Sports weekend with Izvestia

Mixed martial arts

UFC 322. Jack Della Maddalena — Islam Makhachev

Next weekend, the next UFC tournament will take place in New York, the main fight of which will become one of the most high-profile events in world martial arts this year. In the welterweight division, the current holder of the champion belt, Jack Della Maddalena, will try to retain this title in a fight with Russian Islam Makhachev, a former lightweight champion who gave up this title in order to move to a new weight category. Whether this step is justified by one of the main stars of the UFC in recent years, the upcoming title fight will show. But it's not just the fight with the Dagestani fighter that may be of interest to Russian viewers this evening. In the preliminary card, Roman Kopylov will compete in the middleweight division with Brazilian Gregory Rodriguez. In the early preliminary round, Baysangur Susurkaev will face American Eric Mcconico in the same category, and Vyacheslav Borshchev will face Brazilian Mateus Camilo in the lightweight division.

November 16: 02:00, Borshchev — Kamilo; 02:25, Susurkaev — Mcconico; 04:50, Kopylov — Rodriguez; 08:00, Maddalena — Makhachev. Madison Square Garden Arena (New York, USA). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match! The fighter"

Football

A friendly match. Russia — Chile

The Russian national football team will end the year 2025 for itself next Saturday, when it will play its last friendly match. Her opponent will be the Chilean team. The meeting will be held in Sochi. The national team will meet next time next spring.

November 15, 18:00, Fisht Stadium (Sochi). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match Premier

A friendly match. Bahrain (U-23) — Russia (U-21)

In addition to the main national football team, the Russian youth national team will also play its match on Saturday. Ivan Shabarov's team is participating in an exhibition tournament in Kyrgyzstan. In addition to the local national team, which they will play on Tuesday, our rivals are also Iran and Bahrain. Our team won 2-1 against Iran in the first match on Wednesday. And now they have a meeting with Bahrain on the weekend.

November 15th, 12:00 p.m. Kurmanbek Stadium (Manas, Kyrgyzstan)

Figure skating

The Russian Grand Prix. The fourth stage

The season in Russian figure skating is already in full swing. After several stages in the regions, the Grand Prix of the country reached the capital. It is in Moscow that the participants of the tournament will perform next weekend. At the fourth stage, the audience will be able to see many stars: single skating contenders for the upcoming 2026 Olympics, Adelia Petrosyan and Peter Gummenik, as well as the 2022 European champion and the 2022 Olympic bronze medalist in the team championship, Mark Kondratyuk, and five-time European Championship medalists in ice dancing, Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin.

November 15, short programs: 1:30 p.m., women; 3:15 p.m., men; 5 p.m., ice dancing. November 9, free skating: 1 p.m., women; 3 p.m., men; 5 p.m., ice dancing. CSKA Arena (Moscow). Live broadcasts on Channel One and Channel One's website

Hockey

The KHL Regular Season. Ak Bars — Dinamo (Minsk), Severstal — CSKA, Torpedo — Avangard, SKA - Metallurg

On Sunday, the KHL will host four top matches at once. Ak Bars Kazan, which is second in the Eastern Conference, will host Dinamo Minsk, which is currently in third place, claiming leadership in the Western Conference. The second team of the West Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo will play at home with the third team of the East Omsk Avangard. One of the main sensations of the season is Severstal Cherepovets, which is fourth, and CSKA Moscow, which unexpectedly failed in the first two months of the championship, is closing the Western playoff zone (eighth place). Following him, St. Petersburg SKA, which unexpectedly found itself outside the playoff zone altogether (ninth place), will meet Metallurg Magnitogorsk, the leader of the East, on its ice.

November 16: 17:00, Tatneft Arena (Kazan); SKK Ice Palace (Cherepovets); KRK Nagorny (Nizhny Novgorod); 17:40, SKK Ice Palace (St. Petersburg). Live broadcasts on Match TV, KHL TV, KHL Prime and Kinopoisk

Basketball

VTB United League. UNICS — CSKA

On Saturday, the VTB United League will host a face-to-face match between the two leaders of the regular season. Two permanent contenders for gold — Kazan UNICS and Moscow CSKA — will meet in the capital of Tatarstan. The teams occupy the top two places and have suffered only one defeat each this season.

November 15, 15:30, Basket Hall (Kazan). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match! The game"