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.
Cricket
Sammy issues Gayle warning for Manuka
Chris Dutton CHRIS GAYLE is poised to recapture his big-hitting best and spoil Ricky Ponting's farewell party at Manuka Oval on Tuesday, West Indies skipper Darren Sammy says.
Horse racing
Dryden knuckles down to comeback challenge to help a friend
Chris Dutton Dual Canberra Cup winner Macknuckle works like ''a lazy footballer'' after two years away from the track.
Rugby Union
Chief Viking finds touch
Chris Dutton ACT Brumbies playmaker Zack Holmes is poised to join the Western Force but before he leaves Canberra he's primed to lead the Tuggeranong Vikings' charge for another premiership.
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.
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.
Cricket
ACT hopes for star power to take on West Indies
Chris Dutton Power-hitter Chris Gayle is set to ignite Manuka Oval twice in eight days and Cricket ACT is hopeful Australian selectors will pick a full-strength side to take on the West Indies master blaster in...
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.
Cricket
Lighting up the ACT's new dawn
Chris Dutton NEW LIGHTS and a new era - Cricket ACT wants to use Manuka Oval's transformation as the catalyst for the sport's revival in the capital.
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...
Sports awards
Paralympian makes it back-to-back sport awards
Chris Dutton Susan Powell conquered the world at the Paralympic Games and now boasts back-to-back sport star of the year awards after claiming the top gong at the ACTSport awards dinner on Friday night.
Cricket
Haddin may join Ponting's Canberra farewell
Chris Dutton Manuka Oval is preparing for a dream double act with Brad Haddin set to join Ricky Ponting in a blockbuster Prime Minister's XI game in Canberra next year.
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.
Cricket
Matthews backs selectors' call to omit injured star from Test team
Chris Dutton Shane Watson hasn't scored enough runs to be a specialist batsman and the Australian star shouldn't be granted special dispensation to play only part of a Sheffield Shield match in Canberra, former...
Cricket
Fit Britt helps Meteors take off
Chris Dutton Kris Britt hopes the ACT Meteors’ new and strict fitness regimen will provide the launching pad she needs to make a return to international cricket.
Cricket
Little league a teaser to the Big Bash prize
Chris Dutton Mark Higgs wants to rediscover his competitive edge to launch himself on to the Big Bash League radar and complete a spectacular comeback with a contract in the Twenty20 competition.
Soccer
Klimkova true to her word
Chris Dutton Canberra United coach Jitka Klimkova has put honouring her word ahead of her team's unbeaten W-League streak to ensure she keeps a promise with Matildas coach Tom Sermanni.
Cricket
I'm still the boss, says Comets skipper, as star makes Mark
Chris Dutton Mark Higgs might be the returning star, but ACT Comets captain Jono Dean insists he's still ''the boss'' when the second round of the Futures League begins in Melbourne on Monday.
Cricket
Stewart hoping to bowl selectors over
Chris Dutton Fletcher Stewart's cricket career has taken him around the world and the all-rounder hopes a season with Cricket ACT will help him make the next step.
