After a thrilling start on Sunday, the French Open 2026 will continue its Day 2 action on Monday, May 25, with men’s and women’s world number one players Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka kicking off their campaigns.

Both players ended up as runners-up last time and will be looking to better their position this time around. Sinner will fancy his chances even more, especially with defending champion Carlos Alcaraz being ruled out of the competition due to a hand injury.

But what are the other big games taking place in the men’s and women’s singles events today? Take a look.

World number one Sinner in action

French Open men’s singles Round 1 action sees several top seeds, former finalists, and rising stars competing for a place in the next round at Roland Garros. Matteo Berrettini takes on Marton Fucsovics, while Jiri Lehecka faces Pablo Carreno Busta and Alex de Minaur begins against Britain’s T Samuel.

Casper Ruud will battle Roman Safiullin, Andrey Rublev faces Ignacio Buse, and Ben Shelton takes on Daniel Merida Aguilar. Frances Tiafoe, Hubert Hurkacz, and Tommy Paul also headline key first-round contests.

French Open 2026 Day 2: Men’s singles matches full schedule

Sabalenka heads women’s singles event

The French Open women’s singles draw features several high-profile first-round clashes as top seeds begin their campaigns. World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka headlines the event, with Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina, Jasmine Paolini, Elina Svitolina, and Amanda Anisimova among the major names in action.

Other seeded players, including Liudmila Samsonova, Diana Shnaider, Leylah Fernandez, Karolina Muchova, Elise Mertens, and Ekaterina Alexandrova, also begin their quests for a deep run. Interesting battles include Alycia Parks against Fernandez, Kamilla Rakhimova facing Jaqueline Cristian, Camila Osorio meeting Alexandrova, and Petra Marcinko taking on Eva Lys.

With experienced stars, rising talents, and several evenly matched contests, the opening-round schedule promises an exciting start to the women’s singles competition in Paris.

French Open 2026 Day 2: Women’s singles matches full schedule

Elsewhere in the football world, Liverpool are also preparing for an emotional goodbye as Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson, both at the club since 2017, get set to bid farewell to Anfield. Meanwhile, newly crowned Premier League champions Arsenal, who ended a 20-year wait for the title, face Crystal Palace with next weekend’s Champions League final against PSG looming large.

La Liga wrapped up in dramatic fashion. Champions Barcelona ended their season with a 3-1 defeat to Valencia on Saturday, with Robert Lewandowski scoring in what could be his final appearance for the club. Real Madrid, frustrated runners-up, beat Athletic Bilbao 4-2 thanks in part to another goal from Kylian Mbappé. Despite being booed once again by sections of the Santiago Bernabéu crowd, the French superstar finishes as La Liga’s top scorer for the second straight season with 25 goals.

Scenes of celebration in Lens. Tens of thousands of fans flooded the streets on Sunday to honor RC Lens after their historic Coupe de France triumph. Lens defeated Nice 3-1 on Friday to lift the trophy for the first time in club history.

Bayern Munich completed the domestic double after crushing Stuttgart 3-0 in the German Cup final on Saturday, powered by a Harry Kane hat trick.

Barcelona’s women ruled Europe again. The Catalan giants dismantled Lyon in the Women’s Champions League final in Oslo, securing their fourth European crown after previous triumphs in 2021, 2023 and 2024. Lyon, meanwhile, are still chasing a ninth continental title.

Union Bordeaux-Bègles remain kings of Europe. The French side retained the Champions Cup with a dominant 41-19 victory over Ireland’s Leinster on Saturday.

Heartbreak for Arthur Fils. France’s top-ranked player has been forced to withdraw from Roland Garros through injury just as the tournament gets underway this Sunday.

Jonas Vingegaard delivered a masterclass at the Giro d’Italia. The Dane won Stage 14 solo and seized the overall lead, pulling on the pink jersey for the first time in his career.

And finally, George Russell continued his superb weekend in Canada. Already victorious in the sprint race, the Mercedes driver claimed pole position for Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix ahead of Kimi Antonelli, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.

The San Antonio Spurs have evened the Western Conference finals at two games apiece after a 103-82 Game 4 win over the Thunder on the strength of a near perfect defensive performance. 

Hell, it might’ve been actually perfect. I’m just assuming they did at least one thing wrong at some point. But you would have to be some kind of cynical sleuth to find it, because this was a masterpiece. And the thing is, it might actually be sustainable as the series shifts to what will be a monstrous Game 5 on Tuesday in Oklahoma City. 

What did the Spurs do differently?

