The Latest Breaking News from Canberra Capitals

Point guard, WNBA stars return as Opals squad named

Opals coach Sandy Brondello has revealed her squad ahead of the FIBA women's Basketball World Cup qualifying tournament in Turkey in March.

AAP · Dec 20, 2025

Capitals trump Geelong, Lynx extend WNBL winning streak

A star performance from Nyadiew Puoch has helped the Canberra Capitals cruise to an 89-69 WNBL win over Geelong United, while Perth defeated Adelaide.

AAP · Jan 5, 2025

Lightning win first WNBL game since coach's exit

The Adelaide Lightning have bagged a win over the Canberra Capitals in their first WNBL game under interim coach Matthew Clarke.

AAP · Dec 15, 2024

ACT should chip in for new Canberra Capitals venue, committee says

The committee said resolving the long-running issues of venue availability for the elite women's team should be considered a priority.

The Canberra Times · May 27, 2022

Labor promises to fund study exploring options for new home for Canberra Capitals

The University of Canberra Capitals welcome news a scoping study is set to be conducted into constructing a long-awaited facility for the team to call home.

ABC News · May 18, 2022

Canberra Capitals lose their shot at WNBL final after eight players test positive for COVID-19

The Capitals were due to play the Perth Lynx in the WNBL semi-finals, but the outbreak saw that game first postponed — and now cancelled.

ABC News · Mar 29, 2022

COVID forces Canberra out of WNBL finals

The Canberra Capitals have withdrawn from the WNBL finals because of a COVID outbreak, leaving Melbourne Boomers to meet Perth Lynx in the grand-final series

AAP · Mar 29, 2022

How a sports stadium became a federal election issue for Canberra

It may be the national capital, but Canberra is woefully lacking when it comes to major sporting facilities. On this, everyone is agreed, with federal election candidates this week making clear that they would take it on as an election issue.

ABC News · Mar 18, 2022

'Puts a smile on my face': Check out the new cult item for Caps fans

It started as a poster to wave at games in honour of the Canberra Capitals' towering centre Alex Bunton.

The Canberra Times · Mar 11, 2022

Canberra Capitals basketball team 'homeless' with no location to play finals in ACT

Canberra's WNBL team says they have been "held back by inaction on every level", after being forced to relocate from the AIS Arena and no longer having a stadium to play finals in.

ABC News · Feb 28, 2022