Sports weekend with Izvestia

Football

The Russian Championship. Zenit — Dynamo

In the upcoming 13th round of the Russian Premier League, the central match will be the confrontation in St. Petersburg, where two rivals who have long become fundamental to each other will meet. Zenit St. Petersburg, which is close to the top three, is only three points behind the first line. To continue the fight for gold, he needs to beat Dynamo Moscow, stuck in the middle of the table, at home in the next game, which also needs to win in order to maintain at least some chance of medals.

October 25, 17:30, Gazprom Arena (Saint Petersburg). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match Premier

Athletic gymnastics

World championship

The World Cup, which became the first major international competition for Russians after February 2022, will end in Jakarta on Saturday. Our team will not leave Indonesia without victories — on Thursday, Angelina Melnikova became the absolute world champion, taking gold in the women's individual all-around. In the next two days, competitions on individual shells will be held, as a result of which Russians may receive awards.

October 24, finals: 10:00, floor exercises, men; 10:37, vault, women; 11:49, horse, men; 12:30, uneven bars, women; 13:12, rings, men. October 25, finals: 10:00 a.m., vault, men; 10:42 a.m., balance beam, women; 11:50 a.m., parallel bars, men; 12:30 p.m., floor exercises, women; 13:12 p.m., crossbar, men. Indonesia Stadium (Jakarta, Indonesia)

Mixed martial arts

UFC 321

Two title fights will take place at the upcoming UFC tournament in Abu Dhabi - Englishman Thomas Aspinall and Frenchman Cyril Gan will compete for the heavyweight championship belt, and in the women's minimum weight we are waiting for a fight for the title of champion between Brazilian Virna Gendiroba and Mackenzie Dern. But for Russian viewers, the four other main card matches will be the most interesting. In the light heavyweight division, Umar Nurmagomedov will face American Mario Bautista. Heavyweight Alexander Volkov is preparing for a fight with Brazilian Hamilton Almeida. Light heavyweight Azamat Murzakanov will face Serbian-born Australian Alexander Rakic. Ikram Aliskerov will fight South Korean Pak Jong-yong in the middleweight division.

October 25: 19:55, Aliskerov — Jong-yeon; 21:30, Rakich — Murzakanov; 22:00, Volkov — Almeida; 22:30, Nurmagomedov — Bautista. Etihad Arena (Abu Dhabi, UAE). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match! The fighter"

Figure skating

The Russian Grand Prix. The first stage

The Russian figure skating season starts this weekend. The country's Grand Prix is still the main tournament for our country in terms of suspension from international competitions, where Russians have so far been allowed only partially - in September, Peter Gumennik and Adelia Petrosyan successfully competed in Olympic qualification. The audience will be able to see Petrosyan, who is applying for a trip to the February Olympics, already at the first stage of the Russian Grand Prix - she will compete in the women's singles tournament in Magnitogorsk, where many more of our stars will also gather.

October 25, short programs: 1 p.m., women; 2:45 p.m., men; 4:30 p.m., pairs; 5:50 p.m., ice dancing. October 26, free skating: 12:00 p.m., women; 2:05 p.m., men; 4:10 p.m., pairs; 5:40 p.m., ice dancing. Arena Metallurg (Magnitogorsk). Live broadcasts on Channel One and Channel One's website

Tennis

Women. WTA 500 Tournament

The women's tennis season is about to end. And one of the last chances to prove yourself is the WTA tournament in Tokyo this week, the winner of which will receive 500 points in his ranking. The quarterfinals will be held on Friday morning. Two Russians, Ekaterina Alexandrova and Anna Kalinskaya, have reached this stage. Alexandrova will meet with Sofia Kenin. If she wins, she will face the winner of the pair Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) — Karolina Mukhova (Czech Republic) in the semifinals. Kalinskaya will play with Czech Linda Noskova and, if she wins, will compete for reaching the final with Canadian Victoria Mboko or Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan.

October 24, quarterfinals: 04:30, Kalinskaya — Noskova; 06:00, Mboko — Rybakina; 07:30, Alexandrova — Kenin; 14:00, Bencic — Mukhova. October 25: 06:00, first semi-final; 08:00, second semi-final. October 19, 06:00, final. Ariake Tennis Forest Park (Tokyo, Japan). Live broadcasts on the WTA website

Basketball

VTB United League. CSKA MOSCOW — UNICS

In the new basketball season in Russia, the clubs have already played five to six matches each. As expected, Kazan UNICS and CSKA Moscow are leading in the regular season. The club from Tatarstan won all six of the six meetings. The Army team has four wins in five matches. These teams will meet next weekend in Moscow, where CSKA will host UNICS on its own site.

October 25, 14:00, Megasport Arena (Moscow). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match! The game"