San Antonio’s young coach Mitch Johnson made a massive adjustment in Game 4 by backing off all the super high traps and double teams on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and committing to covering him for most of the game with a single defender and helpers squeezing down to the nail. 

That last part is an important note, because it’s not as if San Antonio just allowed SGA to play one on one in open space. He will kill that kind of coverage. They still helped down off shooters, but by doing so at the nail instead of deploying a double team as soon as SGA crosses half court (as they did so often through the first three games) they remained in close enough proximity to their shooters to still have time to fly back out and meaningfully contest the 3s when SGA kicked out. 

The result: Alex Caruso, Cason Wallace, Jaylin Williams and Jared McCain, who combined for 68 points and 12 3-pointers Game 3, scored just 12 points on two 3-pointers in Game 4. Consequently, the Thunder bench that outscored San Antonio’s reserves 76-23 in Game 3 only won the bench battle 32-30 on Sunday. 

If OKC isn’t winning the bench battle significantly, then that means their starters have to beat the Spurs with Victor Wembanyama on the court. And so far, that hasn’t happened. For the series, the Spurs have thrashed Oklahoma City by 50 points with Wemby on the floor. They are minus-46 with him off. Do the math and that’s nearly a 100-point swing over four games based on one guy being on or off the court. 

Which is to say, the Thunder were winning this series with their bench in the non-Wemby minutes. Caruso was the story. A 29% regular-season 3-point shooter had basically morphed into Steph Curry through the first three games by making 14 3-pointers at a 61% clip. He didn’t score a single point in Game 4, and OKC shot just 18% from 3 as a team. 

Some of that is shooting variance, but a lot of it was how much more contested their shots were as the Spurs stopped ignoring them to send multiple bodies at SGA. Turns out, shooting 3s is a lot harder when you aren’t being left wide open. Who woulda thunk it. 

Did SGA at least score big?

No. And that’s the real revelation here. SGA only scored 19 points on 6-of-15 shooting. Had SGA gone for 40 in Game 3, then the Spurs would be out of luck. They tried double covering and the shooters killed them; they tried single covering him and he killed them. But that didn’t happen for three reasons. 

• 1. San Antonio has great individual perimeter defenders. Stephon Castle, Dylan Harper, Devin Vassell, all these guys have proven throughout this series that they can stay in front of SGA (within reason) and apply physical pressure that genuinely impacts his rhythm and, ultimately, production. 
• 2. San Antonio was still helping a lot on SGA. So these defenders weren’t on a total island. The Spurs continued to crowd SGA’s driving lanes and swoop down on him like vultures whenever he gained any kind of advantage. But again, it’s about the spots at which they were helping. When it’s 35 feet from the basket, you can’t get back to the shooters. When it’s at the elbow, or really anywhere inside the 3-point line, you can as long as you’re collectively committed to the cause. The Spurs were totally committed. You can come up with as many defensive schemes as you want, but in the end they all come down to effort. Top to bottom, the Spurs were full throttle all night long. 
• 3. SGA had an off game. Some of that was San Antonio’s defense, but we know SGA can beat any defense on any night. This just wasn’t the one for him. It easily could be in Game 5. 

This will get very interesting if SGA hangs a 40-piece in Game 5 and the Spurs go down 3-2. With their backs against the wall, will they still have the nerve to single cover SGA? Or will they go back to playing percentages and hope Alex Caruso and company can’t reignite. Maybe it won’t get to that point, and the Spurs can simply continue with this defensive game plan because of this last factor.

Will Ajay Mitchell play in Game 5?

Being down Jalen Williams hurts, but with Mitchell the Thunder still have a legit No. 2 scorer who can create his own offense. It was no accident that OKC entered Game 4 having outscored opponents by 25.1 points per 100 possessions in the playoffs with Mitchell on the floor, per Cleaning the Glass. 

First, he can flat out carry an offense for stretches if SGA doesn’t have it going and the shooters aren’t making shots; Mitchell is making 53% of his shots as a pick-and-roll creator in the playoffs, per NBA.com, and he’s a top-10 scorer on drives. But he also too much as a tandem scorer with SGA when the MVP is also cooking, because now Mitchell, a top-10 scorer on drives in this postseason, is getting to attack against scrambling defenses. 

Williams can fill that role, too, but right now there’s no indication that he’ll be ready to go any time soon. Mitchell being out for Game 5 would allow San Antonio to double-down on its single coverage of Shai knowing that even if he goes for 40, who else is going help him if the shooters are accounted for and there isn’t a second scorer? 

