Sports weekend with Izvestia

Football

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

In the third round of the RPL, two top signs are waiting for us. First, the reigning Russian champion Krasnodar will be visited by Dynamo Moscow, which will try to win gold this season. In the previous two seasons, these teams played against each other on the Bulls' home field in the last rounds. Then the fate of the gold medals was determined. Krasnodar won in both cases — in 2024 it deprived Dynamo of the championship, and a year later it helped the southern club to finish first.

In the other central match of the tour, Zenit St. Petersburg, which lost the RPL gold for the first time in seven years and is trying to regain it, will meet at home with the current Russian Cup winner CSKA Moscow.

August 2, 20:30, Ozon Arena (Krasnodar). August 3, 18:00, Gazprom Arena (Saint Petersburg). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match Premier

Water sports

World championship

The World Aquatics Championships are coming to an end in Singapore. For the first time since 2021, Russians are taking part in it. They are registered under a neutral flag, but the big breakthrough is that they were allowed to compete in team disciplines. In one of them, the swimmers won gold in the mixed relay. The first three days of August will be the last for the World Aquatics Championships. During this period, athletes will compete for the remaining 22 sets of awards in swimming and diving. There is a high probability that some of them will go to the Russians.

August 1: 12:32 p.m., diving; 14:02-15:34 p.m., swimming. August 2: 13:02, diving; 14:02-15:37, swimming. August 3: 12:32 p.m., diving; 14:02-15:37 p.m., swimming. Temporary arena of the World Aquatics Championships (Singapore, Singapore), OCBC Aquatic Center (Kalang, Singapore). Live broadcasts on Match TV, Match! Game" and "Match! The Arena

Mixed martial arts

UFC on ESPN 71 tournament. Nick Klein — Andrey Pulyaev

Next weekend, another representative evening of martial arts will be held in Las Vegas. For Russians, the most interesting part of the UFC on ESPN 71 tournament will be the confrontation with Andrey Pulyaev, our fighter in the middleweight category. He will meet with the American Nick Klein.

August 3, 02:15, UFC Apex Arena (Las Vegas, USA). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match! The fighter"

Tennis

Masters tournaments in Toronto and WTA-1000 in Montreal

Traditionally, in the second half of summer, the world tennis season includes a series of tournaments in North America, culminating in the US Open at the end of August. In the meantime, there are two competitions in Canada for women and men, the winners of which will receive 1,000 points each in their rating. In the women's WTA-1000 in Montreal and the men's Masters in Toronto, the first participants of the quarterfinals have already become known. Other participants in this stage will be announced on Friday. On the weekend, the fight will continue in the semifinals. The winners will be announced in the middle of next week. Several Russian tennis players continue to compete for trophies in both tournaments.

August 1-3: 00:00-05:30; 19:00-00:00. " IGA Stadium (Montreal, Canada), Aviva Center (Toronto, Canada). Live broadcasts on the ATP and WTA websites