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Sports weekend with Izvestia (Schedule latest Update)

Football

Cup of Russia. The final. Spartak – Dynamo

The Russian football season 2021/2022 will end on Sunday at Luzhniki. Following the winners of the national championship, the winner of the Cup of Russia will be determined. This time the winner of the tournament will be known following the results of the Moscow derby of two principal rivals – Spartak and Dynamo. Both teams have rarely brought trophies to fans in recent decades, so it is extremely important for each to take the title. The winner of the Cup of Russia will play in the match for the Super Cup against Zenit, which became the champion of the country.

May 29, 17:00. Luzhniki Stadium (Moscow). Live broadcast on Match TV

Boxing

Fight club REN TV. Super Series. Papin VS Prasovich

The next professional boxing tournament as part of the REN TV Fight Club will be held on Friday in Omsk. Fans of this sport will be able to watch about 10 spectacular fights, two of which stand out in particular. For the first time in 11 years, the eminent boxer, two-time Olympic champion Alexei Tishchenko will enter the ring. The 37-year-old Russian will face 42-year-old Venezuelan Nehomar Sermeno. And in the main battle of the evening, the audience will face the confrontation between Russian Alexei Papin and Montenegrin Dilan Prashovich.

May 27, 22:00. Arena of the hockey academy “Avangard” (Omsk). Live broadcast on REN TV

 

Tennis

French Open

The second Grand Slam of the season is approaching its midpoint. In the men’s singles, the Russians Karen Khachanov, Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev continue to fight. On May 27, Khachanov will meet in the third round with the 10th racket of the world, Briton Cameron Norrie, and Medvedev will enter the court against Serb Miomir Ketsmanovich. Rublev will play with the Chilean Christian Garin.

In women’s singles, three Russians will perform at the same stage. On May 27, Veronika Kudermetova will play with the third racket of the world, the Spaniard Paula Badosa, Varvara Gracheva will fight with the Belgian star Elise Mertens, and Daria Kasatkina will face the American Shelby Rogers.

May 27–30, 12:00–22:00. Tennis complex Roland Garros (Paris, France).

Basketball

VTB United League. The final. Fourth match. Zenit-CSKA

The Russian basketball season is close to the finish line. Three matches have already been played in the VTB United League playoff final. Moscow CSKA is leading in the series 2:1 at the St. Petersburg “Zenith”. On Friday, the fourth meeting will take place in St. Petersburg, but it is already clear that the teams will definitely return to Moscow and at least play the fifth match. The confrontation, going up to four victories for one of the teams, is still far from over.

May 27, 20:00. Sibur Arena (St. Petersburg). Live broadcast on Match TV

 

Handball

Women. Russian championship. The final. Return match. CSKA-Rostov-Don

According to the tradition of recent years, CSKA Moscow and Rostov-Don are leading the decisive battle for the gold of the women’s handball Superleague. The players of these teams formed the backbone of the Russian team, which took silver at the Tokyo Olympics last summer. Therefore, they are waiting for a very unpredictable struggle in the final. The first match in Rostov-on-Don ended with the victory of the southern team with a score of 27:22. Everything will be decided in Sunday’s return game in Moscow, where the army club will try to win back this backlog.

May 29, 18:00. Volleyball arena “Dynamo” (Moscow). Live broadcast on Match! Arena”

Football

Russian championship. Transition matches. Khimki – SKA-Khabarovsk, Ufa – Orenburg

A week ago, the Russian football championship in the Premier League and the first division ended, but four more teams from the RPL and FNL-1 need to find out which of them will be lucky enough to play in the top echelon next season. According to the results of the first matches that took place on the fields of teams from the lower league, the intrigue is twisted to the limit. On Wednesday, SKA-Khabarovsk beat Khimki at home (1:0), and Orenburg tied with Ufa at home (2:2). Now everything will be decided by the results of the return meetings. They will take place on May 28 in Khimki and Ufa.

 

May 28, 14:00, Arena Khimki (Khimki); 16:00, Neftyanik stadium (Ufa). Live broadcasts on Match TV

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