O’Sullivan withdraws from Melbourne meet in dispute over plane tickets

IRELAND’S Olympic silver medallist Sonia O’Sullivan withdrew from a high profile meet at Melbourne on Saturday night in a row over plane tickets.

The highly-anticipated 5000m showdown between rising Australian Benita Johnson and O’Sullivan failed to materialise after the Irish star

returned home, claiming she was treated shabbily by event organisers who refused to pay her air fare.