Sports weekend with Izvestia

Football

The Russian Championship. Zenit – Krasnodar

In the upcoming 24th round of the RPL, there will be a match that can be called a key one in the fight for gold. Krasnodar, the leader in the championship (52 points), will visit Zenit St. Petersburg (47 points), the reigning champion and winner of the previous six national championship draws. So far, the Bulls are five points ahead of their closest pursuers. And if they don't lose in St. Petersburg, then there is a high probability of the first champion change in a long time.

April 13, 17:00, Gazprom Arena (Saint Petersburg). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match Premier

Hockey

Gagarin Cup. The second round. First and second matches

The quarterfinals of the KHL playoffs are starting. After an exciting and sensational first round in the Gagarin Cup, there are eight teams left to play for the main league trophy. On April 11 and 13, Ufa's Salavat Yulaev will host Spartak Moscow on its ice in the first two matches of the series, while Yaroslavl's Lokomotiv will play at home with Omsk's Avangard. And on April 12, the first games in two other confrontations will be held: Dynamo Moscow will meet with Ak Bars Kazan at home, Traktor Chelyabinsk — with Dinamo Minsk.

"In the first match against Dynamo, there were not enough chances to realize"

SKA hockey player Andrey Pedan — about the start of the KHL playoffs, the defeat at the beginning of the first round series and the opponent's game

April 11, 17:00, Ufa Arena (Ufa); 19:00, Arena 2000 (Yaroslavl). April 12, 14:00, Valery Belousov Traktor Arena (Chelyabinsk); 16:30, VTB Arena (Moscow). April 13, 14:00, Ufa Arena (Ufa); 17:00, Arena 2000 (Yaroslavl). Live broadcasts on Match TV, KHL TV, KHL Prime and Kinopoisk

Hockey

NHL Regular Season

The NHL regular season is coming to an end in North America. His last matches will take place at the end of next week, after which the top 16 teams will start in the playoffs. In the meantime, in the coming days we will see Alexander Ovechkin's first matches after he broke Wayne Gretzky's record for goals in the regular season. He scored his historic 895th goal last weekend. And in his new capacity as a record holder, he and his Washington Capitals will play at home with the Carolina Hurricanes, and then he will visit the Columbus Blue Jackets.

April 11, 02:30, Capital One Arena (Washington, USA). April 12, 7:30 p.m., Nationwide Arena (Columbus, USA)

Fighting

European Championship

The continental wrestling championship in Bratislava is dominated by Russian athletes competing in a neutral status. The freestyle wrestlers have already finished, who won the overall standings by a huge margin, taking five gold medals, three silver and one bronze. On April 10, the first five sets of medals were awarded in women's wrestling. The winners in five more women's weight categories will be announced on April 11. The Greco-Roman wrestling competitions will start on the same day, where the best in 10 weight categories will be determined over the weekend.

April 11, 11:30, Greco-Roman wrestling, preliminary round (categories up to 55, 63, 77, 87 and 130 kg); 17:45, Greco-Roman wrestling, semifinals (up to 55, 63, 77, 87 and 130 kg); 19:00, women's wrestling, finals (up to 53, 57, 62, 65 and 72 kg). April 12, Greco-Roman wrestling, 17:45, semifinals (up to 60, 67, 72, 82 and 97 kg); 19:00, finals (up to 55, 63, 77, 87 and 130 kg). April 13, 18:00, Greco-Roman wrestling, finals (up to 60, 67, 72, 82 and 97 kg). X-Bionic Sphere Sports Complex (Bratislava, Slovakia). Live broadcasts on "Match! Arena" and "Match! The fighter"

Swimming

Russian Championship

The National Swimming Championships will start at the end of the week in Kazan. It will have a special status, as for the first time in several years it will be a selection for the World Cup. It will be held in Singapore this year.

A splash of victory: swimmers bring home 10 World Championship medals

Russian athletes performed well despite a three-year suspension from international starts

720 athletes from more than 72 regions of the country are expected to participate. 41 sets of medals will be awarded. Among others, our main stars will perform: two-time Olympic champion Evgeny Rylov, two—time Olympic medalist, world record holder Kliment Kolesnikov, three-time Olympic medalist Yulia Efimova, European champion Yulia Chikunova, three-time World Championship bronze medalist Kirill Prigoda, as well as 18-year-old Miron Lifintsev, the winner of the December World Short Course Championships - the first major competitions with the participation of Russian athletes after the suspension. Lifintsev won five gold medals there.

April 13, 09:00, morning swims; 17:00, evening swims. Palace of Water Sports (Kazan). Live broadcasts on "Match Country" and "Match Planet"

Mixed martial arts

The UFC 314 tournament. Nikita Krylov as Dominic Reyes

The current Fight Nights light heavyweight champion (up to 93 kg), Russian fighter Nikita Krylov, will enter the octagon in Miami next weekend as part of the UFC 314 tournament. He will face American Dominic Reyes. For both athletes, this fight will be very important in their careers. Krylov, who is in eighth place in the official UFC light heavyweight rankings, has not competed for two years due to injury. This prevented him from reaching the title fights he had claimed before.

If Reyes is defeated, the 33-year-old fighter will be close to them again. In turn, the American is in crisis after 2020, when he lost the fight to the legendary John Jones due to scandalous decisions of the judges. Since then, the 35-year-old fighter has four defeats and only two victories over not the strongest opponents. Therefore, now for the 11th number of the rating, the fight with Krylov is the first chance in a long time to return to the ranks of the best.

April 13, 05:00, Kaseya Center Arena (Miami, USA). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match! The fighter"

Ski racing

The Russian Championship. Mass start, free style

The Russian ski season will end next weekend. They will hold two long-distance freestyle races in the mass start format, first for 50 km for women, who will run in Apatity, and then for 70 km for men in Monchegorsk. It was there, in the Murmansk Region, that viewers would see such stars as Alexander Bolshunov, Natalia Terentyeva and many others for the last time before a long break. Their next official starts will be in November, when the new season begins.

April 12, 10:00 a.m. women, FGC "Athlete" (Apatity). April 13, 10:00 a.m., men, MBOU DOD SDYUSSHOR Arena (Monchegorsk). April 6, mass start, 10:00 a.m., women; 11:00 a.m., men. Ski complex "Tirvas" (Kirovsk). Live broadcasts on the website Live broadcasts on Match TV, Match! Arena" and "Match! The planet"

Basketball

VTB United League. UNICS – CSKA

The regular season in Russia's main club basketball tournament ends this week. The next week, the play-in matches will be held. In the meantime, on the last day of the regular season, viewers will be able to enjoy the confrontation between the two contenders for the championship — Kazan UNICS will host CSKA on its site. Both teams have long been entrenched in the top 4 and reached the playoffs. The face-to-face match will show in what condition they approach the quarterfinal series.

April 13, 14:00, Basket Hall (Kazan). Live broadcasts on Match TV