National ping pong leader Liu Guoliang did not bring top men's singles player Fan Zhendong and top women's singles player Chen Meng to the Paris Olympics, but our table tennis athletes are still going strong. Sun Yingsha, Wang Chuqin, Wang Manyu, Liang Jingmiao, Lin Shidong and other elite hand in hand to break into the last eight, while the Japanese Chinese player Ito Misheng with Sichuan ancestry, as well as the strange serve action of the small Japanese girl, Zhang Benji, is sorry to be out of the game.
As night falls, at 21:30, lock CCTV5 for a wonderful feast in the world of sports.
CCTV5's camera will also capture the exciting moments of the Paris Olympics, recording Chinese women's tennis star Zheng Qinwen's victory in the women's singles tennis crown, as well as the brilliant achievements of China's Dream Diving Team on the women's 3-meter board.
At 12:30 p.m., CCTV's Sports Event Channel (CCTV5+) will broadcast live the men's singles and women's singles quarterfinal matches of the World Table Tennis Major League Championships in Macau, China.
At 19:30pm, CCTV5+ will present the 25th round of the 2024 Chinese Football Association (CFA) Premier League (CPL), with veteran powerhouse Shanghai Shenhua challenging Zhejiang away from home. Shanghai Shenhua is second in the Super League table with 61 points, boosted by a host of high-level foreigners and international players such as Wu Xi and Yu Hanchao, while Zhejiang follows in seventh place with 32 points.
CCTV5+ will also feature Olympic events, witnessing the glory of Liu Yang and Zou Jingyuan's gymnastics singles titles, as well as the feat of European table tennis stalwarts Italy's women defeating the U.S. women's volleyball team.
CCTV Sports client CCTV5APP will provide full live coverage of the battle of the national badminton teams at the Hong Kong Open and the WTT Championships China Macau.
In addition, four U20 Women's World Cup quarter-finals will be broadcast live on CCTV5APP. At 5:30 a.m., European powerhouse Germany will battle South American powerhouse Argentina, while Asian upstarts CHAOXIAN take on European side Austria. At 9 a.m., Asian soccer powerhouse Japan Women's Soccer will battle African team Nigeria, while France will battle fellow European team the Netherlands.
