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Athletics: Olympic champion Jennifer Suhr (picture, right) upped her own women’s pole vault indoor world record by clearing 5.03 metres in New York on Saturday. Competing at the Golden Eagle Multi and Invitational in Brockport, the American added a centimetre to her old mark of 5.02, set in Albuquerque, New Mexico on March 2, 2013. Russian Yelena Isinbayeva holds the women’s world outdoor record at 5.06 metres.
Swimming: FINA announced it had ‘temporarily suspended’ the Mexican federation after the country’s decision last year to pull out of hosting the 2017 World Championships in Guadalajara. The western Mexican city withdrew as host of the two-week event due to financial problems resulting from falling oil prices. Budapest, the city that had been due to host the 2019 championships, stepped in as a replacement. FINA said the suspension was due to Mexico “not fulfilling contractual obligations concerning the cancellation of the 2017 championships.”
Cycling: Cycling’s governing body is investigating a case of suspected ‘technological fraud’ after checks on a bike at the cyclo-cross World Championships in Belgium, the UCI said in a statement. Media reports said the cycle was found to have a concealed booster motor. The race was won by Britain’s Evie Richards but the UCI said the matter “does not concern any of the riders on the podium.” It added that further details would be shared ‘in due course’. Technological fraud carries a minimum six-month suspension and a fine of between 20,000 to 200,000 Swiss francs ($195,560.77).
Tennis Doubles: Brazil’s Bruno Soares, fuelled by numerous cups of coffee, produced a doubles double yesterday when he and Russian partner Elena Vesnina won the Australian Open mixed doubles title on the Rod Laver Arena. Soares, who won the men’s doubles title with Great Britain’s Jamie Murray in Melbourne on Saturday, clinched his second title in a little over 16 hours when he and Vesnina beat American Coco Vandeweghe and her Romanian partner Horia Tecau 6-4 4-6 10-5.
Golf: World number one Jordan Spieth and South Korean Song Young-han will return today to complete their battle for the Singapore Open title after stormy weather agonisingly stopped play at the climax of their final rounds. Song had a 10-foot putt on the 16th green to stay at 12-under-par, while Spieth was presiding over a five-foot birdie effort on the last to sign for an 11-under total when play was halted because of inclement weather. “Assuming I make that putt on 18 that is going to put some pressure on,” Spieth told reporters after shooting four-under for his 17 holes.