In the shadow of the complex case pending, the fate of former national soccer coach Li Tie and Chen Xuyuan and other senior figures of the Football Association remains a mystery. The FA has urgently added a ten-day-long buffer period to cope with the adjustments to the rules governing access to the new seasons of the Chinese Super League, League One and League Two.
The Chinese women's national soccer team, which has been practicing overseas, lost back-to-back warm-up matches with the United States, while Chinese women's soccer star Wang Shuang moved to the English Premier League to join the Tottenham Hotspur women's soccer team.
At 10:00 a.m., CCTV Sports Event Channel (CCTV5+) kicks off its live broadcast focusing on the 2023-2024 North American Hockey League (NHL) regular season showdown between Minnesota and the Edmonton Oilers.
At 15:30 in the afternoon, CCTV5+ switched to the Short Track Speed Skating World Cup (Beijing) with the exciting men's and women's 500m finals.
At 17:50 in the evening, the channel switches again to bring the passionate moments of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final - Ice Dance Free Dance.
As night falls, at 19:30, CCTV5+ broadcasts the 14th round of the regular season of the 2023-2024 China Men's Basketball Professional League, with the Royal Forestry Army Beijing Men's Basketball Team facing the Guangdong Men's Basketball Team led by Zhou Qi, who is the 11th champion of the CBA but whose endorsement of a controversial brand by Hu Mingxuan has raised concerns.
Late at night at 22:55, CCTV5+ continues its soccer feast with the live broadcast of the 16th round of the English Premier League, where Manchester United hosts Bournemouth. The Red Devils are sixth in the Premier League table with 27 points, while their rivals Bournemouth are 15th with 16 points.
At 10:30 a.m., CCTV Olympic Channel (CCTV16) opened the resurrection race of the Short Track Speed Skating World Cup (Beijing) with the fierce showdown in the women's and men's 500 meters semifinals.
At 14:00 in the afternoon, CCTV16 broadcasts the semi-finals of the 2023 China Tennis Tour CTA Macau Pro Finals live.
The central video CCTV5APP client is synchronized online and broadcasts several winter events live.
At 14:50 p.m., CCTV5APP brings you the China Women's Super League playoff: the exciting battle between Shaanxi Zhidan Women's Football Team and Hebei Women's Football Team.
Live on CCTV5APP at 22:30pm, the 14th round of the Bundesliga sees Union Berlin host veteran rivals Borussia Mönchengladbach.
