Swimming: Lars Frolander of Sweden broke his own world record of 50.44 seconds in the final of the men's 100 metre butterfly at the world short-course swimming championships in Athens yesterday.

Frolander had set a new mark in the same event on Thursday in the semi-finals with a time of 50.59 seconds as well as participating on the record-setting Swedish 4x100 metres freestyle relay team for a third record.

Motor Sport: The Irish motor racing season starts at Mondello Park tomorrow, organised by the Carlow Car Club, of which the most interesting race promises to be the opening round of the Dunlop RT2000 Championship.

Hockey: Holders Yeats County retained the Connacht Women's Senior cup when they defeated Galway 3-1 on penalty strokes in the final at the regional sports centre, Dangan, Galway, yesterday. The losers forced many short corners in the game and took the lead on 59 minutes through Gail Russell. Yeats equalised five minutes later from Emma Keane.