CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>The World Game - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"698b183f-960c-4dad-ba86-1ff2a3597279","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"The_World_Game","wgTitle":"The World Game","wgCurRevisionId":1255323243,"wgRevisionId":1255323243,"wgArticleId":2904786,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Articles needing additional references from May 2017","All articles needing additional references","Use dmy dates from June 2015","Use Australian English from June 2015","All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English","Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia","Facebook ID not in Wikidata","Special Broadcasting Service original programming","Association football television series", "2001 Australian television series debuts","2019 Australian television series endings","Australian English-language television shows","Australian sports television series","SBS Sport","A-League Men on television","Premier League on television","Soccer mass media in Australia"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"The_World_Game","wgRelevantArticleId":2904786,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false, "wgWMEPageLength":10000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgCentralAuthMobileDomain":false,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q7775967","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready", "ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","ext.scribunto.logs","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.4"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="The World Game - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Game"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Game"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-The_World_Game rootpage-The_World_Game skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=The+World+Game" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=The+World+Game" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=The+World+Game" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=The+World+Game" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Presenters_and_panelists" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Presenters_and_panelists"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Presenters and panelists</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Presenters_and_panelists-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Presenters and panelists subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Presenters_and_panelists-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Main_presenters" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Main_presenters"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1</span> <span>Main presenters</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Main_presenters-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chief_analyst" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chief_analyst"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>Chief analyst</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chief_analyst-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Analysts_and_panelists" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Analysts_and_panelists"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>Analysts and panelists</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Analysts_and_panelists-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Guest_appearances" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Guest_appearances"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Guest appearances</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Guest_appearances-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-History" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>History</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Special_editions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Special_editions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Special editions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Special_editions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_other_media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_other_media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>In other media</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-In_other_media-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle In other media subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-In_other_media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Website" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Website"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Website</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Website-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Podcast" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Podcast"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Podcast</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Podcast-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-App" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#App"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>App</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-App-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Awards</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><i>The World Game</i></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="This article exist only in this language. Add the article for other languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-0" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Add languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="uls-after-portlet-link"></span><span class="wb-langlinks-add wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q7775967#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Add interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Add links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/The_World_Game" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:The_World_Game" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/The_World_Game"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/The_World_Game"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/The_World_Game" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/The_World_Game" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&oldid=1255323243" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=The_World_Game&id=1255323243&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_World_Game"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_World_Game"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=The_World_Game&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q7775967" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For <a href="/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller" title="Buckminster Fuller">Buckminster Fuller</a>'s political game, see <a href="/wiki/World_Game" title="World Game">World Game</a>. For the Doctor Who novel, see <a href="/wiki/World_Game_(Doctor_Who)" class="mw-redirect" title="World Game (Doctor Who)">World Game (Doctor Who)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/The_World_Game" title="Special:EditPage/The World Game">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22The+World+Game%22">"The World Game"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22The+World+Game%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22The+World+Game%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22The+World+Game%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22The+World+Game%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22The+World+Game%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2017</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">2002 Australian TV series or program</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1230561210">.mw-parser-output .ib-tv{border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0 3px;padding:3px 