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Here are some of the sporting highlights for the week ahead (All times are GMT and are subject to change). Live TV events are usually popular, so why not share your tips to help those who want to bet on them?

Monday 25th May 2026

• [1:00 AM Ice Hockey] NHL (Conference Final) - Vegas Golden Knights @ Colorado Avalanche (Premier Sports 1)
• [1:00 AM Basketball] NBA (Conference Final) - Oklahoma City Thunder @ San Antonio Spurs (Sky Sports Action)
• [10:00 AM Tennis] 1st round Ladies & Gentlemen's Singles - Roland Garros French Open (TNT Sports 1)
• [2:30 PM Cricket] Women's T20 - England Women v New Zealand Women (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [3:00 PM Football] League Two Play-Off Final - Notts County v Salford City (Sky Sports)
• [8:00 PM Football] Scottish Premiership Play-Off Final 2nd Leg - St Mirren v Partick Thistle (Sky Sports)

Tuesday 26th May 2026

• [1:00 AM Ice Hockey] NHL (Conference Final) - Montreal Canadiens @ Carolina Hurricanes (Premier Sports 2)
• [1:00 AM Basketball] NBA (Conference Final) - New York Knicks @ Cleveland Cavaliers (Amazon Prime Video)
• [10:00 AM Tennis] 1st round Ladies & Gentlemen's Singles - Roland Garros French Open (TNT Sports 1)
• [3:00 PM Cricket] Vitality Blast - Hampshire Women v Essex Women (Sky Sports Mix)
• [3:00 PM Cricket] IPL 2026 (Qualifier 1) - Royal Challengers Bengaluru v Gujarat Titans (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [7:00 PM Cricket] Vitality Blast - Hampshire v Essex (Sky Sports Cricket)

Wednesday 27th May 2026

• [1:30 AM Basketball] NBA (Conference Final) - San Antonio Spurs @ Oklahoma City Thunder (Amazon Prime Video, Sky Sports Action)
• [2:00 AM Ice Hockey] NHL (Conference Final) - Vegas Golden Knights @ Colorado Avalanche (Premier Sports 2)
• [10:00 AM Tennis] 2nd round Ladies & Gentlemen's Singles - Roland Garros French Open (TNT Sports 1)
• [11:00 AM Cricket] Test Match Cricket (Day 1) - Ireland v New Zealand (TNT Sports 2)
• [3:00 PM Cricket] IPL 2026 (Eliminator) - Sunrisers Hyderabad v TBC (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [6:30 PM Cricket] Vitality Blast - Leicestershire v Derbyshire (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [8:00 PM Football] UEFA Conference League Final - Crystal Palace v Rayo Vallecano (TNT Sports)

Thursday 28th May 2026

• [1:00 AM Ice Hockey] NHL (Conference Final) - Montreal Canadiens @ Carolina Hurricanes (Premier Sports 2)
• [10:00 AM Tennis] 2nd round Ladies & Gentlemen's Singles - Roland Garros French Open (TNT Sports)
• [6:30 PM Cricket] Women's T20 - England Women v India Women (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [7:00 PM Darts] BetMGM Premier League Finals - The O2, London - 2026 Premier League Darts (Sky Sports Action)

Friday 29th May 2026

• [10:00 AM Tennis] 3rd round Ladies & Gentlemen's Singles - Roland Garros French Open (TNT Sports)
• [3:00 PM Cricket] IPL 2026 (Qualifier 2) - TBC (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [5:30 PM Cricket] Vitality Blast - Worcestershire v Warwickshire (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [6:00 PM Boxing] Edwards vs Nqothole - Live Boxing (DAZN)

Saturday 30th May 2026

• [10:00 AM Tennis] 3rd round Ladies & Gentlemen's Singles - Roland Garros French Open (TNT Sports)
• [12:00 PM UFC] Song Yadong vs Deiveson Figueiredo - UFC Fight Night (TNT Sports 7)
• [1:15 PM Horse Racing] Live racing from Haydock, Beverley and Chester - Live Racing (ITV)
• [2:30 PM Cricket] Women's T20 - England Women v India Women (5, Sky Sports Cricket)
• [3:00 PM Rugby League] Challenge Cup (Final) - Wigan Warriors v Hull KR (BBC One)
• [5:00 PM Football] UEFA Champions League Final - PSG v Arsenal (TNT Sports)
• [5:00 PM Boxing] Bivol vs Eifert - Live Boxing (DAZN)
• [7:00 PM Cricket] Vitality Blast - Sussex v Middlesex (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [8:30 PM Boxing] Adam Azim vs Steve Claggett - OVO Arena Wembley in London - Live Boxing (BBC Two)

Sunday 31st May 2026

• [1:00 AM Boxing] Foster vs Ford - Live Boxing (DAZN)
• [2:00 AM Boxing] Amanda Serrano vs Cheyenne Hanson - Live Boxing (Sky Sports Action)
• [10:00 AM Tennis] 4th round Ladies & Gentlemen's Singles - Roland Garros French Open (TNT Sports)
• [2:30 PM Cricket] Vitality Blast - Warwickshire v Northamptonshire (Sky Sports Mix)

We have plenty of trend blogs on OLBG available most weekends. To make it easier to see which races are covered, we will list the upcoming races here, along with links.

These blogs (all times are GMT) can help you find race selections when adding your horse racing tips. Races marked in bold mean the trend shortlists are available.

