* WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder said on Friday (May 31) that contracts had been signed for a rematch with Tyson Fury after he has fought Luis Ortiz. Fury is the only boxer that Wilder has faced and not defeated after the pair battled to a draw in December in Los Angeles.
* France eked out victory in their final warm up for the Women's World Cup when they beat China 2-1 in Creteil in the Paris suburbs. France won without several of their regular starters, including captain Amandine Henry, striker Eugenie Le Sommer and a third Lyon star Amel Majri.
* Athletics South Africa (ASA) said on Friday it had joined Caster Semenya's appeal against the ruling that currently prevents the double Olympic champion from running her preferred distance races unless she takes testosterone-suppressant medication.
* Jessica Korda, a five-times LPGA Tour winner, took the clubhouse lead in the second round at the US Women's Open on Friday, biding her time and picking off three birdies, two of them at par-fives, for a three-under-par 68 at Country Club of Charleston.
* Mauricio Pochettino will wait until the last minute to decide whether Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane is fit enough to face Liverpool in the Champions League final on Saturday (Jun 1).
* Celtic confirmed Neil Lennon as their permanent manager on a 12-month rolling contract after the Northern Irishman helped them secure an unprecedented 'treble-treble' this season, the Scottish club said on Friday.
* Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino is fit for Saturday's (Jun 1) Champions League final against Tottenham Hotspur despite missing the end of the Premier League season, manager Jurgen Klopp confirmed on Friday.
* Colombian Esteban Chaves claimed the 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia, a 151-km mountain stage from Treviso on Friday, followed by Italian Andrea Vendrame and Portugal's Amaro Antunes.
