Sports weekend with Izvestia

Football

The Russian Championship. Lokomotiv — Baltika, Dynamo (Moscow) — Krasnodar

In the penultimate 29th round of the Russian Premier League, the national champion can theoretically be determined if Zenit loses in the Sochi home match. Then it will be enough for Krasnodar to defeat Dynamo Moscow on a visit in order to celebrate the second gold in a row before the end of the round. Another significant match of the weekend will be the bronze medal match between the third-placed Lokomotiv and the fifth-placed Baltika.

May 10, 19:30, Russian Railways Arena Stadium (Moscow);
May 11, 20:00, VTB Arena Stadium (Moscow).

Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match Premier.

Hockey

Gagarin Cup. The final. The first match. Lokomotiv — Ak Bars

The KHL season is coming to its climax. The first match of the final series of the playoffs will be held on May 11. The current Gagarin Cup winner, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, will try to keep the trophy following the results of the confrontation with Ak Bars Kazan. As always, the series will go up to four wins for one of the teams, and may stretch to seven matches.

May 11, 17:00, Arena 2000 (Yaroslavl).

Live broadcasts on Match TV, KHL TV and KHL Prime.

Mixed martial arts

UFC 328. Alexander Volkov — Waldo Cortez-Acosta

At the upcoming UFC 328 main card tournament this weekend, the heavyweight bout will be the most interesting for Russian viewers, where one of our main stars, Alexander Volkov, will face Waldo Cortez-Acosta from the Dominican Republic. In addition, two Russian-Brazilian middleweight matches are waiting for us in the early preliminary card — Baysangur Susurkaev vs. Jorden Santos and Roman Kopylov vs. Marc Tulio.

May 10, 05:00, main card. Prudential Center (Newark, USA).

Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match Fighter.

Tennis

Masters and WTA-1000 tournaments

Regular tennis tournaments are being held in Rome, the winners of which will receive 1,000 points in their ratings. We are talking about the men's Masters and the women's WTA-1000. The competition started this week and will be held until the end of next week. Among the participants are Russians Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Karen Khachanov, Mirra Andreeva, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Lyudmila Samsonova, Diana Schneider and Anna Kalinskaya. The second, third, and fourth round matches will be played over the upcoming long weekend, and the first quarterfinalists will begin to be determined.

May 8-11, 12:00 — 22:00. Foro Italico Stadium (Rome, Italy).

Live broadcasts on the ATP and WTA websites.

Basketball

VTB United League. The semi-finals. The first match. UNICS — Zenit

The Russian basketball season is also nearing its denouement. On May 11, the semi-final series will begin in the VTB United League playoffs. On this day, Kazan UNICS will host Zenit St. Petersburg. A day later, CSKA Moscow will begin its confrontation with Krasnodar's Lokomotiv Kuban. The series will go up to four wins.

May 11, 18:00, Basket Hall (Kazan).

Live broadcasts on "Match Game".