The Sporting Capital

22/04/2024

18/04/2024

Great news! Canberra United will be back next season, but the work isn't quite done yet...

Canberra United players will take to the field for season 17 after an injection of $200,000 from the ACT Government.…

09/04/2024

The first steps have been taken to link up a passionate fundraising group and Capital Football to keep Canberra United on the field.

The first steps have been taken to link up a passionate fundraising group and Capital Football to keep Canberra United…

07/04/2024

BIG win at home! 💚

Match Report: https://bit.ly/3TIzegu

01/03/2024

The Socceroos are coming to Canberra!

The GIO Stadium in Bruce will be awash with green and gold in late March when the Socceroos return to…

01/02/2024

Around 600 competitors, plus their supporters, will flock to Batemans Bay this weekend for a boutique triathlon in Tomakin.

Hundreds of athletes and their supporters will descend on the Batemans Bay region this weekend to swim, run and ride…

28/01/2024

Canberra can dream about teams in the A-League, in the Big Bash and a return to the NBL, but we're going to have to figure out where the money is coming from, writes Tim Gavel.

It's hard to get a reliable read on whether Canberra will have a team in the A-League Men's competition for…

21/01/2024

The ABL season didn't finish the way the Cavalry hoped, but there are some good signs for the season ahead, none brighter than Cory Acton who's eager to return.

Despite missing the Australian Baseball League playoffs this season, there have been a number of highlights for the Canberra Cavalry.…

20/01/2024

Wondering what's going on at North Woden Tennis Club? It's now home to the Aspen Medical All Abilities & Wheelchair Hub - a supportive environment for athletes with intellectual and physical disabilities.

The redeveloped Aspen Medical All Abilities & Wheelchair Hub at North Woden Tennis Club is in full swing after officially…

15/01/2024

Sport Integrity Australia will get a major funding boost to combat bullying, discrimination and abuse in sport.

The Federal Government has announced it will allocate $36.3 million over four years to 2027-28 to better tackle abuse, bullying,…

11/01/2024

It been a long time coming, but the ACT Open Women’s hockey team, led by two veterans, has won the National Indoor Hockey title.

The ACT’s crowning as the National Open Women’s Indoor Hockey Champions has been decades in the making. At 39 years…

09/01/2024

Sporting legends Shahid Afridi and Jahangir Khan were in Canberra recently and they shed some light on the incredible work they're doing to help alleviate poverty.

As a cricketer, Pakistan's Shahid Afridi was known as 'Boom Boom'. The nickname was apt. In his first international innings…

07/01/2024

There's something very special about Test cricket, and it's even better when its lasts the full stretch, writes Genevieve Jacobs.

It's summer in Australia. Most of the Region team is on leave and the rest of us are watching the…

05/01/2024

When the nation's capital can't compete with the sporting facilities in regional centres, something's not quite right, writes Tim Gavel.

Vision of the UC Capitals playing Adelaide Lightning in a school gym in December should, hopefully, be a wake-up call…