Sports weekend with Izvestia

Football

World Cup – 2026

The third round of the World Cup group stage, which takes place in the USA, Canada and Mexico, started this week. It will end on the morning of June 28, Moscow time, when all the participants of the playoffs will be announced. In many groups, the teams that have reached the next stage have already been decided. However, the intrigue remains: from which places they will enter the playoffs and which pairs they will make up in the 1/16 finals. The matches of this stage will begin at the end of the week. In the first of them, the national team of the Republic of South Africa will play with Canada.

June 26th:
02:00, Japan – Sweden, AT&T Stadium (Arlington, USA);
02:00, Tunis – Netherlands, Arrowhead Stadium (Kansas City, USA);
05:00, Turkey – USA, SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, USA);
05:00, Paraguay – Australia, Levi'S Stadium (Santa Clara, USA);
22:00, Norway – France, Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, USA);
22:00, Senegal – Iraq, BMO Field Stadium (Toronto, Canada).

June 27th:
03:00 Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia, NRG Stadium (Houston, USA);
03:00, Uruguay – Spain, Akron Stadium (Zapopan, Mexico);
06:00, New Zealand – Belgium, BC Place Stadium (Vancouver, Canada);
06:00, Egypt – Iran, Lumen Field Stadium (Seattle, USA).

June 28th:
00:00, Panama vs England, MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, USA);
00:00, Croatia – Ghana, Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia, USA);
02:30, DR Congo – Uzbekistan, Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, USA);
02:30, Colombia – Portugal, Hard Rock Stadium (Miami, USA);
05:00, Jordan – Argentina, AT&T Stadium (Arlington, USA);
05:00, Algeria – Austria, Arrowhead Stadium (Kansas City, USA).

22:00, 1/16 finals, South Africa – Canada, SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, USA).

Live broadcasts on Match TV, Match Premier and Kinopoisk.

Tennis

The Wimbledon tournament. The first round

The third Grand Slam tournament of the season starts in the UK in the coming days. Wimbledon traditionally has a special status as the main competition on grass courts. This summer, as usual, over a dozen Russians will play in the suburbs of London. Among them is Mirra Andreeva, who, after winning the Roland Garros in early June, finally consolidated her status as one of the main stars of world tennis.

June 28, 13:00-21:00, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (Wimbledon, Great Britain).

Live broadcasts on the ATP and WTA websites.

Mixed martial arts

UFC Fight Night 280

The upcoming evening of fighting in Baku will be rich in confrontations with the participation of Russian representatives. Two of them will play in the main card against the Brazilians. Sharabutdin Magomedov will face Michel Pereira in the middleweight division, and Ikram Aliskerov will fight Brunnu Ferreira. In a similar weight category, our Andrey Pulyaev will fight Uzbek Nursultan Ruziboev in the preliminary card.

June 27th:
17:15, Ruziboev – Pulyaev;
19:30, Aliskerov – Fereira;
20:30, Magomedov – Pereira.

Baku Crystal Hall (Baku, Azerbaijan).

Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match! A fighter."