Sports weekend with Izvestia

Football

The Russian Championship. Baltika — Krasnodar

There are rarely situations when the confrontation between these two rivals can be called the central one in the tour. But the upcoming weekend, in which the first round of the RPL finishes, is not rich in bright confrontations. And the sensational performance of Kaliningrad's Baltika made its meeting with the leader and reigning champion Krasnodar the key in the 15th round, without any reservations about the absence of top posters. "Baltika" was in the first league six months ago, but returned to the RPL and is currently in fourth place, having suffered only one defeat in the championship. It is only five points away from Krasnodar, which is at the very top.

November 9, 19:45, Rostec Arena (Kaliningrad). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match Premier

Tennis

Women. Doubles. Final WTA Tournament

The 2025 world tennis season is coming to an end. The decisive matches of the Final WTA Tournament will be held in Riyadh this weekend. Russian Veronika Kudermetova, who is competing for the trophy in tandem with Belgian Alice Mertens, continues to perform in doubles. On Friday, they will play in the semifinals with American Taylor Townsend and Czech Katerina Sinyakova. In another match on the same day, Xie Shuwei from Chinese Taipei and Jelena Ostapenko from Latvia will take the court against Hungarian Tim Babos and Brazilian Luisa Stefani. The winners of these matches will play in the final on Saturday.

Doubles ghost: Kudermetova and Mertens reached the semifinals of the Final tournament

But Andreeva and Schneider can end the year with six defeats in a row.

November 7: 15:30, Shuwei/Ostapenko — Babosh/Stephanie; 22:30, Mertens/Kudermetova — Townsend/Sinyakova. November 8, 16:00, the final. King Saudi University Indoor Arena (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). Live broadcasts on the WTA website

Figure skating

The Russian Grand Prix. The third stage

In figure skating, the third stage of the Russian Grand Prix, which will be held in Kazan, awaits us on Saturday and Sunday. Once again, the audience will be able to see our best skaters, among whom there will be big stars. First of all, it is worth paying attention to pair skating, where the 2021 world champions, 2022 Olympic bronze medalists Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Gallyamov, 2020 European champions, 2021 World Championship bronze medalists Alexandra Boikova and Dmitry Kozlovsky will perform.

November 8, short programs: 13:30, women; 15:15, men; 17:00, sports pairs. November 9, free programs: 13:00, women; 15:00, men; 17:00, sports pairs. Sports Palace (Kazan). Live broadcasts on Channel One and Channel One's website

Hockey

The KHL Regular Season. Lokomotiv — Ak Bars, Dynamo (Moscow) — SKA

There will be two top matches in the KHL next weekend. The current Gagarin Cup winner and the leader of the Western Conference of the regular season, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, will host Ak Bars Kazan, which is second in the Eastern Conference. And Dynamo Moscow, which has gained momentum, which is only three points behind Lokomotiv, will play at home with its principal rival SKA St. Petersburg, which is sensationally out of the playoff zone so far and will do everything to climb into the top eight of the West.

"It feels like a certain load has been lifted from the Locomotive"

Dynamo Moscow hockey player Artyom Sergeev talks about how the current Gagarin Cup winner has changed, the results of his team and the influence of goalkeepers on the game of the blue and white

November 1, 19:30, VTB Arena (Moscow). November 2, 2:30 p.m., Ufa Arena (Ufa). November 3, 17:00, Minsk Arena (Minsk, Belarus). November 4, 17:00, IC "Ice Palace" (St. Petersburg). Live broadcasts on Match TV, KHL TV, KHL Prime and Kinopoisk

Basketball

VTB United League. Lokomotiv-Kuban — Zenit

The top four in Russian basketball has remained unchanged for several years. CSKA Moscow, Zenit St. Petersburg, Kazan UNICS and Krasnodar Lokomotiv Kuban are steadily competing with each other for the main trophy of the VTB United League. But in the current regular season, only the army and Kazan players are meeting expectations so far. Railwaymen and the club from the Northern Capital have so far settled in the second half of the playoff zone (top eight) - in sixth and fifth places, respectively. Therefore, in the upcoming face-to-face match, they will fight with all their might to get closer to the leaders.

November 9, 2 p.m., Basket Hall (Krasnodar). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match! The game"

Hockey

The Cup of the Future

The traditional tournament for young hockey teams in recent years is taking place again in early November in St. Petersburg. It is attended by youth national teams (for players under 20 years of age) Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, as well as the Russian junior national team (for players under the age of 18). For our and the Belarusian teams, this is essentially the main competition in conditions of exclusion from international tournaments. The Future Cup started on Thursday, when Russia (U20) beat Russia (U18) 6-4, and Belarus prevailed over Kazakhstan (1-0). The remaining games will be played on Friday and Sunday.

November 7: 14:00, Russia (U20) — Kazakhstan (U20); 17:30, Belarus (U20) — Russia (U18). November 9: 12:30 p.m., Russia (U18) — Kazakhstan (U20); 15:30 p.m., Russia (U20) — Belarus (U20). IC "Jubilee" (St. Petersburg). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match Country