THE wash-out of November's final one-day match between Australia and India in Mumbai denied promising spinner Jon Holland his national team debut. While the 22-year-old was the only member of the original squad not to play on the three-week tour, the snub was cushioned by an estimated tripling of his..read more

THE matter-of-fact caption in the English newspaper below the photograph of Andy Murray brandishing the Union Jack encapsulated the feeling of hope morphed into wild expectation: "Only Roger Federer lies between Andy Murray and a first grand slam win for a British player male in 74 years."

The sport has had a reprieve, but is still on very shaky ground, writes Age racing editor Andrew Eddy.

CARING for aged or disabled relatives has less impact on participation in paid work than previously thought, controversial research has found.

Getting sceptic story straight What a strange editorial ("The Christmas call to fulfilment", December 24). After providing a measured defence of the underlying message of the factually flawed birth narratives of Matthew and Luke, it asserts that "God chose to become incarnate in human affairs", "what we see is not..read more