* At the 37th Chess Olympiad 2006 in Turin (through June 4):
- The Russian men's team, seeded No. 1 for the tournament, drew with the Czech Republic (20) in Round 8. Russia and Ukraine (4) share second place with 22 points. Armenia (3) leads with 24 points.
- The top-seeded Russian women's team drew with the U.S. (5) 1.5-1.5 in Round 8. Russia is in first place with 19 points, followed by Ukraine (2) with 18.5 points, and the U.S with 17 points.
* At the $18.2-mln Roland Garros Grand Slam series tennis tournament in Paris, France (through June 11):
Women's singles:
- Yelena Dementieva, seeded No. 6 for the tournament, advanced to the second round, defeating Martina Sucha (Slovakia) 7-6, 6-2
- Svetlana Kuznetsova (8) cruised into the second round, beating Laura Granville (U.S.) 6-4, 6-0
- Anastasia Myskina (10) trounced Sania Mirza (India) 6-4, 6-1 in the first round
- Anna Chakvetadze (27) advanced to the second round, beating Eva Birnerova (Czech Republic) 7-5 6-4
- Yekaterina Bychkova failed to advance to the second round, losing to Sun Tiantian (China) 2-6, 5-7
- Yelena Vesnina lost to Peng Shuai (China) 2-6, 2-6 in the first round
- Galina Voskoboyeva lost to Ivana Lisjak (Croatia) 2-6, 3-6 in the first round
Women's doubles
- No.16-seed pair Dinara Safina and Roberta Vinci (Italy) advanced to the second round, beating French duo Diana Brunel and Florence Haring 6-1, 6-1
Men's singles:
- Nikolai Davydenko, seeded No. 6 for the tournament, advanced to the second round, defeating Vincent Spadea (U.S.) 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
- Dmitry Tursunov (31) beat Jiri Novak (Czech Republic) 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the second round
- Yevgeny Korolev beat Andreas Seppi (Italy) 6-4, 2-6, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 in the first round
