''Toyota World Sport'' was an Australian television
sport
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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
Stephanie Brantz
Stephanie Brantz (born 1972) is an Australian sports presenter. She began her television career in 2000 on SBS (2000–2006), and has since worked on the Nine Network (2006–10), Fox Sports (2010) and is now on ABC (2010–present).
Person ...
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
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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
FIFA World Cup
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and the
Tour de France
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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](_blank)
by David Sygall on 9 July 2006 (Retrieved 11 July 2006)
See also
*
List of Australian television series
Future shows
Seven
* ''The 1% Club'' (Seven Network game show 2023–)
* ''Apartment Rules'' (Seven Network reality 2023–)
* '' Animals Aboard with Dr Harry'' (Seven Network reality 2023–)
* ''Armchair Experts'' (Seven Network sports ...
References
Special Broadcasting Service original programming
1990 Australian television series debuts
2006 Australian television series endings
Australian television news shows
Australian sports television series
SBS Sport
Toyota
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