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CYCLING: SYDNEY: Australian Sean Eadie upset World champion Arnaud Tournant of France to win the sprint at a World Cup cycling event at the Dunc Gray Velodrome. Eadie, who also won the keirin, beat Tournant in two out of a possible three rounds in the ride off for gold and silver. The 33-year-old Eadie clocked 10.777 seconds in the opening round of the final and rode a strong tactical race in the second to beat Tournant by more than a bike length with a time of 10.885. Mickael Bourgain of France took the bronze medal with victory in two rounds over New Zealand's Anthony Peden. In the women's sprint, Americans Tammy Thomas and Tanya Lindenmuth finished one-two while Canadian Lori-Ann Muenzer took the bronze ahead of Australian Michelle Ferris. Eadie's win helped Australia take the top nation status for the second round of the five-round World Cup series with five gold and four silver medals over the three days. Eadie is on Australia's team for the Commonwealth Games that begin at the end of July in Manchester, England.

DIVING: CORAL SPRINGS: China remained perfect in seven events in the USA Diving Grand Prix, winning three gold medals. China won the men's 3-meter, women's platform and men's team competition, giving the country seven gold medals in as many events during the competition's first three days. Tainling Wang won the men's 3-meter final, scoring 483.60 points to edge countryman Fang Wang by 19.77 points. The bronze medal went to Cesar Castro of Brazil. In the women's platform final, Ting Li won the gold with 357.90 points. Emilie Heymans of Canada finished second. In the men's team competition, China was first with 52 points, followed by Italy and Germany. The results (finals): men: 3-meter: 1. Tainling Wang, China, 483.60 points; 2. Feng Wang, China, 463.83; 3. Cesar Castro, Brazil, 405.90. Team competition: 1. China, 52; 2. Italy, 33;

Germany, 32. Women: platform: 1. Ting Li, China, 357.90; 2. Emilie Heymans, Canada, 341.76; 3. Lishi Lao, China, 333.75.

FOOTBALL: TOKYO: Japan's Justice Ministry plans to use a special ferry to transport arrested soccer hooligans from Sapporo to Tokyo during the World Cup finals, local media reported. The ferry, to be rented from a private company, will be available for the Group F match between archrivals England and Argentina at Sapporo Dome on June 7, the Nikkei Shimbun newspaper reported. The England-Argentina showdown starts at 8:30 p.m. (11:30 GMT), and many shop owners in Sapporo worry that enthusiastic supporters will spend much of the day drinking. Armed coast guard personnel and immigration officials will be aboard the ferry, and several coast guard craft will escort the vessel, which can carry up to 634 people. Hooligans will be transported to a detention centre near Tokyo where they will be processed for deportation, the paper said. Sapporo, located on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, is 830 kilometers (520 miles) northwest of Tokyo.

SEOUL: Unions for workers in South Korea's major hotels are threatening to strike in time for the World Cup finals, demanding better working conditions, the Yonhap news agency reported. Unionised workers from the country's tourist industry will rally in a Seoul park to press for better treatment of non-regular workers and implementation of a five-day working week, the news agency reported. The Yonhap said the unions would launch an all-out strike towards the end of this month. South Korea and Japan are co-hosting the World Cup finals, which begin on May 31. South Korea's tourist industry union group comprises about 100 unions, the Yonhap said. Union officials at major hotels were not available for comment. ``We wish the World Cup will be a success,'' the union group was quoted as saying by Yonhap. ``But we will fight against unfair treatments being done to us in excuse for the sport event.'' The government urged unions to do the country a favour for the World Cup and declare the month-long finals a strike-free zone. South Korea has a reputation abroad for labour militancy, although relations between the government, or firms, and the unions have been more harmonious than the riot-packed 1980s and 1990s.

TENNIS: ROME: Top seed Venus Williams is the favourite for the $1.244 million WTA Masters Series tournament which gets underway here at the Foro Italico. The American world number one, given a first-round bye as are all the top eight seeds, is set to kick off her campaign with a second-round clash with Russian Anna Kournikova whose media profile off the courts continue to outshine her achievements on it. However, Kournikova must see off Angeles Montolio of Spain in her opener. Also, fancied to reach the final is Jennifer Capriati who will face a qualifier in her second-round match but after her first-round defeat here at the hands of Hungary's Rita Kuti Kis last year the New Yorker with Italian ancestry will not be complacent. But Capriati, seeded two, has the bonus of playing what looks to be the easier part of the draw with the second Williams sister Serena, ranked four, her principal adversary although Amelie Mauresmo of France could also pose problems in the quarter-finals. Venus, in contrast, lines up in the tougher half, which features Belgian starlets Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters. Clijsters' attempt to justify her third seeding although - like Venus - she will probably face Russian opposition with Elena Likhovtseva her likely opponent in the second round.

ROME: Germany's Tommy Haas has excluded returning to Germany's Davis Cup team until changes are made within the German Tennis Federation. Haas, who had reached the final of the $2.8-million Tennis Masters Series tournament, made his vow because of the way he considers players are treated by the federation. ``It's just a little bit sad that I think the German Tennis Federation is not paying enough attention to our players, including myself,'' said Haas who lives in Florida. ``They've been promising things to us, and to me lately, and always at the last minute take it away. And I think this was just the first time, the beginning of the year that I had to make a point of view for my sake and say `not with me anymore' until they change stuff. I felt a bit used. It's not fun to be on a team when you have people working for you or people trying to help you that you don't really like, always telling you things and promising you things - and they never really happen.'' He said changes must be made before he would reconsider, saying: ``It's a pity after (Boris) Becker, (Michael) Stich and (Steffi) Graf that it came to this point after a few years that the German federation is `bankrupt' as they say. Whatever happens, happens. But maybe there are some people that can maybe change a few things and then everything should be fine.''

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