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Capitals grab gem with a bright future

Lee Gaskin The Canberra Capitals have locked away one of the brightest young talents in Australian women's basketball.

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Capitals fail to pinch win

Lee Gaskin Jess Bibby missed a difficult, potential game-winning buzzer beater as the Canberra Capitals fell short of giving coach Carrie Graf a possible parting gift.

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Capitals ask Jackson the million-dollar question

Lee Gaskin The Canberra Capitals are pleading with superstar Lauren Jackson to play in the WNBL next season.

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Jackson's future hangs in the balance

Lee Gaskin Lauren Jackson will consider offers from Europe and Asia along with a possible return to the Canberra Capitals, but Australia's greatest woman basketballer won't decide anything until she feels...

Capitals suspend Ardossi for tripping

Lee Gaskin Basketball ACT has taken the extraordinary step of suspending Canberra Capitals forward Brigitte Ardossi for the rest of the WNBL season.

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Rangers demolish Capitals

Lee Gaskin A new year and a new uniform, but it was the same old result for the fumbling, bumbling Canberra Capitals.

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Jackson out for season after surgery

Lee Gaskin Lauren Jackson's season is over before it began, with the Canberra Capitals confirming on Thursday that their marquee recruit has undergone season-ending surgery.

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Caps' shooting woes prove costly

Lee Gaskin The Canberra Capitals are in free fall after dropping their sixth straight game and plummeting further adrift of the WNBL top four.

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Graf stalls on talks amid concern for future

Lee Gaskin Capitals coach Carrie Graf wants to hear Basketball ACT's long-term ambitions before extending her contract.

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Capitals fail to douse Fire

Lee Gaskin The Canberra Capitals will be praying for a Christmas miracle after crashing to their seventh straight loss.

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Bibby backs Bunton to lift Capitals

Lee Gaskin Capitals skipper Jess Bibby has predicted a bright future for young centre Alex Bunton.

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Capitals shine without Opal

Lee Gaskin Write us off at your own peril. That's the message from under-rated forward Samantha Norwood as the Canberra Capitals continue to prove they are a WNBL championship contender without superstar Lauren...

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Capitals put an end to Bendigo's winning run

Lee Gaskin A terrific defensive display by the Canberra Capitals inflicted the first defeat on the Bendigo Spirit on Sunday and kept them in the WNBL top four.

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Basketball ACT mourns Graf's father

Lee Gaskin The Canberra basketball community is in mourning, with the father of Capitals and Australian Opals coach Carrie Graf passing away on Saturday.

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Bibby steels Capitals while Graf grieves

Lee Gaskin Canberra Capitals captain Jess Bibby has urged her side to stay in championship contention while coach Carrie Graf is grieving the death of her father, Richard.

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No Jackson, no worries for Caps

Lee Gaskin The Canberra Capitals are determined to prove their season-opening win without superstar Lauren Jackson wasn't a fluke as their lesser lights get another chance to shine.

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Caps' Ogoke shoots to stay with L J

Lee Gaskin American recruit Valerie Ogoke is determined to prove she deserves to stay at the Canberra Capitals once superstar Lauren Jackson returns.

Women's sport

Glass half full: W-League, WNBL upbeat about TV cuts

Lee Gaskin Television coverage of Australia's two main women's national league competitions has been cut in half, but the sporting organisations affected are confident it will result in increased exposure.

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Switched off on live TV

Lee Gaskin Basketball ACT chief executive Tony Jackson has attacked the game's governing body for the reduction of free-to-air television coverage of the WNBL.