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
White recommended to return as team boss
Samantha Lane Review of Australian Orica-GreenEDGE team recommends reinstating Matt White.
Cycling
White seeks redemption after six months in sin bin
Samantha Lane After telling authorities everything he knows about doping, and serving a backdated six-month ban for his sins, cyclist Matt White hopes to be reinstated as a director of Australia's professional...
Cycling
White keen for return
Samantha Lane After telling authorities everything he knows about doping, and serving a backdated six-month ban for his sins, former cyclist Matt White hopes to be re-installed as a director of Australia's...
ASC shows displeasure by cuts to athletics, swimming
Samantha Lane No longer merely on notice for governance failings and mediocre performances, Swimming Australia and Athletics Australia have had their federal government funding slashed.
Olympics
High-profile sports pay for mediocrity
Samantha Lane Swimming Australia and Athletics Australia have had their federal government funding slashed.
Swimmers could lose Olympic prizemoney
Samantha Lane THE Australian Olympic Committee will investigate, and is prepared to financially sanction, the swimmers accused of breaching the team agreement in London.
Review slams 'toxic' culture in swimming
Samantha Lane and Scott Spits A report reviewing the leadership in Australia's swimming team has slammed a "toxic" culture which saw swimmers abuse prescription drugs, alcohol and curfews during last year's London Olympics.
Swimming
Hefty fines await offending swimmers
Samantha Lane Athletes found guilty of abusing prescription drugs and bullying will face significant fines.
'Culturally toxic': swimmers hit with claims of drugs and bullying
Samantha Lane TWO disturbing reports into a dysfunctional Olympic swimming team devoid of leadership in London last year will see athletes found guilty of abusing prescription drugs and bullying exposed and hit...
Cycling
Cycling's funding at risk, warns minister
Samantha Lane EXCLUSIVE Cycling Australia risks having its federal government funding cut if it fails to meet 17 recommendations of anti-doping review.
Gaudry in rhythm for uphill grind
Samantha Lane AN EXTRAORDINARY appointment arriving in the most extraordinary of times, Tracey Gaudry says she's a brave woman, and she'll need to be.
Samantha Lane
Cycling's new pacesetter
Samantha Lane An extraordinary appointment arriving in the most extraordinary of times, Tracey Gaudry says she's a brave woman and she'll need to be.
A perfect story but it wasn't true
Samantha Lane It took one minute and 45 seconds for Lance Armstrong to renounce lies he maintained for decades.
Armstrong tell-all light on details
Samantha Lane The self-confessed liar, bully and narcissist accepted he should be punished for doping throughout his seven Tour de France victories, but not as harshly as he has been.
An opportunity to share the road if not the limelight
Samantha Lane Surely the elite riders should be racing in Adelaide rather than training in Canberra?
Cycling
Ex-teammate says cover-up denial a lie
Samantha Lane Tyler Hamilton says Lance Armstrong is still lying about testing positive at a race in 2001.
Cycling
Armstrong still lying, says former teammate
Samantha Lane TYLER HAMILTON, the retired cyclist who exposed Lance Armstrong as a doper in 2011, says his former teammate is still lying about testing positive at a race in 2001 and claims the Union Cycliste...
State, tour 'backed a loser'
Samantha Lane Anti-doping expert says Tour Down Under "prostituted itself" by paying Lance Armstrong.
Cycling
Ashenden slams Tour for luring liar
Samantha Lane MICHAEL ASHENDEN, an anti-doping expert and former employee of cycling's world governing body, says the Tour Down Under "prostituted itself" by paying Lance Armstrong millions of dollars to race in...
Could be a case of karma for tour
Samantha Lane We're still not getting a straight answer about how much South Australia paid Lance Armstrong.
