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
Olympics spurs on Mills in NBA mission
Chris Dutton He missed out on Olympic Games bling but Patrick Mills and the San Antonio Spurs are on a mission to ''achieve greatness'' and believe they have the firepower to win an NBA championship ring.
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.
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.
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.
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''.
Hodge doping scandal shocks cycling community
Chris Dutton Iconic Canberra cycling figure Stephen Hodge has shocked the capital's tight-knit riding community with his drugs bombshell today when he admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs for six...
Cycling
Justice for clean riders
Chris Dutton Somewhere out there in the world of drug cheats and liars, there's a cyclist sitting at home wondering if he'll get the yellow jersey he truly deserves.
Basketball
Samuels siblings set hearts on Rio
Chris Dutton Dani has the muscle, Casey's got the skills and after growing up trying to beat each other on the basketball court, the Samuels sisters have a joint Olympic Games dream.
Riding on Deek's experience
Chris Dutton It's the odd-couple relationship which started from one of Canberra's most devastating disasters and now Robert de Castella is ready to help Caroline Buchanan take Olympic Games gold.
BMX
Buchanan lives out brother's dream
bmx By Chris Dutton SHE'S a self-confessed daredevil chasing her dream of Olympic Games gold, but the easy option for Caroline Buchanan would have been to never ride again after watching her brother crash and break his...
Basketball
Rediscovering passion: Canberra basketballer's round the world journey
Chris Dutton Basketball has taken Abby Bishop around the world but as she prepares for the biggest moment of her career, the former Canberra Capital revealed she almost quit when she lost her passion for the...
Basketball
Mills ready to finalise NBA future
Chris Dutton FIRST his NBA future and then the Olympic Games - Patrick Mills wants to finalise where he will play next season in the coming days so he can fully focus on his London mission.
Athletes in cough risk after outbreak
Chris Dutton, David Polkinghorne The Australian Institute of Sport claims there's no need to quarantine its athletes just 36 days out from the Olympic Games despite admitting some may be at a ''high risk'' to a contagious outbreak...
Basketball
Caps sign huge sponsor deal
Chris Dutton They've got the world's best player and a sponsorship deal to match, now Canberra coach Carrie Graf wants the Capitals to become the first professional women's national league team in Australia.
