The show is hosted by Roz Kelly, with former Australian cricket captain Mark Taylor, Gus Worland, Chloe Dalton and a roster of rotating panelists.

It was unrelated to the series Wide World of Sports aired by ABC in the United States, which started in 1961.

[12][13] After a ten-year hiatus, it was announced that the Wide World of Sports weekly television program would return to Nine on 16 March 2008,[14] using the same theme song as the old version, as well as accessing old footage for replays.

Revolving co-hosts included former swimmers Giaan Rooney, Nicole Livingstone and former cricketer Michael Slater.

After she was fired in 2014 as a cost-cutting measure, in 2016 Emma Freedman again signed up with Channel Nine's Wide World of Sports as an announcer.

[18] Macquarie Media in 2020 began airing an hour-long Wide World of Sports radio broadcast hosted by Mark Levy.

In the first episode of 2024, Kelly was joined by former cricket captain Mark Taylor, AFL great Jimmy Bartel and the Australian Paralympian Ellie Cole.