* At the 37th Chess Olympiad 2006 in Turin (through June 4):
- The Russian men's team, seeded No. 1 for the tournament, drew with Armenia (3) 2-2 in Round 5. The teams share first place with 15.5 points. The Netherlands is in third place with 15 points
- The top-seeded Russian women's team lost to Ukraine (2) 1-2 in Round 5, but is still in first place with 12.5 points, followed by Ukraine with 12 points, and Hungary (4) with 11 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 semifinals by defeating Potito Starace (Italy) 6-2, 6-1
- Dmitry Tursunov and Vincent Spadea (U.S.) failed to advance to the doubles semifinals, losing to Oliver Marach (Austria) and Cyril Suk (Czech Republic) 4-6, 6-2, 3-10
* At the $200,000 Istanbul Cup WTA tennis tournament in Istanbul, Turkey (through May 27):
- Top seed Anastasia Myskina advanced to the singles semifinals, beating sixth-seeded Catalina Castano (Colombia) 6-4, 7-6
* At the $175,000 Strasbourg International WTA tennis tournament in Strasbourg, France (through May 27):
- Yelena Vesnina lost to fourth-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain) 2-6, 4-6 in the singles second round
