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
Doctor defends Armstrong
Samantha Lane Doctor Michele Ferrari insists he never saw Lance Armstrong take drugs or deal to others.
Cycling
Rogers abandons Wiggins for Contador
Samantha Lane AUSTRALIAN champion Michael Rogers has abandoned the world’s best road cycling team.
Cycling
Rogers' move based on opportunity, says Sky boss
Samantha Lane Australian's departure from Sky has ''nothing whatsoever'' to do with doping.
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...
Samantha Lane
Can of worms open, it's time to come clean
Samantha Lane The Orica-GreenEDGE team has a crisis of the highest order on its hands. Not to mention Cycling Australia.
