Here's what our editors are making time for this weekend:
Friday, May 23rd
Serie A title showdown - 20:45 CET
The Serie A is in for a thrilling final weekend of the season. Napoli and Inter are neck-and-neck heading into Friday’s final matches for both teams. The former welcome a Cagliari side who avoided relegation last week, while the latter head to 10th-place Como.
Things are simple for Napoli: A win makes them champions for the second time in three years. They will also claim their fourth Scudetto if Inter lose, or if both teams pick up the same result.
As for the Nerazzurri, who face PSG in the Champions League final at the end of the month, victory coupled with Napoli dropping points will see them successfully defend the title.
A title playoff match will occur if the pair finish level on points, which would happen only if Napoli lose and Inter draw. This match would take place early next week, likely on Tuesday.
That is not the only thing up for grabs in the final weekend of regular-season play, however. Juventus, Roma, and Lazio are all competing for the final Champions League spot, while Fiorentina are trying to claim the Conference League place for the fourth year running.
Relegation is also to be decided, with five teams looking to avoid the same fate as Monza. There could even be a one-game playoff at the bottom of the table as well. One thing is for sure: no one will want to miss the final matchweek of the Serie A!
Read about some other title races across Europe here.
David Parkes
Saturday, May 24th
Cup finals and Championship playoff decider - all day
After the excitement and thrill of Friday night’s Serie A title decider, attention switches to a super Saturday of cup and playoff finals across the continent.
Sunderland and Sheffield United are just 90 minutes away from the promised land of the Premier League as they meet at Wembley for the Championship playoff final from 15:00 CET.
For the Blades, they are looking for an immediate return to the top flight, whilst for Sunderland, they are looking to end their eight-year wait to be back in the big time.
This is billed as one of the most lucrative games in the world, given the financial might of England’s top flight, so the 90,000 at Wembley this weekend will be nervous for their side to seal promotion.
Read a full preview of the final here.
Meanwhile, over in Germany, from 20:00 CET, one of the season’s biggest fairytale stories sees its dramatic conclusion as third-tier Arminia Bielefeld look to do the impossible and beat Stuttgart in the DFB Pokal final.
It’s already been a dream run for Bielefeld. They have seen off the likes of Bayer Leverkusen, Freiburg and Werder Bremen to get this far, so what’s another scalp from the Bundesliga?
For Stuttgart, apart from the motivation of avoiding embarrassment, they are chasing their first piece of major silverware since 2007. After a league campaign that saw them finish ninth, a win in Berlin on Saturday would give their fans something to shout about heading into the summer.
For the neutral, though, there will be an army of people cheering on the underdogs from Bielefeld.
And finally, in France, PSG’s historic season has hit its climax. After lifting the Ligue 1 title with ease, the Parisiens are looking to complete the second part of their potential treble-winning campaign in the Coupe de France final from 21:00 CET.
They take on Reims, who are halfway through their relegation/promotion playoff. Fortunes for both sides couldn’t be more contrasting, but both have other distractions. For PSG, a Champions League final looms large, whilst Reims are fighting for their Ligue 1 status.
This cup final feels a foregone conclusion given the domestic dominance of the league champions, but the Coupe de France is perhaps the most unpredictable competition in European football. Reims, with the pressure off, could spring a surprise at the Stade de France and give their season a massive boost.
Josh Donaldson
Sunday, May 25th
French Open - all day
The hotly anticipated second Grand Slam of the year gets underway on Sunday, with Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek looking to defend the titles they won in Paris 12 months ago.
Alcaraz, seeded second at Roland Garros behind rival Jannik Sinner, is widely considered the favourite on the men’s side of the tournament, and the Spaniard takes on former US Open finalist Kei Nishikori in an intriguing first-round clash.
Elsewhere in the men’s draw, Sinner faces home favourite Arthur Rinderknech and Jack Draper comes up against Mattia Bellucci, while perhaps the standout first-round match sees Hubert Hurkacz take on Brazilian sensation Joao Fonseca.
Defending champion Swiatek has landed in a tricky section of the women's draw, with the Pole facing Rebecca Sramkova in her opener before a potential fourth-round clash against nemesis Jelena Ostapenko.
Top seed Aryna Sabalenka and Rome champion Jasmine Paolini have also been drawn in a top-heavy half of the draw, with the Belarusian beginning her tournament against Kamilla Rakhimova on Sunday.
Other standout first-round ties in the women’s draw include Elena Rybakina taking on Belinda Bencic, Naomi Osaka up against Paula Badosa and second seed Coco Gauff facing Olivia Gadecki.
Danny Clark
Next up in this year’s Formula 1 campaign is the most iconic race in motorsport, the Monaco Grand Prix, and there’s reason to be hopeful of it being more entertaining than usual this time around.
Its appeal for a long time now has been almost solely its history and glamour, with the larger cars of the modern era taking up too much space on the narrow streets for there to be much in the way of wheel-to-wheel racing. As a result, the race can often be little more than a very expensive traffic jam.
However, steps are being taken this year to liven it up, with every driver required to make at least two pit stops. That will give drivers more opportunities to get past their rivals by opting for a different strategy, and also adds a lot of jeopardy to their chances of having their race ruined by a botched pit-stop, now effectively doubled.
What’s more, there’s a high chance that it will rain during qualifying on Saturday, which could well give us a mixed-up grid for the race and some shock results - after all, even with the two-stop requirement, you’re still most likely to finish where you start.
With it also being the latest chapter in what is becoming a fiercely contested three-way title fight between Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris and Max Verstappen, it’s set to be real edge-of-your-seat stuff in Monte Carlo.
Finley Crebolder
Premier League final day - 17:00 CET
While the title race and relegation battle were sewn up weeks ago in the Premier League, there’s still plenty on the line heading into Sunday’s final round of fixtures, with five teams in contention for the remaining three Champions League qualification spots.
The headline match comes at the City Ground as this season’s surprise package, Nottingham Forest, host Chelsea in a must-win clash for both sides, while third-placed Manchester City travel to Fulham with Pep Guardiola’s side in the box seat for a top-five finish.
Elsewhere, Newcastle need a victory at home to Everton to seal their place in Europe’s premier competition as do Aston Villa when they head to Old Trafford to take on beaten Europa League finalists Manchester United.
For those sides that miss out on a top-five spot, sixth will go into the Europa League and seventh, the Conference League. Meanwhile, Brighton and Brentford could still qualify for Europe’s third-tier tournament in eighth, should Chelsea finish seventh and win the UECL next Wednesday.
The stakes couldn’t be higher, so make sure you tune in for the drama!
Danny Clark