Saturday 30th May

• 15:45 at Carlisle - Silver Bowl

Sunday 31st May

• 07:40 at Tokyo - Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby)
• 15:30 at Chantilly - Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby)

Our 2026 World Cup Tipster Competition starts on Thursday, 11th June, when joint-hosts Mexico take on South Africa in Mexico City and finishes with the final on Sunday, 19th July at MetLife Stadium. There is a £1,000 total cash prize fund with a £200 top prize and a total of 134 cash prizes available.

We will be running our annual £500 Royal Ascot tipster competition in June, as we look forward to five days of action between Tuesday, 16th June and Saturday, 20th June, which will involve a total of thirty-five races.

There will be a total of £500 worth of cash prizes on offer, with the winner receiving a £200 cash prize, the runner-up £100, the third-place £50 and then £10 to the next 15 places!

Don't miss out and see if you can become the 2026 King or Queen of the ROYAL ASCOT tipsters!!

Top Five Ascot Tipsters from 2025

1. dmburgess85 (+57.74)
2. RAGS2RICH (+50.58)
3. c4stle (+34.08)
4. Pippedatthepostagain (+30.12)
5. rockabilly kat (+27.42)

Our £200 Wimbledon Tipster Competition commences on Monday, 29th June and runs through to the Men's Singles final on Sunday, 12th July.

There is a total cash prize pot of £200 on offer, with the winner receiving a £50 top prize. The runner-up and third-place finishers receive £25 and £10, respectively, with the next 10 places receiving £10 each.

You can add your Wimbledon tips with comments via the usual tennis menu. Have a go and see if you can be the 2026 King or Queen of the Wimbledon tipsters!

Top Five Wimbledon Tipsters from 2025

1. angelov +47.10
2. nanualex +26.74
3. CJMST380 +19.10
4. StuartyBoy94 +13.56
5. JoshLFC180 +13.08

A big thank you to everyone who participated in the 2026 Snooker World Championship Tipster Competition. Congratulations go to saddlerman on winning the £50 top prize after finishing the competition with a +35.32 level stakes profit (LSP).

The runner up was CJMST380 who finished with a +30.36 LSP and third place went to MC12MQ9 with a LSP of +25.94, both members win £25. The next ten highest placed tipsters win £10.

Here are the thirteen prize winners:

1. saddlerman +35.32
2. CJMST380 +30.36
3. MC12MQ9 +25.94
4. lola1183 +15.33
5. twolf85 +15.24
6. nanualex +11.60
7. punziconia +11.16
8. walkthewalk +8.62
9. AsapNast +5.16
10. gillybrook64 +4.74
11. Plasticninja +3.26
12. JoshLFC180 +2.43
13. Hoatey418 +2.10

The final Competition Tipster table can be viewed here.

Thanks again and well done to saddlerman and all the cash prize winners, prizes will be allocated to OLBG accounts in due course.

What a Master we were treated to, Rory going back-to-back for the first time since Tiger, and so many players in with a shout on the final day. A big congratulations goes to whippetman, a member since 2010, on winning the £50 top prize after finishing the competition with a +20.38 level stakes profit (LSP).

In second place was meoldmate, who finished with a +17.72 LSP, and third place went to lesego2 with a LSP of +14.10; both members won £25. The next ten highest placed tipsters win £10.

Here are the thirteen prize winners:

1. whippetman +20.38
2. meoldmate +17.72
3. lesego2 +14.10
4. Edwinp +13.58
5. Cheesex +10.06
6. mnauman19945382 +10.02
7. gary1888 +8.48
8. zephyr +7.82
9. DPtips +7.58
10. Cool Running +7.50
11. steenie1 +5.74
12. realitycheck +5.00
13. mojojak +4.46

The final Masters Tipster table stats can be viewed here, and a big thank you to everyone who took part. We have over 1,000 tips on the event, and well done to whippetman and all the cash prize winners. Prizes have now been allocated to OLBG accounts.

Did you know you can earn crowns, which you can then spend on merchandise in the OLBG store in many ways, just by using your OLBG account? 

You can earn OLBG crowns for use in the store by doing any of the following with your OLBG account:

✅ Add tips - via your dashboard task menu to receive crowns and new tasks added regularly.

✅ Hit A Winning Streak - Place at least one winning tip on consecutive days and build a winning streak, earning crowns as your streak progresses.

✅ Have Profitable Days - Have at least 5 winning tips (with comments) on a sport and finish in profit on any given day to win 200 crowns!

✅ Settle Tips - Enter results and scores for completed events in many sports to receive crowns.

✅ Surveys - complete topical surveys via your "Explore And Earn" section on your dashboard to receive crowns.

✅ Bookie Reviews - Add useful bookie reviews to help users and receive crowns. New reviews are added regularly to your dashboard tasks.

Take a look in the store, there are lots of OLBG goodies to pick from, ranging from Umbrellas, Bobble Hats, Caps, Water Bottles, Coasters, Notebooks, Playing Cards, Pens and digital items for the tipsters amongst you who like to keep track of stats and figures for the year.

We wanted to let you know about a new feature on OLBG that you may not be aware of. If you are a tipster, then you are probably aware of the monthly tipsters newsletter that we send out at the beginning of each month.

However, there are now even more newsletters that you can subscribe to in your 'My Subscriptions' area of the site. We have plenty of newsletters in there, some of which may not be suitable for you; you can subscribe to as many as you want.

We have a Dorking Wanderers Newsletter. In case you are not aware, we sponsor Dorking Wanderers, and that is packed with insights into the club.

We also have the Harry Derham Racing Newsletter, another sponsorship of ours and the yard that looks after the OLBG Racing horses.

You may want news on Casinos, Slots or Bingo, we have a newsletter for each of those, as well as much more, so head over to your subscription page and pick which ones you want to receive.