On Saturday, August 19, CCTV announced the latest program listings for its sports channel (CCTV5), sports event channel (CCTV5+), CCTV16, and CCTV Sports Client (CCTV55) APP. This weekend, CCTV sports events are live and exciting, including the Chinese Super League, English Premier League, German Bundesliga, Go, Chinese women's soccer, track and field, village BA and other events.
Sports news will be aired on CCTV5 at 12:00 p.m. on time, which will focus on the first round of the German Bundesliga when defending champion Bayern Munich challenges Werder Bremen away from home. Meanwhile, the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) has announced that Zhou Qi of Liao Basketball's youth training system has joined the CBA11 champion Guangdong Men's Basketball Team, while Zhao Rui has moved to the Xinjiang Men's Basketball Team.
At 14.50pm, CCTV5 will broadcast live the men's 20km run at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. At 18:00 pm, CCTV5 continues to bring sports news.
At 18:35, CCTV5 presents a special program Football Night, focusing on Chinese soccer, with new faces joining in despite the investigations of former national football head coach Li Tie and Football Association leader Chen Xuyuan. The Chinese Super League, Chinese League One and other leagues at all levels are in full swing.
The Chinese women's soccer team failed to advance to the knockout rounds at the Women's World Cup, with some players questioning the international player selection criteria. Liverpool host Bournemouth in the second round of the English Premier League live on CCTV at 21:55pm.
At 8.30am, CCTV5+ will broadcast live the ATP 1000 Men's Tennis Masters - Cincinnati Quarterfinals, where Novak Djokovic and Fritz face off. At 14:20pm, CCTV5+ will broadcast live the second round of the China Weiqi First Division League.
At 15.50pm, CCTV5+ will broadcast live the Women's World Cup third and fourth place finals, where Sweden's women meet one of the hosts. At 19:30pm, CCTV5+ will broadcast live the 23rd round of the CFA Super League as Beijing Guoan host Shanghai Shenhua.
At 21.35pm, CCTV5+ will broadcast live the first round of the Bundesliga with Hoffenheim hosting Freiburg. At 19:30pm, CCTV16 will live stream the 23rd round of the Chinese Super League with Shenzhen hosting Nantong Zhiyun.
CCTV5APP will live stream the men's streak and women's long jump qualifying matches online, as well as the Southwest semifinals, the National and American Village Basketball Tournament (Village BA). At 15.50 p.m., CCTV5APP will live stream six matches from the 12th round of the Chinese Women's Football Team Super League.
At 19.25pm, CCTV5APP live streams Shanghai women's soccer team against Shaanxi Zhidan women's soccer team, Hangzhou women's soccer team against Jiangsu Wuxi women's soccer team, and Wuhan Chegujiang women's soccer team against Ma Yongchuan Chashan Bamboo Sea women's soccer team. At 19:35 pm, CCTV5APP live broadcast of Henan's away match against Dalian People.
The new Sichuan football team Chengdu Hibiscus is away to Wuhan Sanzhen to challenge the defending champions. Live on CCTV5APP at 21:30pm, Stuttgart host Bochum in the first round of the Bundesliga.
