Sports weekend with Izvestia
Hockey
Gagarin Cup. The second round. Fourth and fifth matches
Half of the matches have already been played in the quarterfinals of the KHL playoffs. None of the series will definitely end with a 4-0 dry score after four games. There will be at least five meetings everywhere. So far, only two episodes are close to completion. With a score of 3:1, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl leads in the confrontation with Avangard Omsk, and Spartak Moscow leads with Salavat Yulaev Ufa. On Saturday, these pairs will play their fifth matches in Yaroslavl and Ufa. If Lokomotiv and Spartak win, these two teams will advance to the semifinals. So far, only three matches have been played in the other two series — with a score of 2:1, Ak Bars Kazan wins against Dynamo Moscow, and Traktor Chelyabinsk wins against Dinamo Minsk. On Friday, these teams will play their fourth matches in Kazan and Minsk, and two days later, their fifth matches in Moscow and Chelyabinsk. In case of two more defeats of both Dynamo teams, they will be eliminated from the playoffs, and Ak Bars and Traktor will go to the semifinals.
April 18: 19:30: Minsk Arena (Minsk, Belarus); Tatneft Arena (Yaroslavl). April 19: 14:00, Ufa Arena (Ufa); 17:00, Arena 2000 (Yaroslavl). April 20: 14:00, Valery Belousov Traktor Arena (Chelyabinsk); 19:00, VTB Arena (Moscow). Live broadcasts on Match TV, KHL TV, KHL Prime and Kinopoisk
Football
The Russian Championship. Akron – Spartak, Krasnodar – Akhmat, Zenit – Khimki, CSKA Moscow - Krylia Sovetov
The RPL championship race is in full swing. Six rounds before the finish, four teams are competing for gold at once. The matches with their participation will be key in the upcoming 25th round. Spartak Moscow, which is coming in third, will visit Akron Togliatti, and we will again see the confrontation between the red-whites and their star pupil Artyom Dzyuba, who scandalously left his hometown club 10 years ago. The leading Krasnodar will host Akhmat Grozny, which has not lost in the championship for eight consecutive matches. Zenit St. Petersburg, which is in second place, will play at home with Khimki, which is in financial distress. And CSKA Moscow, which occupies the fourth place, will face the Samara Wings of the Soviets.
April 19: 14:30, Samara Arena (Samara); 19:30, Krasnodar Stadium (Krasnodar). April 20: 16:30, Gazprom Arena (St. Petersburg); 19:30, VEB Arena (Moscow). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match Premier
Tennis
The ATP-500 tournaments in Barcelona and the WTA-500 in Stuttgart
As usual, this week is not complete without major tennis tournaments, in which Russian athletes reach the decisive stages. Next weekend, we can watch with interest two five—hundredths - the men's in Barcelona and the women's in Stuttgart. In the men's tournament in the capital of Catalonia, Russian Karen Khachanov will take the court in the quarterfinals against Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina. In Germany, our Ekaterina Alexandrova will play at the same stage.
