In the ninth round of the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich led the table with a strong 3-0 win over Union Berlin. Meanwhile, Hornets Borussia Dortmund narrowly beat Leipzig 2-1 at home, while defending champions Leverkusen shook hands with Stuttgart to settle for a 0-0 draw.
Turning to the 11th round of Serie A, the Red and Blacks AC Milan won a narrow 1-0 away victory over Monza, while the Old Lady Juventus continued their unbeaten run with a 2-0 away win over Udinese.
The passion created by soccer culminated in this week's soccer extravaganza with the top 10 goals of the week.
At 20:30 pm, CCTV5 brings you the group stage of the 2024 WTA Year-End Finals, featuring the battle between the Chinese Golden Flower Zheng Qinwen and Lebakina. In the first round, Zheng Qinwen, who won the gold medal in women's singles tennis at the 2024 Paris Olympics, was unlucky to lose to Sabalenka, who is ranked No. 1 in the world in women's singles.
Immediately after, at 22.30pm, CCTV5 presents an exciting program on the world of sports.
At 20:00 p.m., CCTV Sports Event Channel (CCTV5+) brings you live coverage of the 2024 World Table Tennis Championships (Germany) - First Round. Although the Chinese table tennis team led by Liu Guoliang did not send Olympic champions Chen Meng and Fan Zhendong, and veteran Ma Long as well as the injured Sun Yingsha failed to play, Chinese table tennis female player Chen Xingtong still won easily, while Sichuan youngster Zhang Ben Zhihe suffered a round trip. Today, Wang Chuqin, Lin Shidong and Wang Manyu will come to the fore.
In addition, CCTV video (CCTV sports client CCTV5APP) will simultaneously broadcast live on the web and cell phones the Short Track Speed Skating World Tour Montreal, the Snooker International Championships, the WTA year-end finals and other events.
At 3:45 a.m., CCTV brings you live coverage of Ligue 1 Round 10: Nantes hosts Marseille. At 4 a.m., focus on La Liga round 12: Athletic Bilbao and Real Betis face off.At 6 a.m., follow the U17 Women's World Cup final. At 10 a.m., CCTV5APP brings you live coverage of the 2024 CFA Junior Championship, which pits Zhejiang FC against the Liaoning Ironmen, dubbed the new Liaozhu. At 14.30pm, Chengdu Rongcheng face Shandong Taishan.
