BARACK Obama should not have got the Nobel peace prize. The award was premature, too wishful, too lacking in awareness, too much of a hostage to fortune. It told you at least as much about the committee as about the man who received it in Oslo this week.

THE Australian selectors will meet this week to select the squad for the first Test against the West Indies in Brisbane and a few interesting questions need to be answered. Will Phillip Hughes return to open the batting? If so, what number does Shane Watson bat? Does Michael Clarke walk..read more

A new biopic reveals the former heavyweight champion has always lived in trouble's shadow, writes GAYNOR FLYNN.

THE Chinese Government has revealed its charges against the Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu, but the information does not add a great deal to the enigma that his arrest and those of other members of his team have created.

SERENA WILLIAMS does not walk around a tennis court. She prowls. She does not defeat the majority of her opponents. She beats them to a bloodied pulp.