* At the 37th Chess Olympiad 2006 in Turin (through June 4):
- The Russian men's team, rated No. 1 for the tournament, beat Germany (14) 2.5-1.5 in Round 3. Russia shares first place with China (12) and Uzbekistan (30) with 10.5 points from the three matches
- The top-seeded Russian women's team beat Poland (12) 3-0 in Round 3. Russia and China (6) share second place with 8.5 points after Round 3. Leader Lithuania (13) has a maximum 9 points
* At the $388,000 Hypo Group ATP tennis tournament in Portschach, Austria (through May 27):
- Top seed and defending champion Nikolai Davydenko advanced to the singles second round by defeating Tomas Zib (Czech Republic) 6-3, 6-0
- Dmitry Tursunov, seeded 4, lost to unseeded Juan Monaco (Argentina) 6-7, 2-6 in the singles first round
- Tursunov and Vincent Spadea (U.S.) advanced to the doubles second round, beating Dominik Hrbaty (Slovakia) and Jaroslav Levinsky (Czech Republic) 6-2, 6-7, 10-5
* At the $200,000 Istanbul Cup WTA tennis tournament in Istanbul, Turkey (through May 27):
- Top-seeded Anastasia Myskina advanced to the singles quarterfinals by defeating Tsvetana Pironkova (Bulgaria) 6-4, 6-2
- Third-seeded Anna Chakvetadze lost to Meghann Shaughnessy (U.S.) 6-1, 4-6, 0-6 in the first round
* At the $175,000 Strasbourg International WTA tennis tournament in Strasbourg, France (through May 27):
- Yelena Vesnina advanced to the singles third round, beating Karin Knapp (Italy) 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 in the first round and fifth-seeded Marion Bartoli (France) 6-1, 6-1 in the second round
- Yekaterina Bychkova lost to Li Na (China) in the singles first round
- Bychkova and Klaudia Jans (Poland) advanced to the doubles second round when France's duo Pauline Parmentier/Camille Pin retired in the first set due to injury
- Vesnina and Emma Laine (Finland) cruised into the doubles second round, beating Poland's pair Joanna Dobrowolska/Anna Mydlowska 6-1, 6-0
* CSKA Moscow beat Khimki Moscow Region 82:59 at home in the first leg of the Russian men's basketball SuperLeague best-of-five final. The remaining legs are set for May 24, 27 (May 28, 31 if necessary)
* Dinamo St. Petersburg edged out UNICS Kazan 61:59 at home in the second leg of the Russian men's basketball SuperLeague best-of-five bronze-medal series. Dinamo leads in the series 2-0. The remaining legs are set for May 26 (May 27, 30 if necessary)
