Mirra Andreeva wins the French Open as Golden Tempo takes the Belmont

Maja Chwalinska became the second qualifier to reach a major final, and the first to do so at the French Open, by beating Diana Shnaider in the semifinals. Ranked 114th, she was also the lowest-ranked finalist at the tournament. The run set up a final against Mirra Andreeva.

Andreeva won her first major title by beating Chwalinska in two sets, 6-3, 6-2. The final closed the women's singles event for 2026. Chwalinska's ranking made the matchup unusual even in defeat.

On the same weekend Golden Tempo won the 158th Belmont Stakes. The horse had won the 152nd Kentucky Derby five weeks earlier. Trainer Cherie DeVaux became the second woman to train a winner of the third Triple Crown leg.

World Cup travel stayed contentious before the opening match. Iraqi footballer Ayman Hussein was held and questioned for seven hours by border officers at O'Hare in Chicago and then allowed in, while the team's photographer was barred. Several members from Iran, Iraq, and Somalia, plus delegations including referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, were denied visas and blocked from entering the United States.

Florentino Perez was re-elected president of Real Madrid, defeating Enrique Riquelme. That vote was a club election, not a national one. It still belonged to the week's football news alongside the visa disputes.

The sporting calendar therefore mixed a Grand Slam, a Triple Crown race, a club presidency, and border stops. Andreeva left Paris with a first major. Golden Tempo left the Belmont as the winner of a second classic of the season.