- Russia's Olga Yegorova won the women's 1,500 meters at an international track and field meet in Huelva, Spain
- Two Russian men and nine women have been seeded for the 2006 Wimbledon Grand Slam series tennis tournament, which runs June 26 to July 9.
Men: Nikolai Davydenko (9); Dmitry Tursunov (28)
Women: Maria Sharapova (4); Nadezhda Petrova (5); Svetlana Kuznetsova (6); Yelena Dementyeva (8); Anastasia Myskina (10); Dinara Safina (15); Maria Kirilenko (18); Yelena Likhovtseva (26); Anna Chakvetadze (31)
- Russia's Anastasia Myskina advanced to the quarterfinals of the $600,000 Hastings Direct International Championships tennis tournament in Eastbourne, England, which runs June 19-24, after defeating Jill Craybas from the United States 6-4, 6-4
- Russia's Yelena Dementyeva advanced to the quarterfinals of the $175,000 WTA Ordina Open tennis tournament in Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, defeating her compatriot Yelena Vesnina 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
- The Russian Football Union will hold inspections of Russian Premier League clubs' stadiums on June 21-July 10
