''Sports Sunday'' is an Australian sports television program currently broadcast on the

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at 10.00am Sunday mornings. The show is hosted by journalist

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, with a roster of rotating panelists including former Australian cricket captain Mark Taylor, Australian netball player

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and journalist Sean Maloney. The weekly show features 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.

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

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's retirement in 2016. The debut season was hosted by television presenter

Emma Freedman Emma Freedman is an Australian television and radio presenter who grew up on the Mornington Peninsula. Freedman formerly co-hosted ''The Grill Team'' on Triple M Sydney. Prior to this, she was a weather presenter on ''Weekend Today'' and host ...

. It was announced on 8 February 2018 that host

had left the Nine Network to take up a position at the NRL-based channel

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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 ''

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'' bulletin.

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is the primary fill in host whenever Roz Kelly is unavailable.

Current regular panelists

Mark Bosnich Mark John Bosnich (born 13 January 1972) is an Australian former professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper, and sports pundit. He played in England for Premier League clubs Aston Villa, Manchester United and Chelsea. He also played in ...

Casey Dellacqua Casey Dellacqua ( ; born 11 February 1985) is a retired Australian 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 ...

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* Richard Freedman *

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* Sean Maloney * Mark Taylor *

Todd Woodbridge Todd Andrew Woodbridge, OAM (born 2 April 1971) is an Australian former professional tennis player and current sports broadcaster with the Nine Network. Woodbridge is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde (n ...

Former hosts and panelists

(host, 2017) *

Peter FitzSimons Peter John Allen FitzSimons (born 29 June 1961) is an Australian author, journalist, and radio and television presenter. He is a former national representative rugby union player and has been the chair of the Australian Republic Movement sinc ...

(regular panelist, 2017-2021) * Neil Breen (regular panelist, 2017-2020) *

Shane Crawford Shane Barry Crawford (born 9 September 1974) is a former Australian rules football player, television media personality and author. He played 305 senior games for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and won the ...

(regular panelist, 2017-2021) *

Michael Slater Michael Jonathon Slater (born 21 February 1970) is an Australian former professional cricketer and former television presenter. He played in 74 Test matches and 42 One Day Internationals for the Australia national cricket team. Early life Sl ...

(regular panelist, 2017-2018) *

(host, 2018-2022)

References

External links

* {{Nine Network programming Nine's Wide World of Sport 2017 Australian television series debuts English-language television shows Australian sports television series

History

Current regular panelists

Former hosts and panelists

See also

References

External links