The week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald and Financial Review photographers

Anyone who saw Umesh Yadav tearing into the Australian batsmen here three summers ago would have thought a new age of Indian pace bowling had dawned.

When you're playing in a team it's expected you don't get too cocky when talking about your opponents – in public, at least.

Home automation is going beyond science fiction to become a technological reality, but what is driving this rapid push to make Australian homes smarter?

Mother of four held in Malaysia after allegedly carrying methamphetamines while transiting.

Saudi Arabia, the largest producer in the OPEC oil cartel, cannot reduce its output because of competitive pressure despite plunging prices, the kingdom's oil minister said on Thursday.

Daniel Moldovan has entered a rare place for an Australian agent, joining global sports management company Octagon, along with his 43 clients, most of them Australian players.

If you post a tribute today, please do not do this.

Rehabilitation gets personal as teen involved in an anti-semitic attack on eastern suburbs bus 'sentenced'.

Dozens of firefighters have battled a blaze at the former Alcoa plant near Geelong that forced the evacuation of about 30 workers.

Sydney teenager said he was on way to a two-week holiday in Malaysia but the truth was far more sinister.

As Australia sinks deeper into financial deficit, big bank bosses urge politicians to consider controversial budget measures.

Jean Claude Perrottet, the younger brother of NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet, has been found not guilty of three counts of sexual assault.

The head of Russia's influential Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, said on Sunday cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo were "childish" compared to offences it had dished out to Christians.

Keesha Kapea is eyeing a third trophy in two weeks this weekend.

The injured NRL superstar Greg Inglis is battling depression.

It's easy to knock pirate websites down but they can quickly re-appear at a new address.

Opening batsman takes one big shot too many and falls victim to delivery from Karn Sharma, who is bowling in his first Test for India.

Essendon midfielder Heath Hocking will miss six weeks of the AFL pre-season because he needs surgery on a persistent groin injury.

Gary Ablett has been offered a new contract by Gold Coast that will ensure he stays one of the game’s very highest-paid players from 2016.

Zimbabwe will become the first full ICC member nation to tour Pakistan in six years when it plays two Twenty20 internationals and three ODIs in Lahore from May 19-June 1.

Cardinal says he was aware of the existence of clergy sexual abuse when he was a junior priest in the early 1970s but failed to recognise widespread offending at the time.

Kansas City, Missouri: A Missouri school district has apologised to the family of a blind student whose cane was replaced with a swimming pool noodle after he allegedly misbehaved on the bus.

Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho is chasing an A-League contract and the Wollongong Wolves FFA Cup match with Sydney FC could provide him the platform to get one.

Indigenous artist Dennis Nona has been found guilty raping a 12-year-old girl while he was a student at the Australian National University.