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Wide World of Sports (1981)

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Country
Australia

How it feels

Wide World of Sports is an Australian sports program that covers a range of sports. It features hosts and panelists who discuss and comment on sporting events.

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What happens

Wide World of Sports is an Australian sports television program broadcast on the Nine Network. The show is hosted by Nick McArdle, with former Australian cricket captain Mark Taylor, Gus Worland, Chloe Dalton and a roster of rotating panelists. The show originally aired from 23 May 1981, until the end of 1999. After a nine-year hiatus, it returned on 16 March 2008 and had its last episode in 2016 following Ken Sutcliffe's retirement. It was replaced by a new sport talk show Sports Sunday airing its first episode on 5 March 2017. It returned on 3 March 2024, after a seven-year hiatus, as a rename of Sports Sunday. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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