Chris Dutton
Chris Dutton has worked at The Canberra Times since 2007, starting as a junior reporter before covering the Canberra Raiders and ACT Brumbies. He now writes extensively on Super Rugby and is part of the Fairfax team covering the London Olympic Games - with, of course, a focus on Canberra athletes.
Basketball
Graf backs Joyce choice
Chris Dutton New Opals coach Brendan Joyce's biggest challenge will be adjusting to coaching women, Carrie Graf says.
Basketball
Jackson in holding pattern as Capitals sweat on decision
Chris Dutton Lauren Jackson will wait until June before deciding on her immediate future and won't be rushed into committing to a WNBL comeback for the Canberra Capitals next season.
Racing
Battler bids to keep Cup record intact
Chris Dutton He's the battling trainer scraping money together to pay his stable rent, but if Len Hodgson gets his chance in the Canberra Centenary Cup he's confident he can trump his big-name contenders at...
Racing
Prizemoney and strategy woo Niwot to Canberra
Chris Dutton Impressive prizemoney and Sydney Cup preparation will lure Niwot to race in Canberra.
Mountain biking
Downhill success an uphill battle
Chris Dutton Caroline Buchanan continues her bid to make an impact on the mountain bike downhill scene.
Cycling
Refreshed Ellis on track for Rio Games
Chris Dutton FROM the postie bike back to the track - Daniel Ellis has rediscovered his passion for competing against the world's best and is targeting an Olympic Games comeback in 2016.
Basketball
Jackson forfeits US season in quest for recovery
Chris Dutton Lauren Jackson has decided not to play in the 2013 WNBA season for the Seattle Storm in the US as she continues her recovery from hamstring surgery.
Cycling
Hosking fears for women cyclists over Armstrong fallout
Chris Dutton Canberra rider Chloe Hosking fears cycling could be unfairly punished if the sport is kicked out of the Olympic Games as part of the fallout from the Lance Armstrong drug scandal.
Cycling
Firestorm burnt into Buchanan's memory
Chris Dutton Caroline Buchanan still remembers the mad dash to save her BMX moments before the Canberra firestorm destroyed her Duffy home 10 years ago.
Cycling
Wiasak's off to a flying start with a bronze medal in Mexico
Chris Dutton REBECCA WIASAK hopes a dream start to her World Cup career can be the catalyst for a place in the national team as she aims for world championship selection.
Swimming
Armstrong calls for 'brutal' coach
Chris Dutton Swimming Australia needs to use the ''dynamite facility'' at the Australian Institute of Sport and reinvigorate the program by employing a coach who is ''crazy about results'', former gold medallist...
Basketball
Graf's future with Capitals hinges on Games review
Chris Dutton The Canberra Capitals want Basketball Australia to fast-track its post-Olympic Games review so the WNBL powerhouse can secure its future with coach Carrie Graf.
Cycling
Hodge 'deserves to keep honours', Stanhope says
John-Paul Moloney, Chris Dutton Stephen Hodge shouldn’t be stripped of the honour of having a Canberra cycling circuit named after him, former ACT chief minister Jon Stanhope says.
Racing
Berry's dream ride to the Melbourne Cup
Chris Dutton Tommy Berry has run the Melbourne Cup thousands of times in his head dreaming of the day it would become a reality - on Tuesday it does.
Melbourne Cup
Seeing colours: how to pick a winner on Cup day
Chris Dutton The colours, the form, the name or just plain luck - most find it impossible to tip a Melbourne Cup winner but there are happy punters who have a perfect formula for picking the winner in the race...
Basketball
Batkovic assures her former team a fit Jackson will be worth the wait
Chris Dutton THREE-TIME Olympian Suzy Batkovic has urged the Canberra Capitals to be patient with Lauren Jackson and ease the star back on to the court to ensure she ''returns better than ever''.
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 opts out of honours
Chris Dutton Canberra cyclist removes his name from the ACT's list of sporting elite.
