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Smarty 'doing great,' trainer says

Smarty Jones likely will move his show from Philadelphia Park to Belmont Park on Wednesday.

The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner jogged a mile Sunday at his home track in Pennsylvania.

"He's just doing great, back in the barn bucking and playing," said trainer John Servis, adding that Smarty Jones probably would jog 11/2 miles - the Belmont distance - today.

Servis said the colt could arrive in New York on Wednesday before the draw for Saturday's race. But if the weather in Philadelphia heats up, Smarty Jones will head to New York on Tuesday.

The colt will try to become the 12th Triple Crown winner. Likely to take on Smarty Jones are Rock Hard Ten, Eddington, Caiman, Royal Assault, Birdstone and Tap Dancer. Master David and Purge are undecided.

Eddington completed his final workout for the Belmont under Hall of Fame rider Jerry Bailey. The colt was accompanied by another horse and wore blinkers, equipment he'll use in the Belmont. Eddington finished third in the Preakness.

Italy's Damiano Cunego won the Giro d'Italia in Milan, holding a two-minute lead over his closest opponents at the end of the 20-stage race. Countryman Alessandro Petacchi captured the last flat leg to set a postwar Giro record of nine stage wins in one race. The final stage was little more than a parade for Cunego, who at 22 became one of the youngest winners in the event's 87 editions.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Theo Bos of the Netherlands beat defending champion Laurent Gane of France to win the best-of-three sprint final in Melbourne, Australia.

COOPER CITY - Canada easily beat the United States in a three-day match, the first competition on American soil sanctioned by the International Cricket Council. Canada, led by captain John Davison, beat the Americans by 104 runs. The match was part of the council's Intercontinental Cup and was the first outing for the U.S. team since it capped one its most significant accomplishments in the sport, winning the Six Nations Challenge and qualifying for the ICC Champions Trophy in England in September.

DERBY LANE: Cayman Went won his 32nd race out of 38 starts at the greyhound track. Cayman Went will move to the longer distance for the qualifying rounds of the St. Pete Derby. The stakes is the final in the 2004 series and will be held June 19. Oshkosh Drifter is the leading distance runner with 30 quiniela finishes in 39 starts.

SOCCER: In an MLS match, John Wolyniec scored on a header late in the second half to lead the MetroStars to a 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Wizards in East Rutherford, N.J. ... European Championship co-favorite Italy easily beat African champion Tunisia 4-0 in an exhibition game, while fellow Euro 2004 finalist and Group C rival Denmark was held to a 2-2 tie by Estonia. The European Championship starts June 12, and many teams still have exhibition games to play before heading to Portugal.

NFL: Attorneys for the Pittsburgh Steelers asked a federal judge in U.S. District Court to dismiss a suit filed by Robert Warnock of Carrick, Pa., who says NFL antitrust violations enabled teams to extract big public subsidies from cities for new stadiums.

RUGBY: The United States defeated Russia 41-11 to finish in third place in the Super Powers Cup in Tokyo.

PENTATHLON: With a dramatic final sprint, Andriejus Zadneprovskis of Lithuania won his second individual world title in Moscow. The 2000 world champion was fifth overall going into the final 3,000-meter run. He started 30 seconds behind China's Zhenhua Qian, the leader after four events, but picked up his pace and surged ahead with 60 meters left.

SHOOTING: Koby Holland and Adam Saathoff qualified for the Olympics in running target after taking the top two spots at the U.S. trials in Fort Benning, Ga. This is the final year for running target at the Olympics. In men's air pistol, Brian Zins took a four-point lead over Jason Turner. Darryl Szarenski was third after an off performance put him three points away from making the team.

VOLLEYBALL: Australia and the Netherlands won the final spots for the men's tournament at the Olympics during separate qualifying tournaments.