Sports weekend with Izvestia

Football

World Cup — 2026

On the evening of June 11, the World Cup kicked off in Mexico City with the opening match between the national teams of Mexico and South Africa. It has already become one of the most scandalous due to the non-issuance of visas to part of the Iranian delegation, the deportation of a judge from Somalia, ticket prices and other unpleasant stories. Nevertheless, the sports component of the World Cup is not devoid of intrigue and quality. Therefore, the matches will be interesting, including the first games of the group stages, which will be held next weekend.

June 12th:
05:00, South Korea — Czech Republic, Akron Stadium (Zapopan, Mexico);
22:00, Canada — Bosnia and Herzegovina, BMO Field Stadium (Toronto, Canada).

June 13th:
04:00, USA — Paraguay, SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, USA);
22:00, Qatar — Switzerland, Levi'S Stadium (Santa Clara, USA).

June 14th:
01:00, Brazil — Morocco; Metlife Stadium (East Rutherford, USA);
04:00, Haiti — Scotland; Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, USA);
07:00, Australia — Turkey, BC Place (Vancouver, Canada);
20:00, Germany — Curaçao, NRG Stadium (Houston, USA);
23:00, Netherlands — Japan, AT&T Stadium (Arlington, USA).

Live broadcasts on Match TV, Match Premier and Match Soccer 1, Okko.

Hockey

The Stanley Cup. The final. Fifth and sixth matches

The next winner of the NHL playoffs may be determined over the coming weekend. The Stanley Cup Finals series will feature the fifth and sixth matches. So far, the score in the confrontation between the Vegas Golden Knights and the Carolina Hurricanes is equal — 2:2. Since the series goes up to four wins, the denouement may come as early as the results of the two upcoming meetings. Otherwise, the last seventh match of the series awaits us in the middle of next week. But regardless of the outcome, Russian foreign players will become Stanley Cup winners — Ivan Barbashev and Pavel Dorofeev are playing for Vegas, Andrei Svechnikov, Alexander Nikishin and Peter Kochetkov are in the Carolina squad.

June 12, 03:00, Lenovo Center (Raleigh, Carolina, USA);
June 15, 03:00, T-Mobile Arena (Paradise, Nevada, USA).

Tennis

ATP-250 Tournament

After Roland Garros, the best tennis players on the planet are gradually starting preparations for the next Grand Slam tournament, Wimbledon, which starts at the end of June. In the meantime, they are playing in smaller competitions. So, in the city of Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands, Russian Daniil Medvedev will try to compete for the trophy next weekend. So far, he is fighting to reach the quarterfinals with local tennis player Theis Bogarde. Our player got the first set (6-3). The Dutchman led in the second, but due to heavy rain, the match was not played on the evening of June 11 and postponed to the next day.

June 12-14, 10:00 – 20:00, Autron Rosmalen Stadium (Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands).

Live broadcasts on the ATP.