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Serena Williams represents the United States’ best chance to hoist the French Open trophy this year but questions loom about her fitness after she was forced to withdraw from the Italian Open last week with a knee injury.

BASKETBALL-NBA-TOR-MIL Leonard, Raptors rally, move within one win of Finals

The visiting Toronto Raptors withstood the early surge by the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night, shook it off, and then went on to grind out a 105-99 victory to take a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. OLYMPICS-2026

Olympics: IOC praises 2026 candidates, hightlights higher support for Milan bid BERLIN (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee on Friday heaped praise on two remaining candidate cities for the 2026 Winter Olympics, with Italy’s Milan/Cortina bid recording stronger local support than Sweden’s Stockholm/Are proposal.

UPCOMING OLYMPICS

OLYMPICS-2026/ (PIX) Olympics-IOC holds conference calll on 2026 winter Olympics bids

IOC conference call following the release of the report by the IOC Evaluation Commission for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 2026. 24 May 10:00 ET / 14:00 GMT

SOCCER SOCCER-FRANCE-NCE-AMO/REPORT

Soccer - Ligue 1 wrap Monaco travel to Nice as they look to salvage their place in the elite

24 May 15:00 ET / 19:00 GMT SOCCER-FRANCE-REI-PSG/REPORT

Soccer - Ligue 1 - Reims v Paris St Germain Champions Paris St Germain sign off on the Ligue 1 season with a trip to Reims

24 May 15:00 ET / 19:00 GMT SOCCER-SPAIN-FCB-VAL/PREVIEW (PIX) (TV)

Soccer - Spain - Copa del Rey Final - Barcelona news conference & training Barcelona striker Lionel Messi and centre-back Gerard Pique hold a news conference with coach Ernesto Valverde as Barcelona prepares to play Valencia in the Copa del Rey final.

24 May 11:00 ET / 15:00 GMT SOCCER-CAFCHAMPIONS-WCA-TUN/REPORT (PIX)

Soccer - African Champions League - Wydad Casablanca v Esperance Wydad Casablanca host holders Esperance in the first leg of the African Champions League final in Rabat.

24 May 17:00 ET / 21:00 GMT TENNIS

TENNIS-FRENCHOPEN/CANADIANS Tennis - The rise of the Canadians

Canadian tennis is on a high going into the French Open with the likes of Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger Aliassime and Bianca Andreescu all poised to make a big impact 24 May 11:00 ET / 15:00 GMT

TENNIS-GENEVA/ Tennis - ATP 250 - Geneva Open

The ATP hosts a World Tour 250 event in Geneva. 25 May

TENNIS-STRASBOURG/ Tennis - WTA International - Strasbourg International

Strasbourg hosts a WTA International tournament. 25 May

TENNIS-LYON/ Tennis - ATP 250 - Lyon Open

The ATP hosts a World Tour 250 event in Lyon. 25 May

TENNIS-FRENCHOPEN/STADIUM Tennis - French Open - A look at the Roland Garros new stadium

The French Open unveils its new stadium 25 May 09:00 ET / 13:00 GMT

TENNIS-NUREMBERG/ Tennis - WTA International - Nuremberg Cup

The WTA hosts an International event in Nuremberg. 25 May

MOTOR RACING MOTOR-INDAY/

Motor racing-Drivers get final practice ahead of Indy 500 It's Carb Day at the Indianapolis 500 as drivers get they final practice in before Sunday's race.

24 May 15:00 ET / 19:00 GMT MOTOR-F1-MONACO/ (PIX) (TV) Motor racing - Formula One - Monaco Grand Prix - Qualifying Action from qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix.

25 May 09:00 ET / 13:00 GMT MOTOR-ELECTRIC-GERMANY/ (PIX) (TV)

Motor racing - Formula E - Berlin ePrix Germany hosts the 10th round of the Formula E world championship.

25 May 05:00 ET / 09:00 GMT RUGBY

RUGBY-UNION-SUPER/CRUSADERS Rugby - Canterbury Crusaders v Auckland Blues

The Canterbury Crusaders have the opportunity to all but sew up the New Zealand conference when they host the Auckland Blues in Christchurch. 25 May 06:00 ET / 10:00 GMT

RUGBY-UNION-SUPER/WARATAHS Rugby - NSW Waratahs v Jaguares

The NSW Waratahs and Jaguares are still in the race for the playoffs with the Argentine side coming off a morale-boosting first victory over the Wellington Hurricanes. 25 May 07:30 ET / 11:30 GMT

RUGBY-UNION-SUPER/ Rugby - Super Rugby Week 15

Super Rugby week 15 25 May 05:30 ET / 09:30 GMT

RUGBY-UNION-ENGLAND-SAR-GLO/ (PIX) Rugby Union - England - Premiership Semi Final - Saracens v Gloucester Rugby

Wrap up of the day's two semi-finals 25 May 08:30 ET / 12:30 GMT

PILLOW FIGHTING PILLOWFIGHTING-JAPAN/ (TV)

Pillow fight competition in Japan Japan takes pillow fighting to the next level by pitting teams from different parts of the nation against each other in an annual competition.

25 May 22:00 ET / 02:00 GMT GOLF

GOLF-FTWORTH/ (PIX) Golf - PGA Tour - Charles Schwab Challenge third round

Third round coverage of the PGA Tour event at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. 25 May

CYCLING CYCLING-GIRO/ (TV)

Cycling - Giro d'Italia Stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia is a 131-kilometre ride from Saint-Vincent to Courmayeur

25 May 07:10 ET / 11:10 GMT CRICKET

CRICKET-WORLDCUP-ENG-AUS/PREVIEW (PIX) Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up match - England v Australia

England face Australia in a Cricket World Cup warm-up match in Southampton. 25 May 05:30 ET / 09:30 GMT

CRICKET-WORLDCUP-IND-NZL/PREVIEW (PIX) Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up match - India v New Zealand

India play New Zealand in a Cricket World Cup warm-up match at The Oval. 25 May 05:30 ET / 09:30 GMT

ICE HOCKEY HOCKEY-WORLD/REPORT

Ice Hockey - 2019 World Championship semi-finals The 2019 World Ice Hockey Championship semi-finals in Slovakia 25 May 09:30 ET / 13:30 GMT