Sports weekend with Izvestia

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Russian Jumping Championship

Since 2022, there has been a separate jumping tournament in the Russian figure skating calendar, which has become one of the main events of the season. The new jumping championship draw will be held in Moscow next weekend. Special attention will be focused on him due to the participation of two superstars who have resumed their careers - Kamila Valieva and Alexandra Trusova.

In addition to them, we will see the bronze medalists of the 2021 World Championships in pair skating, Alexandra Boikova and Dmitry Kozlovsky, the 2021 world champions, the 2022 Olympic bronze medalists in pair skating, Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Gallyamov, the 2022 European champion in singles Mark Kondratyuk and several other titled athletes.

January 31 – February 1, 14:00. Navka Arena (Moscow). Live broadcasts on Channel One and Channel One's website

Hockey

KHL Regular Season. CSKA – SKA, Dynamo (Moscow) – Avangard

There are less than two months left until the end of the KHL regular season. Most of the teams have already played 50 or more matches out of the required 68. The intrigue in the fight for entry into the playoffs has almost disappeared - the top eight teams of each conference are far away from the bottom of the standings. But inside the playoff zone, it is still unclear who will enter the Gagarin Cup from where and which pairs we will see in the first round. Therefore, most of the regular season games still have serious tournament significance.

The matches scheduled for the coming weekend are no exception. Two of them, which will be held on February 1 in Moscow, have a top-of-the-line signage. CSKA Moscow will host St. Petersburg SKA on its ice. These teams sensationally ended up at the bottom of the Western Conference playoff zone, something that hasn't happened in over 20 years. And in the upcoming army derby, they will find out among themselves who else has a chance to get closer to the leaders. And Dynamo Moscow, which is next to them and is in a protracted crisis, will meet at home with Avangard Omsk, one of the leaders of the Eastern Conference.

February 1, 17:00: CSKA Arena (Moscow); VTB Arena (Moscow). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Kinopoisk

Football

The French Championship. Monaco — Rennes, Strasbourg — PSG

More than half of the rounds have already passed in the French Ligue 1. But the fight for the championship is in full swing. In the previous season, PSG almost secured gold in this segment. But now, when 19 of the 34 rounds have been played, the capital club is only two points ahead of Lens. He will have a trip to Strasbourg this weekend. Perhaps there we will see Matvey Safonov on the field in the goal, who played the Champions League match against Newcastle this week (1-1). The Russian got a place at the base for the first time after a month and a half absence due to injury. And once again I got a chance to oust Luc Chevalier, who played uncertainly in January.

Meanwhile, Alexander Golovin's Monaco will play Rennes at home. For several months now, the Monegasques, who have been experiencing a crisis, have been stuck in the middle of the French championship table and must definitely win in order to maintain their chances of getting into European competitions next season.

January 31, 23:05, Louis II Stadium (Fonvieille, Principality of Monaco). February 1, 22:45, La Meno Stadium (Strasbourg, France). Live broadcasts on Okko

Basketball

VTB United League. CSKA MOSCOW – UNICS

As always, the special attention of the Russian basketball public is focused on the face—to-face matches of teams from the four strongest in the VTB United League - CSKA Moscow, Kazan UNICS, Zenit St. Petersburg and Krasnodar Lokomotiv-Kuban. Over the past five years, these clubs have consistently competed for playoff medals and led the regular season, including the current one. Therefore, the meeting between CSKA and UNICS scheduled for the weekend in Moscow definitely belongs to the top category.

February 1, 2 p.m., Megasport Arena (Moscow). Live broadcasts on Match TV and Match! The game"

Athletics

High jump. "Battle of the Sexes"

The winter season began in Russian athletics in January. Traditionally, in early February, Moscow hosts the Battle of the Sexes exhibition competition, in which a number of prominent representatives from Russia, Belarus and Cuba will perform. Among them are the silver medalist of the 2017 World Championships, the 2018 world indoor champion Danil Lysenko, the four–time champion of Russia Maria Kochanova, the champion of Russia – 2023 indoor Natalia Spiridonova and many others.

February 1, 16:00 – 19:00, Salyut Heraklion Stadium (Moscow)