Sports weekend with Izvestia

Football

A friendly match. Russia — Iran

On Friday evening, the Russian national football team will play a home match against one of the strongest opponents in three and a half years of suspension from international competitions. In Volgograd, our team will face Iran, one of the leaders in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which ranks 21st in the FIFA world rankings.

October 10, 20:00, Volgograd Arena (Volgograd). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match Premier

Tennis

Men. The Masters Tournament

The Masters tournament is taking place this week in Shanghai. And Russian Daniil Medvedev, who has already reached the quarterfinals, continues to fight for the trophy. At this stage, he will face Australian Alex de Minaur on Friday. If he wins, Medvedev will play in the semifinals with the winner of the Arthur Rinderknes (France) — Felix Auger-Alliassim (Canada) pair. At the same time, the first semi—final pair is already known - Serbian Novak Djokovic will take the court against Pole Valenten Vachero.

October 10, quarterfinals: 10:00, Rinderknesh — Auger-Alliassim; 13:30, Medvedev — de Minaur. October 11, semifinals: 09:00, Djokovic — Vachero; 14:00, second semifinal. October 12, 11:30 a.m., final. Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center (Shanghai, China). Live broadcasts on the ATP website

Hockey

KHL Regular Season

The end of this week is rich in high-profile and vibrant matches in the KHL. On Friday, two teams from the top 3 of the Eastern Conference will meet in Omsk - the local Avangard will host Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist. On the same day, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, the leader of the East, is waiting for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, which unexpectedly comes second in the West. Star striker Evgeny Kuznetsov is scheduled to make his debut for Magnitogorsk in this game. On the same evening, the Dynamo—CSKA Moscow derby awaits us in Moscow. On Saturday, two finalists of the last playoffs will meet in Chelyabinsk - the local Traktor will play with the current Gagarin Cup winner and the leader of the West Yaroslavl Lokomotiv. Finally, on Sunday, CSKA will host Ak Bars Kazan, which has gained momentum and is approaching the leaders of the East.

October 10: 17:00, Avangard — Avtomobilist, G-Drive Arena (Omsk); 17:00, Metallurg — Torpedo, Metallurg Arena (Magnitogorsk); 19:30, Dynamo — CSKA, VTB Arena (Moscow). October 11, 2:30 p.m., Traktor — Lokomotiv, Valery Belousov Traktor Arena (Chelyabinsk). October 12, 17:00, CSKA - Ak Bars, CSKA Arena (Moscow). Live broadcasts on Match TV, KHL TV, KHL Prime and Kinopoisk

Basketball

VTB United League. Zenit — CSKA

In recent years, the confrontation between Zenit St. Petersburg and CSKA Moscow has become the main one in Russian basketball. It was the club from the Northern Capital that took away the title of the VTB United League playoff winner from the Army in 2022, interrupting the long-term dominance of the red and blue in this tournament. And this season he is considered one of the main competitors of CSKA. The more interesting the confrontation between these teams will be in the framework of the VTB United League regular season, which will be held on Sunday.

October 12, 18:00, "Arena" (St. Petersburg). Live broadcast on Match TV and Match! The game"

Football

A friendly match. Belarus (U-21) — Russia (U-21)

In addition to the match of the Russian national team against Iran, a meeting of the youth national team of our country will be held on Friday. Football players under the age of 21 went to Belarus, where they will play two friendly games with local peers. The first match will be held on October 10 in Brest. And three days later, the teams will play in Minsk.

October 10, 19:45, USC "Brest" (Brest, Belarus). Live broadcast on Belarus 5

Denis Glushakov's farewell match

One of the most prominent Russian football players of the last 15 years has announced his retirement from playing this year. And he will finally put an end to it on Saturday, when he will play his farewell match in Khimki. It will be attended by teams of current and former players of Spartak and Lokomotiv— the two main clubs in Glushakov's career. In addition to Denis himself, such stars as Dmitry Alenichev, Egor Titov, Dmitry Loskov, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Viktor Onopko, Dmitry Sychev and many others will take the field.

October 11, 16:30, Khimki Arena (Khimki). Live broadcast on Match TV