''Sports Sunday'' was an Australian sports television program that was broadcast on the
Nine Network
Nine Network (stylised 9Network, and commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of the five main free-to-air television ...
at 10.00am Sunday mornings. The show was hosted by journalist
Roz Kelly
Roz Kelly (born Rosiland Schwartz on July 29, 1943) is an American actress, perhaps best known for playing Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli's (Henry Winkler) girlfriend Happy Days#Minor/recurring, Carol "Pinky" Tuscadero on the television series ''Hap ...
, with a roster of rotating panelists including former Australian cricket captain
Mark Taylor, radio host
Gus Worland and journalist Sean Maloney.
The weekly show featured discussions and debates on the previous week's sporting news and events, along with guest interviews and other sporting highlights from both Australia and internationally.
On 3 March 2024, the show was rebranded as a revival of ''
Wide World of Sports''.
History
The show aired its debut episode on 5 March 2017, and was a replacement for the long running
Wide World of Sports program after host
Ken Sutcliffe's retirement in 2016. The debut season was hosted by television presenter
Emma Freedman.
It was announced on 8 February 2018 that host
Emma Freedman had left the Nine Network to take up a position at the NRL-based channel
Fox League.
James Bracey replaced Freedman as host from 2018.
Journalist Roz Kelly took over the hosting role from Bracey in May 2022, following his appointment to sports presenter of Sydney's nightly ''
Nine News
Nine News (stylized as 9News) is a national News agency, news service on the Nine Network in Australia. Its flagship program is an hour-long ''9News'' bulletin at 6:00 pm, with editions produced by Nine's owned-and-operated stations in TCN, S ...
'' bulletin.
,
James Bracey and Emma Lawrence were the primary fill in hosts whenever Roz Kelly is unavailable.
The show was rebranded as ''Wide World of Sports'' on 3 March 2024.
Regular panelists
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Mark Bosnich
*
Casey Dellacqua
Casey Dellacqua ( ; born 11 February 1985) is an Australian former professional tennis player and current commentator. Her best singles results on the WTA Tour have been semifinal appearances at the 2012 Texas Tennis Open and 2014 Birmingham ...
*
Craig Foster
*
Sam Groth
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Chloe Dalton
* Sean Maloney
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Mark Taylor
*
Todd Woodbridge
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Gus Worland
Former hosts and panelists
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Emma Freedman (host, 2017)
*
Peter FitzSimons (regular panelist, 2017-2021)
* Neil Breen (regular panelist, 2017-2020)
*
Shane Crawford (regular panelist, 2017-2021)
*
Michael Slater (regular panelist, 2017-2018)
*
Liz Ellis (regular panelist, 2017-2022)
* Richard Freedman
*
James Bracey (host, 2018-2022)
See also
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List of Australian television series
*
List of programs broadcast by Nine Network
References
External links
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{{Nine Network programming
Nine's Wide World of Sports
2017 Australian television series debuts
Australian English-language television shows
Australian sports television series