On the night of 19:25, CCTV5 brings you the first match of the 2023/2024 Chinese Men's Basketball Professional League - Finals, as the defending champion Liaoning Men's Basketball Team, led by Yang Ming, hosts the powerful CBA giants Xinjiang Men's Basketball Team. Liaoning brings together many old and new national players of Chinese men's basketball, including Han Dejun, Zhao Jiwei and Zhang Zhenlin, who beat Guangdong Men's Basketball, which has players such as Hu Mingxuan and Zhou Qi, who are endorsing controversial brands, in the semifinals, while Xinjiang Men's Basketball has three powerful foreign aiders and fierce players such as Abdu Shalamu and Zhao Rui.
The time advances to 21:45, CCTV5 will present you with an exciting program on the world of sports.
The following morning at 8:00 a.m., the CCTV Sports Event Channel (CCTV5+) will broadcast live the 2024 FIVB Volleyball World League-Brazil match, with the host Brazilian women's volleyball team facing Canada.
As night falls, at 21:00 sharp, CCTV5+ will bring you the quarter-finals of the 2024 ATP Masters 1000 Men's Tennis Championships - Rome, where China's Zhang Zhizhen, who had an eye-catching performance to reach the last eight for the first time, will face off against Tabiro, who just knocked out AC Milan's fan-favorite Novak Djokovic to win the title.
Late at night at 23:00, CCTV5+ will continue with live coverage of the 2024 IIHF Men's Ice Hockey World Championship - Top Group A clash between the Czech Republic and Denmark.
The 2024 National Artistic Gymnastics Championships - Individual Qualification will be broadcast live on CCTV Olympic Channel (CCTV16) on May 16 at 10.05am and 15.30pm.
On digital platforms, the CCTV sports client CCTV5APP will simulcast a number of live matches of the Men's Ice Hockey World Championship. At 2:00 a.m., Switzerland plays the Czech Republic in Group A and Germany plays Sweden in Group B. At 22:00 p.m., the Czech Republic plays Denmark in Group A, while Germany faces Latvia in Group B.
CCTV5APP will continue with live coverage of the ATP Masters 1000 Men's Tennis Tournament in Rome at 16.30pm.
On the first morning of May, at 0:30am, CCTV5APP will broadcast live the World Women's Volleyball League Turkey clash between Italy and Poland.
