Sports weekend with Izvestia

Tennis

Final WTA Tournament

The season is coming to an end in women's tennis. As usual, it ends with the Final WTA tournament, which this year takes place in the American Indian Wells. This competition gathers all the players from the top eight of the ranking.

Among the participants is Russian Mirra Andreeva, who has already secured a place in the semifinals. In the first two matches of the group stage, she beat Ukrainian Elina Svitolina (6:4; 6:0) and Belarusian Arina Sobolenko (6:4; 6:0) and secured the first place in the group. On the evening of November 13, Moscow time, our tennis player will play the last match of the group stage against Czech Karolina Mukhova. After that, Svitolina and Sobolenko will compete for second place and reaching the semifinals.

The semifinals and the final will be held this weekend. In the other group, Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk lost her chances of passing further. Czech Linda Noskova and Americans Jessica Pegula and Corey Gauf are competing for the top two places. The one who finishes second will face Andreeva in the semifinals.

November 13: 00:30, Pegula – Noskova; 23:00, Andreeva – Mukhova.

November 14: 00:30, Sobolenko – Svitolina; 23:00, first semi-final.

November 15: 00:30, second semi-final with Andreeva; 23:00, final.

Tennis Garden Stadium (Indian Wells, USA).

Live broadcasts on VK Videos.

Final ATP Tournament

On the day when the Women's Final WTA Tournament ends in Indian Wells, the men's Final ATP Tournament starts in Turin. It will run for a week and will end the 2026 season in world tennis. Russian Daniil Medvedev was among the eight participants.

November 15, 16:00 – 22:30.

Inalpi Arena (Turin, Italy)

Live broadcasts on Okko

Figure skating

The ISU Grand Prix. The fourth stage

Russian figure skaters continue to slowly but surely return to the international arena. For almost a month now, they have been competing at the ISU Grand Prix, the most prestigious competition after the Olympic Games, World and European Championships. Not all of our members are speaking and so far only in a neutral status. But some have already achieved serious success. And now the Russians are on the fourth stage of the Grand Prix, which will be held in the American city of Everett. Alexandra Trusova, silver medalist of the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, and Adelia Petrosyan, participant of the 2026 Olympic Games in Milan, will compete in women's single skating there.

November 15, 02:42, women, short program.

November 16, 00:05, women's free program.

Angel of the Winds Arena (Everett, USA).

Live broadcasts on Okko

The Russian Grand Prix. The fifth stage

Our skaters will also gather in Omsk for the fifth stage of the Russian Grand Prix. It will be the final one of the season — the best will qualify for the finals, which will be held in February in Saransk. In the meantime, stars such as Mark Kondratyuk in men's singles and Alexander Stepanov's pair will take to the ice, among others./Ivan Bukin dancing on ice.

November 14, short programs: 11:00, ice dancing; 12:30, men; 14:25, women; 16:05, sports pairs.

November 15, free skating: 10:00, ice dancing; 11:45, men; 13:45, women; 15:45, pairs.

G-Drive Arena (Omsk). Live broadcasts on Channel One.

Hockey

The KHL Regular Season. Avtomobilist – Ak Bars

In the KHL, teams are approaching the middle of the regular season, but so far the intrigue in the fight for entry into the playoffs is prohibitive. In the Eastern Conference, all 11 teams have a good chance of qualifying for the Gagarin Cup. Even Siberia, which is last, is only three points behind the playoff zone. Therefore, almost all the games of the coming weekend are of great tournament importance. According to the status, the meeting of the Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist and the Kazan Ak Bars can be distinguished as the central one. Both clubs should be able to claim leadership, but so far their results are very unstable, so they are balancing from a place in the top three to a place outside the top eight. The upcoming match will determine a lot for these teams.

November 14, 2:30 p.m., UMMC Arena (Yekaterinburg).

Live broadcast on KHL TV.

Mixed martial arts

PFL. Vadim Nemkov — Sergey Bilostenny

The PFL League, after merging with the MVP promotion, began to hold even more interesting mixed martial arts tournaments. One of these will take place next weekend in Dubai. In it, among other fights, a Russian confrontation awaits us — the current champion of the organization, the famous heavyweight Vadim Nemkov, will meet with Sergey Bilostenny.

November 14, 22:30. Cola Arena (Dubai, UAE).

Live broadcasts on Okko.