Sports Weekend with Izvestia

Biathlon

International tournament "Cup of the Strongest Athletes"

Biathlon World Championships are traditionally held in the second half of February. However, Russian and Belarusian athletes are not admitted to it. However, the international tournament "Cup of the Strongest Athletes" will be held in parallel with the World Championships in the Belarusian "Raubichi". It starts next weekend and will run until the end of next week. It will be attended by such stars as 2022 Olympic medalists Alexander Loginov, Eduard Latypov, Anton Smolsky, Kristina Reztsova, Irina Kazakevich, 2018 Olympic champion Dinara Smolskaya and many others.

Feb. 15, sprint: 11 a.m., women; 1:30 p.m., men. February 16, pursuit race: 11:00, women; 13:00, men. Republican Olympic Training Center for Winter Sports "Raubichi" (Minsk, Belarus). Live broadcasts on Match TV

Figure Skating

Grand Prix of Russia. Final

The Russian Grand Prix is traditionally one of the main competitions of the season in figure skating. Five stages were held in the fall, and the results determined the participants of the finals. It will take place next weekend in Krasnoyarsk and will be one of the last major tournaments of the season. It should be noted that not only titles will be played, but also tickets to the selection for the Olympics-2026, to which our skaters were allowed in a neutral status.

February 14, short programs: 13:40, pairs; 15:25, men. February 15: 10:40, ice dancing, rhythm dance; 12:45, women, short program; 14:45, men, free skating. February 16, free programs: 09:40, pairs; 11:45, ice dancing; 13:45, women. "Crystal Arena" (Krasnoyarsk). Live broadcasts on Channel One and Channel One's website

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Russian Championship

Traditionally, the Russian Championship is one of the main events of the season in rhythmic gymnastics. And in the last three years, taking into account the absence of our stars on the international arena, these competitions are the main ones in the country and one of the main ones in the world. The National Championship 2025, which starts on February 14 in Moscow, will be no exception.

Among other things, it is interesting because for the first time it will be held under updated rules and with some new disciplines - for the first time we will see duets and trios competing at this level. This Russian Championship will be one of the stages of selection for the national team, which may go to international competitions this year, if our athletes will be sanctioned.

February 14, 11:00 - 20:30. February 16, 09:00 - 21:30. Track and field and soccer complex CSKA (Moscow). "Irina Viner Gymnastics Palace" (Moscow). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match! Country

Hockey

KHL regular season

The KHL regular season is gradually reaching the finish line. Almost completely determined the composition of the participants of the playoffs, which will start at the end of March. But there is still a lot of intrigue within the first eight of the two conferences and in the distribution of places and pairs of the first round of the Gagarin Cup. Hence, several matches this coming weekend have great tournament significance.

Among them are four games in which Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, the regular season leader, and Ak Bars Kazan, the Eastern Conference leader in points lost, will play as guests. Both teams will travel to another contender for first place in the East - Salavat Yulaev Ufa, which will host Kazan in the "green derby" on February 14 and Yaroslavl on February 16.

In addition, these days Lokomotiv will visit the main sensation of the season, Severstal Cherepovets, which is in fourth place in the West, just one point behind second place. Ak Bars will travel to Avangard Omsk, which is only in sixth place in the East due to a slump in the first half of the season, but has shown strong play since New Year's Eve.

February 14: 17:00, "Ufa Arena" (Ufa); 19:30, "Ice Palace" (Cherepovets). February 16: 14:00, "G-Drive Arena" (Omsk); 14:30, "Ufa Arena". Live broadcasts on KHL TV and KHL Prime

Soccer

French Championship. "Monaco" - "Nantes", "Toulouse" - "PSG". Spanish Championship. "Betis" - "Real Sociedad"

Russian goalkeeper Matvey Safonov is getting closer and closer to winning the French championship. His PSG is leading in Ligue 1 and is already 10 points ahead of the nearest pursuer in the face of "Marseille". The upcoming trip to "Toulouse" in the 22nd round should further strengthen the position of the capital club.

Meanwhile, another of our legionnaires Alexander Golovin with his Monaco will take home Nantes. His team is fighting hard for a place in the top four, giving entry into the next round of the Champions League.

In addition, in the Spanish championship, recently returned after a long injury Arsen Zakharyan may take the field in Real Sociedad in the away match against Betis.

February 15: 21:00, Stade Louis II(Fonvieille, Monaco); 23:05, Stade Toulouse (Toulouse, France). Live streaming onOkko Sport. February 16, 23:30, Benito Villamarin Stadium (Sevilla, Spain). Direct "Match! Football 2".

Basketball

VTB United League All-Star Game

As always, the All-Star Match of the VTB United League will be one of the main events of the Russian basketball season. In 2025, it will be held at the VTB Arena next weekend. This time the players will be divided into teams of "hosts" and "guests" - Russians will play against foreigners. The winners will receive 5 million rubles. In addition, the All-Star Game will feature a three-point shot and overhead shot contest. The audience will see such significant players of the league as Nikita Kurbanov, Andrei Vorontsevich and many others.

February 16, 16:30, VTB Arena (Moscow). Live on Match TV and Match! Game