For my money, Mitchell’s status will be the biggest story leading up to Game 5. But in all honesty, even if he does play, and even if he’s not compromised, the Spurs might’ve already flipped this series. I’d still call it a 50/50 deal, but they made a move that changed the whole chess board on Sunday. 

The thought was that single covering the MVP straight up was suicide, but instead it wound up holding the Thunder, who didn’t crack the 50-point mark until the 3:28 point of the third quarter, to their lowest playoff scoring output since 2020. 

The champs can definitely still win this series. They have the home court for Game 5, and in a 2-2 best-of-seven series, the winner of Game 5 has historically gone on to win the series 82% of the time. They will definitely take their chances, but they also know they have a serious problem on their hands with this new wrinkle San Antonio has put into play. 

Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev earned a $1m bonus for going under the official 50m freestyle world record held by Cameron McEvoy with a time of 20.81 seconds at the inaugural Enhanced Games in Las Vegas on Sunday.

Gkolomeev, who failed to make the podium in four Olympics, won the same bonus last February when he swam 20.89 to beat Brazilian Cesar Cielo’s previous world record of 20.91 set in 2009.

Australian McEvoy improved on Cielo’s mark with a legal time of 20.88 at the Chinese Swimming Open in Shenzhen in March.

Results by Enhanced Games competitors are considered illegal by global sporting authorities because ⁠athletes use substances banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Gkolomeev was ecstatic, though, heaving his young son in the air and catching him as he celebrated with his family by the pool, having also banked $250,000 for winning the race.

“Great race. I had a lot of fun. This is amazing,” said ‌the Bulgaria-born 32-year-old.

“I had a mistake on the break-out and I got a little bit nervous, but then the rest of the swimming was good, so I got it.

“I’m going to say it’s not bad at all,” he added of the prize money. This ⁠is going to change my life to the good, for sure.

“It’s a big help for me and my family. And yeah, I’m going to continue next year. Maybe I’ll break it again.”

Global swimming body World Aquatics has condemned the Enhanced Games as a “circus, built on short-cuts”.

McEvoy did not receive a financial reward for his world record, with World Aquatics only paying bonuses for records set in competitions they organise.

“It’s crazy to think that to get a world record without a suit, and without anyperformance-enhancing drugs, as a clean athlete, the bonus is zero dollars,” McEvoy said in March.

On the track at the ⁠event, American former world champion Fred Kerley won the 100m in ⁠9.97 seconds, well short of his personal best of 9.76.

WADA and other sporting authorities staunchly oppose the ‌Enhanced Games, warning athletes they ​risk not only sporting bans but also ‌their health.

Its organisers operate under the principle ​that banning performance-enhancing drugs does not protect athletes but rather stifles their performance.

The FIFA World Cup 2026 is just 18 days away from its official start, as the tournament is set to commence on June 12 with the clash between Mexico and South Africa.

After a gap of 40 years, Argentina will take the field in the 2026 edition of the tournament as the defending champions after beating France in the 2022 World Cup final on penalties.

However, the defending champions have suffered a huge injury scare as their captain and previous edition’s Most Valuable Player, Lionel Messi, left the field limping during his Major League Soccer (MLS) appearance for Inter Miami against Philadelphia Union on Monday.

The incident took place during the 73rd minute of the game when Messi complained about some discomfort in his thigh. He left the field while grabbing his leg and went straight into the locker room.

Miami coach gives update on Messi

Inter Miami head coach Guillermo provided a crucial update regarding Messi’s injury, saying it does not look anything serious at the moment and mentioning that the Argentine was feeling fatigued and was substituted as they did not want to take any injury risk so close to the FIFA World Cup 2026.

However, Guillermo also stated that the final update regarding Messi’s fitness can only be provided after a thorough medical examination of the Argentine.

Why Messi’s injury could prove disastrous for Argentina?

If Messi is deemed unfit to play in the FIFA World Cup, or even if he is not at his hundred per cent fitness, it will deal a huge dent to Argentina’s title defence as the last two times when Argentina played the final of the FIFA World Cup, Messi was their leading goal-scorer.

In 2014, when Argentina finished as runners-up, Messi scored four goals in seven appearances, while in their title-winning campaign in 2022, Messi was once again their leading scorer with seven goals. He won the MVP award in both tournaments. 
Messi’s recent form has also been exceptional as he is currently the second highet goal scorer in MLS 2026-27 season with 12 goals to his name.

Argentina’s schedule in the FIFA World Cup 2026

The defending champions Argentina will start their title defence in 2026 on June 17 against Algeria. They will take on Austria on June 22 before ending their group-stage matches on June 28 against Jordan.