Sports weekend with Izvestia

Football

The Russian Championship. Baltika – Spartak, Zenit - Rubin

The upcoming 17th round of the Russian Football Championship is not notable for high-profile confrontations between top clubs. But at least two matches stand out from the general background. Six months ago, few people would have been able to name in advance the central meeting of Kaliningrad "Baltic" and Moscow "Spartak". But Baltika has created the main sensation of the season — it is in fifth place and is only five points away from the first line. This team has lost only one match and is higher in the Spartak table, which has increased after the change of head coach, but is still sixth. Rubin Kazan is next to him, who will try to take away points from Zenit St. Petersburg, which is in the top three.

November 29, 19:30, Rostec Arena Stadium (Kaliningrad). November 30, 19:00, Gazprom Arena Stadium (Saint Petersburg). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match Premier

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Box

REN TV Fight Club. Alexey Papin – Rolly Lambert Fogum

A boxing evening will be held in Vologda on Friday under the auspices of the REN TV Fight Club. The main event of the tournament will be the confrontation of the famous Russian boxer and kickboxer Alexei Papin in an eight-round match against Cameroonian Rolly Lambert Fogum. In addition, there will be two more fights in the main card. Former MMA heavyweight champion Evgeny Goncharov is making his professional boxing debut. Former UFC fighter Greg Hardy from the USA will face him. Evgeny Schmidt, a native of Vologda, will also meet with Victor Manuel Perez Arias, a Venezuelan.

November 28, 23:00. Vologda Sports Palace (Vologda). Live broadcast on REN TV

Tennis

The Trophies of Northern Palmyra Tournament

The peculiarities of the calendar of elite world tennis competitions lead to the fact that Russian stars rarely play on the territory of their country. This was the case before 2022, and after that, when the ATP and WTA removed the Kremlin Cup and the St. Petersburg Open from their schedules, domestic viewers can only see their idols live if they travel far to other countries. But once a year, some of the leaders of Russian tennis come to St. Petersburg to attend the Trophies of Northern Palmyra exhibition tournament, held at the end of the official season. In 2025, it will be held on the last two days of autumn. This time, our stars such as Daniil Medvedev, Karen Khachanov, Veronika Kudermetova, Diana Schneider and Anastasia Potapova will take part in it. In addition, several well—known foreign tennis players came to the Northern Capital - Yulia Putintseva and Alexander Bublik from Kazakhstan and the quarter-finalist of last year's Wimbledon Tallon Grixpor from the Netherlands.

November 29: 12:00, Potapova – Kudermetova; 13:30, Schneider – Putintseva; 16:00, Grikspor – Medvedev; 17:30, Bublik – Khachanov; 19:00, pairs, Bublik/Grixpor – Khachanov/Medvedev. November 30, 12:00, Potapova – Putintseva; 13:30, Bublik – Medvedev; 15:00, Schneider – Kudermetova; 16:30, Grikspor – Khachanov; 18:00, couples, Schneider/Potapova – Putintseva/Kudermetova. KSK Arena (Saint Petersburg). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match Country

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Biathlon

The Russian Cup. The first stage

As usual, biathlon competitions in winter become one of the most popular events in world and Russian sports. Since our biathletes have not yet been returned to the international arena, the Russian Cup and the Commonwealth Cup, where the best representatives of our country and Belarus perform, remain the key starts for them. The first stage of the Russian Cup began on Thursday in Khanty-Mansiysk, where medals in the women's sprint were awarded. On Friday, the best men in a similar discipline will be announced. There will be a mixed relay race on Saturday, and men's and women's pursuit races on Sunday.

November 28, 3 p.m., men's sprint. November 29, 09:30, mixed relay race. November 30, pursuit race: 09:00, women; 12:30, men. Alexander Filipenko Winter Sports Center (Khanty-Mansiysk). Live broadcasts on Match TV, Match Arena and Match Planet

Ski racing

The Russian Cup. The first stage

A new season is also starting in Russian ski racing. The first stage of the Russian Cup also began on Thursday. It takes place in the Murmansk region, the city of Kirovsk. On the first day, the winners of the women's and men's individual freestyle race were determined. Medals in the sprint and individual classic style races will be awarded this weekend.

November 29, sprint: 11:00, preliminary race, women; 11:30, preliminary race, men; 13:00-13:24, quarterfinals, women; 13:30-13:54, quarterfinals, men; 14:00-14:06, semifinals, women; 14:12-14:18, semifinals, men; 14:28, final, women; 14:38, final, men. November 30, individual race, classic style: 10:30, 10 km, women; 13:30, 15 km, men. The Tirvas complex (Kirovsk). Live broadcasts on Match TV, Match Arena and Match Planet