This Thursday, December 16th, you can see in your THE TV BALL (channel 13 on Meo, 31 on Vodafone and 64 on NOWO) …

14th edition São Silvestre de Lisboa dominates BOLA DA TARDE (17:00)

Samuel Barata, Benfica athlete participating in São Silvestre de Lisboa, is invited by José Sá Guedes at AFTERNOON BALL this Thursday. The mythical Lisbon race deserves the honors of live television broadcast on TV BALL, this Saturday, between 5:10 pm and 7 pm, with departure and arrival at Praça dos Restauradores. In this 14th edition there will be 8000 participants to run the 10 km of the race. Entries have been sold out for about three weeks for this sporting event in Lisbon European Capital of Sport 2021. Note that the mayor, Carlos Moedas, will be in the competition, for the transfer of testimony to The Hague European Capital of Sport 2022 , not the end of the test. Mariana Machado (SC Braga), Jéssica Augusto (Sporting) and Samuel Barata (Benfica) are guaranteed presences in this Saturday’s race.

QUINTA DA BOLA (22:00) discusses all the news

Another QUINTA DA BALL, this evening… Thursday, from 10 pm, to see in your THE TV BALL, with José Manuel Delgado (deputy director of the newspaper THE BALL) to moderate the debate around all current national and international football. Vítor Serpa, director of THE BALL, Fernando Guerra, journalist, Dias Ferreira and Fernando Seara, chroniclers THE BALL, and Pedro Henriques, former referee and commentator THE TV BALL, are the events of this Thursday’s program. To not lose!

André Pipa and Carlos Fernandes at A BOLA DAS 7 (7 pm)

André Pipa, journalist, and Carlos Fernandes, coach and commentator THE TV BALL, are the events of journalist Joana Pires, in BALL OF 7. The victories of Benfica over Sporting da Covilhã, by 3-0, and FC Porto over Rio Ave, by 1-0, and as consequences in the semi-finals of the League Cup are topics that will be discussed.

TOUR to see at 1:25 pm

A series that THE TV BALL has the privilege of broadcasting (an absolute première for the country) and that it will surely touch all fans of the sport and particularly all lovers of the surprising equestrian world. A program that will explore the fascinating connection between humans and horses, across the planet, from the mountains of New Zealand to the vineyards of Italy and the blazing sun of Kuwait, through the story of great characters, between knights and their mounts. This is an original series that delves into the equestrian world as it turned out!

AGAINST ALL ODDS at PREMIERE (18:30)

AGAINST ALL ODDS is a series that follows the MXGP, the Motocross World Championship, exploring the stories surrounding riders, teams, victories, defeats… life in the paddocks.

8:15 pm: SPECIAL FUSION

In an international cooperation, between BMW Group Motorsport and FANATEC, reality and simulation merge, through a volume, which works in the real race car and in the simulator. It’s the beginning of a new era for pilots in both scenarios.

Twentieth Century Team in TEAMS OF DREAMS (9:30 pm)

Who joins the 20th century dream team? Pelé and Maradona are there, for sure, but Di Stéfano, Platini, Baresi or Ronaldo? We also choose the best players who reached a World Cup final but never won the present. This program is a trip to some of the best teams in the world of football and their protagonists. A fascinating journey through what made some of the best elevens ever, led by some of the greatest talents in history.

00:00: Toni’s Birthday

Discover the career as a player, coach and manager of one of the most multifaceted protagonists of Portuguese football. Toni typed, through d ‘THE TV BALL, messages from Rui Costa, Fernando Santos, Jesualdo Ferreira, António Oliveira, Humberto Coelho and João Vieira Pinto, among others.