SYDNEY, Australia (CP) -- The future of Canadian Olympic diver Arturo Miranda was expected to be decided Sunday.

 Miranda has appealed a ruling made by the International Olympic Committee last week that made him ineligible to compete in the Sydney Games.

 Canadian diving coach Mitch Geller, speaking from Sydney, said Sunday (Saturday night EDT) he expects a decision from the IOC later in the day. Miranda is in Sydney practising with the team.

 "I don't know what to expect," he said. "I don't know how the IOC operates or considers things....We are preparing for the next stage should the response be a negative one from the IOC. We'll look to go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport."

 The decision against Miranda, a 29-year-old native of Havana, came after Cuba filed a complaint.

 Miranda competed for Cuba in the 1991 Pan American Games and was that country's flag-bearer.

 He has since moved to Canada and became a Canadian citizen, but did not receive a required release from Cuba to make him eligible to compete for his new country.

 Miranda, a three-metre springboard specialist, competes for the Edmonton Platform Diving Club.

 "He's not feeling wonderful," said Geller. "We're trying to insulate him from it. We're proceeding as if all systems are go."

 If his appeal is denied, it would be the second time Miranda was left off an Olympic team just days before the Games.

 He qualified for the 1992 Olympics with Cuba, but just 15 days before leaving for Barcelona was told, because of financial constraints, he wasn't going.

 He quit the sport -- for good, he had figured.

 Eight years later, he was finally at the Olympics, but once again may not get the chance to compete.