Aleksandr Kokko scored his maiden A-League goal but it wasn't enough to earn the Newcastle Jets a much-needed win over arch rivals Central Coast Mariners at McDonald Jones Stadium on Sunday.

With $40,000 on offer Olympian Lauren Wells will drop down in distance to compete in the 120m Stawell Gift.

Australia spearhead Mitchell Starc has been ranked the world's fourth best Test allrounder on the International Cricket Council's latest charts.

A neat, strong colt by leading sire  I Am Invincible became the most expensive yearling ever purchased in Victoria when it fetched $1.4 million at Monday's Inglis Yearling Sales.

For the first time since April 2016, Moreira went through a meeting in Hong Kong riding a winner, ending a remarkable sequence of success.