Sports weekend with Izvestia

Hockey

Channel One Cup

The Channel One Cup has been held only in Moscow for many years, but recently the Russian Ice Hockey Federation (RIHF) has expanded its geography. In 2024, the competition was held in St. Petersburg, and now Novosibirsk is hosting it. In addition to our team, another banned team will take part — Belarus, as well as Kazakhstan, which continues to compete at the world Championships.

December 12, 12:00 p.m., Belarus – Kazakhstan. December 13, 14:00, Russia – Belarus. December 14, 14:00, Russia – Kazakhstan. Sibir Arena (Novosibirsk). Live broadcasts on Channel One

The game looks good: KHL records record attendance of matches

On average, slightly less than 8 thousand spectators attended the meetings of the first half of the season.

Box

World championship. Finals

The World Amateur Boxing Championship will end in Dubai on Saturday. This year, his prize pool will be a record in the history of the competition — $ 8.32 million. The winners in each weight category will be awarded $300,000, the silver medalists $150,000, and the bronze medalists $75,000. As at previous world championships, Russian boxers perform under their own flag and anthem, despite all the sanctions that have caused most of our other athletes to enter the international arena in a neutral status since 2022. And at the World Cup in the UAE, the Russians fully reached the podium — in all 13 weight categories, our team reached the semifinals, and most of them made it to the finals on Thursday, where they will compete for gold on December 13.

December 13, 15:00. Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium (Dubai, UAE). Live broadcasts on Match TV, Match! Fighter" and "Match! The Arena

Unlimited contingent: what you need to know about the upcoming Boxing World Cup

The Russian national team will compete under its own flag and will fight for record prizes.

Ski racing

The World Cup. The third stage

For almost four years, the only reason to watch the Ski Racing World Cup has been for the part of the audience that is particularly fanatical about this sport. For the rest, after the suspension of their compatriots, there was a reason to switch to domestic competitions like the Cup of Russia. But the situation changed after the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (CAS) satisfied the claim of the Russian side in early December and ordered the International Ski Federation (FIS) to start admitting Russian skiers to its competitions. Daria Nepryaeva and Savely Korostelev received their first admission this week. Over the weekend, they will compete in the sprint and individual freestyle races at the third World Cup stage of the season, which will be held in Davos, Switzerland. Already there, our team needs to start taking high places in order to have a chance to score enough points in the overall standings to qualify for the February Olympics in Italy.

December 13, sprint: 15:45, qualification, women; 16:25, qualification, men; 18:15-18:35, quarterfinals, women; 18:40-19:00, quarterfinals, men; 19:10-19:15, semifinals, women; 19:20-19:25, semifinals, men; 19:35, final, women; 19:45, final, men. December 14, individual race: 11:50, men; 15:45, women. Arena Klosters (Davos, Switzerland). Live broadcasts on Okko Sport

Ski racing

The Russian Cup. The third stage

The rest of the Russian skiers continue to compete in the Cup of Russia, the third stage of which started on Thursday in the city of Chusovoy, Perm Krai. It brought together all our acting stars, except for Nepryaeva and Korostelev, who left for Davos. Alexander Bolshunov, a three-time Olympic champion and two-time World Cup winner, is among the participants of the Russian Cup stage. On the weekend, he and our other skiers will compete in the sprint and pursuit freestyle.

December 13, sprint: 09:00, preliminary race, women; 09:30, preliminary race, men; 11:00-11:24, quarterfinals, women; 11:30-11:54, quarterfinals, men; 12:00-12:04, semifinals, women; 12:12-12:18, semifinals, men; 12:28 p.m., final, women; 12:38 p.m., final, men. December 14, pursuit: 09:00, women; 10:30, men. Metallurg ski resort (Chusovoy). Live broadcasts on TV Sport in Tricolor

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Biathlon

The Russian Cup. The second stage

Our and Belarusian biathletes are still a long way from returning to the international arena, so the main competitions for them are still the Cup of Russia and the Commonwealth Cup. The second stage of the Russian Cup is taking place this week in Tyumen. On Thursday, it started with the women's individual race, and on Friday, the winners in a similar discipline for men will be determined. A sprint and a mass start are waiting for us at the weekend.

December 12, 10:00 a.m., men's individual race. December 13, sprint: 09:00, women; 11:30, men. December 14, mass start: 10:00 a.m., women; 12:00 p.m., men. The Pearl of Siberia Arena (Tyumen). Live broadcasts on Match TV, Match Arena and Match Planet