Female scientists in Australia do not get the recognition, funding or careers they deserve. But serious steps are being taken to change that.

Joe Frazier's intense rivalry with Muhammad Ali defined both fighters' careers.

It was a moment in the sun Gillian Heinrich and Stathi Katsidis shared as one, the apex in respective long careers that had reaped occasional rewards.

Elizabeth Alexander has prudent advice for women who feel their careers have stalled.

VICTORIOUS Queensland captain Darren Lockyer and evergreen prop Petero Civoniceva have made a pact to play on for the Maroons in next year's State of Origin series after wrapping up the first clean sweep of their careers last night.