Guo Shiqiang failed to continue his duties in the coaching chair of the Guangzhou Men's Basketball Team due to his poor coaching performance. In the first round of the duel, he beat the out-of-form Shandong men's basketball team with an unexpected victory on the road, winning the first chance in the two-game series, and the dawn of the top eight seats.
Meanwhile, Li Nan, head coach of basketball great Yao Ming's former team, the Shanghai men's basketball team, is preparing to coach the Suzhou men's basketball team's tactics before the game.
The world of sports will be brought to you on CCTV5 at 21:45 that night.
Immediately after, at 22:20, the channel will switch to the Champions League battle report, previewing the upcoming quarter-finals of the UEFA Nations League.
At 2:50 a.m. on April 12, CCTV5 will broadcast live the main event of the first round of the quarterfinals of the 2022-2023 UEFA Champions League season, in which Premier League supremo Manchester City defeated Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich with a thrilling victory at home. The clash was seen as a preview of a final in which Bayern had beaten Paris Saint-Germain, who have Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe, by a landslide in the eighth-place playoffs, while City, coached by Pep Guardiola, managed to eliminate Bundesliga rivals Leipzig.
CCTV Sports Event Channel (CCTV5+) will record a series of exciting events, including the World Weightlifting Championships, the Singapore leg of the WBSC Grand Slam Championships, the Snooker Masters, the World Figure Skating Championships, the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup, as well as the World Badminton Federation Tour Year-End Finals.
The WTT will be broadcast live on CCTV sports event channel CCTV5+ at 19:00 that evening. (WTT) At that time, Ma Long, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and Japan's Chinese-born player Tomomi Zhang will take part in the fierce battle in the second round of the Xinxiang Championships.
CCTV5APP will carry a live webcast of the ATP 1000 Men's Masters Tennis Tournament - Monte Carlo at 16:30, which will be the first red clay event of the season. The Serbian ace Novak Djokovic, a loyal fan of AC Milan, will be the top seed in the title fight with Russia's Medvedev.
On April 12 at 3:00 am, CCTV5APP will broadcast live the first round of the Champions League knockout quarterfinals, where Portuguese giants Benfica will battle Italian blue and black side Inter Milan. Benfica easily defeated Belgian side Bruges in the eighth-quarter final, while Inter Milan are preparing to eliminate another Portuguese powerhouse, Porto.
