Sports weekend with Izvestia

Football

The Russian Championship. Dynamo (Makhachkala) – Zenit, CSKA – Krasnodar, Dynamo (Moscow) – Spartak

There are only three rounds left before the end of the season in the RPL, and the intrigue in the fight for medals is still alive. Therefore, three matches will be most interesting next weekend as part of the 28th round of the Russian Championship. The central one is the visit of the leading Krasnodar to the third-place CSKA Moscow. If the Bulls win, they can secure the championship at the end of next week. However, a victory over the army team can bring them gold next Saturday, if Zenit St. Petersburg, which is coming in second, loses away to the extremely unyielding Dynamo Makhachkala on the same day. However, the match with Krasnodar is also important for CSKA. The red and blue need to hold on to their third place, which is also claimed by Dynamo Moscow and Spartak — these two clubs will play against each other next Sunday.

May 10: 17:00, Anzhi Arena (Makhachkala); 19:30, VEB Arena (Moscow). May 11, 19:30, VTB Arena (Moscow). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match Premier

Tennis

Rome Masters and WTA-1000 Tournaments

The next major tournaments started this week in the Italian capital. We are talking about the men's Masters and the women's WTA-1000. Kamila Rakhimova, Polina Kudermetova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Anna Blinkova and Anastasia Potapova began their performances with victories in the first round and advancing to the second. Besides them, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Mirra Andreeva, Lyudmila Samsonova, Diana Schneider and Anna Kalinskaya will start from the second round (1/32 finals). For men, Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov will take over from the same stage. The first quarterfinalists should be determined by the end of the week.

May 8-11, 12:00 – 18:00, Foro Italico Stadium (Rome, Italy). Live broadcasts on the ATP and WTA websites

Roman Wrestling: Tennis players join the battle for the Italian Open

Our main stars will start their performance from the second round

Hockey

"National team tour – 2025". Belarus – Russia

The Russian national hockey team's tour, which has been traditional for May holidays in recent years, will end on May 8 with a match in Minsk between our team and the Belarusians. And, to the surprise of many, this year the Belarusian national team managed to win all three face—to-face matches against Russia - once in Astana and twice in Tolyatti. Now our guys will try to get even for at least one of the defeats in order to finish this tour on a positive note and send the hockey players on vacation.

May 8, 19:30, Minsk Arena (Minsk, Belarus). Live broadcast on "Match Country"

Basketball

VTB United League. Semi-finals

In the main Russian club basketball tournament, the fight for reaching the finals of the playoffs is in full swing. On Thursday, the second match will be held in the series of CSKA Moscow and Kazan UNICS. The Army team won the first game at home. Now they will try to repeat their success in their native walls, so that at the beginning of next week they can travel to the capital of Tatarstan with a comfortable advantage for the third and fourth meetings. And on Sunday, Krasnodar's Lokomotiv Kuban will host Zenit St. Petersburg in the third match of the series between these teams.

Before the third victory: what to expect from the United League playoffs

Zenit, CSKA and UNICS are unlikely to experience problems, Uralmash is ready to give battle to Loko

May 8, 17:00, Megasport (Moscow). May 11, 14:00, Basket Hall (Krasnodar). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match! The game"

Hockey

The Stanley Cup. The second round. Fifth and sixth matches

In the NHL playoffs, the second round is in full swing, which will determine all the Stanley Cup semifinalists. On Thursday night, the Toronto Maple Leafs will play their second match with the current Stanley Cup winner, the Florida Panthers. Two days later, they will play the third match, and on Monday night — the fourth. So far, Toronto is leading in Series 1.:0. On Thursday night, the series between the Winnipeg Jets and the Dallas Stars will also begin. They will play two more matches by the end of the week. On the night of May 9 and 11, the second and third matches of the Washington Capitals – Carolina Hurricanes and Vegas Golden Knights – Edmonton Oilers series will be held. The first matches were won by Carolina and Edmonton.

May 8: 02:00, Scotiabank Arena (Toronto, Canada); 04:30, Canada Life Centre (Winnipeg, Canada). May 9: 02:00, Capital One Arena (Washington, USA); 04:30, T-Mobile Arena (Paradise, USA), May 10: 02:00, American Bank Arena (Sunrise, USA); 04:30, Canada Life Centre (Winnipeg, Canada). May 11: 01:00, Lenovo Center (Raleigh, USA); 04:30, Rogers Place Arena (Edmonton, Canada); 23:30, American Airlines Center (Dallas, USA). May 12: 02:30, American Bank Arena (Sunrise, USA)