for the Australian Opals post.
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Opals star joins calls for equality
Jon Tuxworth AUSTRALIAN Opals veteran Kristi Harrower says Basketball Australia rejected the team's request to be given six business class seats to travel to the 2008 Olympics, despite the entire men's side...
Basketball
Australia on brink of another golden age
Jon Tuxworth Basketball Australia development officer Mike McHugh believes the sport is on the verge of a similar ''golden generation'' to that which uncovered Canberra Capitals star Lauren Jackson.
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Jackson out of season's action
Jon Tuxworth Basketball ACT boss Tony Jackson says he can't allow the Canberra Capitals' deal with Lauren Jackson to be compromised by her hectic schedule after the Opals star was ruled out for the entire WNBL...
Basketball
Injured athletes need to be saved from themselves
Jon Tuxworth Championships first, player welfare second. It is a misguided philosophy that Americans seem to take to new levels.
Basketball
Unpaid sponsor supports Bibby
Jon Tuxworth An art director who assists the Canberra Capitals with their marketing free of charge says the goal of helping grow women's basketball is being compromised by Basketball Australia ''roadblocks''.
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Bibby claims there's little respect for WNBL
Jon Tuxworth Canberra Capitals skipper Jess Bibby has launched an extraordinary broadside at Basketball Australia, accusing it of placing greater priority on the NBL than the WNBL.
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Tears of joy as Jackson's muscle tear is pinpointed
Jon Tuxworth Lauren Jackson has spoken of her relief the cause of her hamstring problem has finally been diagnosed after fearing it could end her career.
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Capitulation of the Capitals
Jon Tuxworth CANBERRA CAPITALS coach Carrie Graf has admitted her father's death has affected her normally unbreakable focus after her side plummeted to a fifth straight loss on Friday night.
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Share Graf as needed, says Stirling
Jon Tuxworth Former Australian Opals coach Jan Stirling says asking Carrie Graf to give up her Canberra Capitals post in world championship or Olympic years is an option Basketball Australia could consider as its...
Basketball
Jackson gets new perspective at home
Jon Tuxworth As soon as Lauren Jackson set foot on the Canberra Airport tarmac, the sense of relief that engulfed her was overwhelming.
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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.
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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.
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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.
