* At the 37th Chess Olympiad 2006 in Turin (through June 4):
- The Russian men's team, rated No. 1 for the tournament, beat China (12) 3-1 in Round 4. Russia shares first place with Armenia (3) with 13.5 points from four matches. The Netherlands is in third place with 13 points
- The top-seeded Russian women's team defeated leader Lithuania (13) 3-0 in Round 4. Russia is in first place with 11.5 points, followed by Ukraine (2) with 10 points, and the U.S. (5) with 9.5 points
* Russia's women's soccer team beat Scotland 4-0 away in Group 4 of its World Cup China 2007 preliminaries
Group 4 standings:
1 Germany - games-4/points-12
2 Russia - 5/12
3 Scotland - 6/7
4 Ireland - 5/4
5 Switzerland - 5/3
* 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 quarterfinals by defeating Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spain) 6-2, 6-4
* At the $200,000 Istanbul Cup WTA tennis tournament in Istanbul, Turkey (through May 27):
- Anastasiya Myskina and Ipek Senoglu (Turkey) failed to advance to the doubles second round, losing to Jelena Kostanic (Croatia) and Angelique Widjaja (Indonesia) 4-6, 7-5, 1-6
* At the $175,000 Strasbourg International WTA tennis tournament in Strasbourg, France (through May 27):
- Yelena Vesnina and Emma Laine (Finland) failed to advance to the doubles semifinals, losing to third-seeded pair Martina Muller (Germany)/Andreea Vanc (Romania) 2-6, 0-6
- Yekaterina Bychkova and Klaudia Jans (Poland) lost to Jarmila Gajdosova (Slovakia)/Bryanne Stewart (Australia) in the doubles quarterfinals 7-6, 3-6, 4-6
* CSKA Moscow beat Khimki Moscow Region 81:68 at home in the second leg of the Russian men's basketball SuperLeague best-of-five final. CSKA leads in the series 2-0. The remaining legs are set for May 27 (May 28, 31 if necessary)
