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Gai's dark horse brings in Jewel while creaming More Strawberries

3:00 AM | GAI WATERHOUSE once again left punters reeling as the stunning Saturday sequence of winners continued when the trainer took out yesterday's Dark Jewel Classic at Scone.

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Raiders look the goods for Stradbroke

3:00 AM | SYDNEYSIDERS Mental and Tiger Tees emerged as lightweight chances in the $1 million Stradbroke after dashing wins.

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Invest sworn in as top Oaks contender

3:00 AM | SYDNEY trainer Clarry Conners admitted to nearly swearing in the grandstand at jockey Peter Mertens during yesterday's $175,000 The Roses at Doomben.

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Struggling clubs in line for extra cash

3:00 AM | THE Australian Rugby League Commission is considering scrapping the traditional annual grant and providing cash to clubs proportionally, based on each team's needs.

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Young guns make mark as Saints surf wave of optimism

3:00 AM | Terry Milera and Ahmed Saad could very well have been part of the GWS Giants this year but St Kilda swooped on the talented pair, writes Martin Blake.

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Young Giants in safe hands

3:00 AM | AS AN assistant coach and recently retired player at the Brisbane Lions early last decade, Craig Lambert had a better perspective than most on how a group of upstarts became triple premiership players.

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Despite one-day snub, Ponting not prepared to pull up stumps yet

3:00 AM | RICKY PONTING says he paid the ultimate price as an international one-day player because he put the national team ahead of himself, and the former Australia skipper is adamant he could still offer a lot to the team that was picked to tour Ireland and England next month.

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Neutral venue a dud move - Krilich

3:00 AM | FORMER NSW skipper Max Krilich has joined Blues coach Ricky Stuart in condemning the marketing types who have denied their state an early advantage in this year's must-win series by switching a home game to Melbourne.

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Treuer to get marching orders

3:00 AM | The NSW Harness Racing Club is set to flex its muscle to force a move of the time-honoured Treuer Memorial at Bankstown from its traditional December date to March next year.

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Banjo, Fred and Alan came at the game from different angles

3:00 AM | Big punters of the past were dwarfed by Alan Woods, who spiced his action with Filipino bar girls and ecstasy. Woods, from Murwillumbah, struck gold as a principal player in syndicates looting the Hong Kong exotics. Playing numbers, not horses, and using a computer system, Woods notched nearly $1 billion, according to The Australian Financial Review last year.

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New coaching brigade sure to turn A-League on its head

3:00 AM | Don't look now, but football in Australia just changed shape, right from its very DNA. You won't see it until late next season or more likely the following year, but a change in the game is coming, borne of a new generation of coaches with a different view of the game and its foundational methodology.

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Fighting Hawks look the real deal

3:00 AM | Hawthorn's season back on track after Alistair Clarkson's team monsters Fremantle.

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Scott fumes at bounced Roos

3:00 AM | North Melbourne coach labels dramatic fade-out against Power as disgraceful.

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Blues home is their hassle

3:00 AM | You reckon Carlton has a home ground advantage against Adelaide today? Think again.

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On football's struggle street, burning hunger still gnaws

3:00 AM | The big talking point has been the unusually open race for the flag.

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Farah's a proud mummy's boy

3:00 AM | The Wests Tigers captain has coped with personal heartache and criticism of his game to show his mettle and reclaim his NSW jersey, writes Daniel Lane.

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Carney's a future captain

3:00 AM | CRONULLA coach Shane Flanagan has anointed Todd Carney as a future captain of the club. And in another boost in the lead-up to Carney's State of Origin debut, Flanagan has vowed to do everything in his power to ensure the playmaker becomes a Shark for life.

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Lateral thinking: Blues can give Maroons the run-around

3:00 AM | There haven't been many positives for NSW over six series of Queensland dominance. But there might be one chink in the northerners' armour: I just wonder if the Maroons will be as desperate as the Blues this year.

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Sanctions loom over signing stoush

3:00 AM | Stink No.1. The relationship between numerous Australian provinces is very tense as rivals continue to jump the gun in announcing player recruitments. The gentlemen's agreement is that whenever an Australian team lures a big-name player from another local province, the announcement is made together and in conjunction with the ARU. Not surprisingly, the Western Force were furious the Reds prematurely announced Will Genia was on his way to Perth, and then worked hard to retain him.

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