April 18, 13:30 – 21:30, quarterfinals. April 19, 3 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., semifinals. April 20: 14:00, final in Stuttgart; 17:00, final in Barcelona. "The Royal Tennis Club of Barcelona 1899 (Barcelona, Spain), Porshe-Arena (Stuttgart, Germany). Live broadcasts on the ATP and WTA websites
Hockey
The Stanley Cup. The first round. The first matches
Next weekend, the most interesting part of the season starts in the NHL — the playoffs. 16 teams will compete for the main trophy of the league - the Stanley Cup. This year, it can be won for the tenth time in a row by the club for which the Russian hockey player plays. Almost all the participants in the playoffs have our representatives. The first of them will take to the ice on Sunday night, when Vladislav Namestnikov's Winnipeg Jets will play Pavel Buchnevich and Alexey Toropchenko's St. Louis Blues at home. The Dallas Stars Ilya Lyubushkin and Evgeny Dadonov will host the Colorado Avalanche of Valery Nichushkin at their arena. These two series will be held in the Western Conference, where we will also face the Los Angeles Kings of Vladislav Gavrikov and Andrey Kuzmenko against the Edmonton Oilers of Vasily Podkolzin and the Vegas Golden Knights of Ivan Barbashev, Ilya Samsonov and Pavel Dorofeev against the Minnesota Wild of Kirill Kaprizov. Four more series will be held in the Eastern Conference: the Tampa Bay Lightning of Nikita Kucherov and Andrey Vasilevsky against the Florida Panthers of Sergey Bobrovsky and Dmitry Kulikov, the Ottawa Senators of Artem Zubov against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Carolina Hurricanes of Andrey Svechnikov, Dmitry Orlov, Pyotr Kochetkov and preparing for their debut in Alexander Nikishin's NHL against the New Jersey Devils, as well as Alexander Ovechkin's Washington Capitals against the Montreal Canadiens, who recently moved overseas Ivan Demidov.
April 20: 01:00, Canada Life Center Arena (Winnipeg, Canada); 03:30, American Airlines Center Arena (Dallas, USA)
Swimming
Russian Championship
The Russian Swimming Championships in Kazan will end on Friday, when the winners in 11 disciplines will be announced, including the men's and women's combined 4x100 m relay, traditionally considered the main start of the tournament. This national championship, among other things, will determine our athletes who will go to the World Championships in Singapore in the summer in a neutral status. On the eve of the last day of competition, nine swimmers have already fulfilled the standard for participation in the main tournament of the planet.
April 18: 09:00, morning swims; 17:00, evening swims. Palace of Water Sports (Kazan). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match Planet
Football
The French Championship. PSG – Le Havre, Monaco – Strasbourg
Next weekend, Russian goalkeeper Matvey Safonov may enter the field for the first time as the French champion. After his PSG team secured the Ligue 1 gold ahead of schedule last week, the remaining seven rounds are a formality for them. Now Parisians can focus on the Champions League, where they reached the semi-finals, and the French Cup, where they will have the final in May. Meanwhile, in the next round of the championship, Dalera Kuzyaev's Le Havre will come to visit them, who continues to fight for survival in the top league of the national championship. So far, the Russian midfielder's team is in the relegation zone and is two points behind the saving 16th place. Alexander Golovin's Monaco is fighting for entry into the next Champions League draw — to do this, you need to finish at least fourth. So far, the Monegasques are on the second line, but even the sixth-placed Strasbourg is only three points behind them. And it is this team that will come to visit Monaco in the next round.
April 19: 18:00, Parc des Princes Stadium (Paris, France); 20:00, Louis II Stadium (Fonvieille, Monaco). Live broadcasts on Okko Sport
Volleyball
Women. The final. The fifth match. Dynamo-Ak Bars – Lokomotiv
The club season is coming to an end in Russian volleyball. The women's Super League playoffs will end on Saturday, where the final series between Dinamo-Ak Bars Kazan and Lokomotiv Kaliningrad reached the score of 2:2 and the last fifth match. It is based on its results that the winner will be determined in the capital of Tatarstan.
April 19, 19:30, "Volleyball Center" (Kazan). Live broadcast on "Match! The planet"
Men. The final. The third match. Zenit (Saint Petersburg) – Zenit (Kazan)
Two triumphs of Kazan teams can happen in one day in Russian volleyball. If the match with Lokomotiv will definitely be the last of the season for the women's Dynamo Ak Bars, then there may be options for the men's Zenit Kazan. He leads 2-0 in the series with Zenit St. Petersburg, and if he wins Saturday's third match in St. Petersburg, he will win the finals and gold medals. If the hosts win this meeting, the confrontation will continue next week, when the fourth match will take place in the Northern Capital, and if necessary, the fifth game in Kazan.
April 19, 17:00, KSK Arena (Saint Petersburg). Live broadcast on "Match Country"
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