''Toyota World Sport'' was an Australian television

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news program. Airing on SBS at 7pm local time, the long-running show was axed in December 2006. The show aired at 7pm following SBS' 6.30 news (and repeated the following day at 4pm), and was hosted by Les Murray on weekdays, and Liz Deep-Jones on weekends.

Presenters

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was originally a weekend presenter of the show, but joined Les Murray as a co-host during 2006, before she defected to the Nine Network in August of that year. Other hosts during this period included Mike Tomalaris and Simon Hill. Robert Grasso, John Baldock and Emma Simkin were among the show's award-winning team of journalists.

Cancellation

Despite its successful ratings with the

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and the

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in 2006, the show was axed in favour of an extended one-hour news program that incorporates sport news, because SBS management was worried about the drop in viewers after the 6.30pm news."Toyota World Sport shown the red card in SBS reshuffle" in the Sydney Morning Herald
by David Sygall on 9 July 2006 (Retrieved 11 July 2006)

References

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Presenters

Cancellation

See also

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