5px}.mw-parser-output .ib-tv .infobox-above{background-color:#CCCCFF;color:inherit;font-size:125%;padding:0.25em 1em}.mw-parser-output .ib-tv .infobox-header{background-color:#CCCCFF;color:inherit;padding:0.25em 1em}.mw-parser-output .ib-tv img{background-color:white}.mw-parser-output .ib-tv-aka{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .ib-tv-network-release td,.mw-parser-output .ib-tv-network-release th{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1}</style><table class="infobox ib-tv vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary"><i>The World Game</i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Broadcasting_of_sports_events" title="Broadcasting of sports events">Sports</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Presented by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Les_Murray_(broadcaster)" title="Les Murray (broadcaster)">Les Murray</a> (2002–2014)<br /><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Zeli%C4%87" title="Lucy Zelić">Lucy Zeli</a><a href="/wiki/Ned_Zeli%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Ned Zelić">ć</a> (2015–2019)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of seasons</th><td class="infobox-data">17</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">60 minutes</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/SBS_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="SBS (Australian TV channel)">SBS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">15 September 2002<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2002-09-15</span>)</span> –<br />2019<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2019</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The World Game</b></i> was an Australian <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football (soccer)</a> <a href="/wiki/Television_show" title="Television show">television show</a> broadcast on the <a href="/wiki/SBS_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="SBS (Australian TV channel)">SBS</a> network, as well as a dedicated associated <a href="/wiki/Website" title="Website">website</a>. The show debuted in September 2002 and was the only Australian TV program dedicated to both football news and issues within Australia as well as around the world. Its popularity led to the launch of an associated website the following year. The TV show was dropped in 2019, whilst the website closed in 2021, and merged with the core <a href="/wiki/SBS_Sport" title="SBS Sport">SBS Sport</a> website. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presenters_and_panelists">Presenters and panelists</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Presenters and panelists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Main_presenters">Main presenters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Main presenters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Les_Murray_(broadcaster)" title="Les Murray (broadcaster)">Les Murray</a> (2002–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Zeli%C4%87" title="Lucy Zelić">Lucy Zeli</a><a href="/wiki/Ned_Zeli%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Ned Zelić">ć</a> (2015–2019)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chief_analyst">Chief analyst</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Chief analyst"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Warren" title="Johnny Warren">Johnny Warren</a> (2002–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Foster" title="Craig Foster">Craig Foster</a> (2004–2019)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Analysts_and_panelists">Analysts and panelists</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Analysts and panelists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Awaritefe" title="Francis Awaritefe">Francis Awaritefe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Brantz" title="Stephanie Brantz">Stephanie Brantz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mieke_Buchan" title="Mieke Buchan">Mieke Buchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branko_Culina" title="Branko Culina">Branko Culina</a></li> <li>Liz Deep-Jones</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Hill" title="Simon Hill">Simon Hill</a> (now at <a href="/wiki/10_Sport" title="10 Sport">Paramount+</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeljko_Kalac" title="Zeljko Kalac">Zeljko Kalac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_McIntyre_(journalist)" title="Scott McIntyre (journalist)">Scott McIntyre</a> (sacked from SBS after controversial ANZAC Day tweets)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Okon" title="Paul Okon">Paul Okon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Orsatti" title="Andrew Orsatti">Andrew Orsatti</a> (now Communications Director and Spokesman at <a href="/wiki/FIFPro" class="mw-redirect" title="FIFPro">FIFPro</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anthony_Peridis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anthony Peridis (page does not exist)">Anthony Peridis</a></li> <li>Tony Palumbo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rale_Rasic" title="Rale Rasic">Rale Rasic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Vickery" title="Tim Vickery">Tim Vickery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Zdrilic" title="David Zdrilic">David Zdrilic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Zelic" title="Ned Zelic">Ned Zelic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Williams_(commentator)" title="Paul Williams (commentator)">Paul Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damien_Lovelock" title="Damien Lovelock">Damien Lovelock</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Guest_appearances">Guest appearances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Guest appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bridges" title="Michael Bridges">Michael Bridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Zwaanswijk" title="Patrick Zwaanswijk">Patrick Zwaanswijk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Basheer" title="David Basheer">David Basheer</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The show first aired in 2002, succeeding the long-running <a href="/wiki/On_the_Ball_(Australian_talk_show)" title="On the Ball (Australian talk show)">On the Ball</a>, and started out as a live 6-hour show, airing on Sunday afternoons. It was then shortened to a 3-hour show a few years later. Its popularity caused the brand to later grow to comprise a popular website as well as other digital content. Its original presenter was the late <a href="/wiki/Les_Murray_(broadcaster)" title="Les Murray (broadcaster)">Les Murray</a>, which was already the face of SBS' popular <a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a> coverage, and did so for over 30 years before his retirement in 2014. The show's chief football analyst was the late <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Warren" title="Johnny Warren">Johnny Warren</a> until his death in 2004. Murray and Warren were Australia's pre-eminent soccer commentary team, becoming very famous being the hosts of On the Ball, and well known to soccer fans as "Mr and Mrs Soccer";<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a result, they were held over as presenters of the new show. After Warren's death, ex-Socceroo <a href="/wiki/Craig_Foster_(Australian_footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Craig Foster (Australian footballer)">Craig Foster</a> took over as the chief football analyst. </p><p>From 2 August 2010, the show was moved to Monday nights, on <a href="/wiki/SBS_Two" class="mw-redirect" title="SBS Two">SBS Two</a> live at 9.30pm AEST, and is repeated soon after on <a href="/wiki/SBS_One" class="mw-redirect" title="SBS One">SBS One</a> at 11.00pm AEST. This allowed for wider coverage of the football events from the weekend prior. The show was also shortened to one-hour episodes. </p><p>At the same time, they show added a new number of contributors: Tony Palumbo, a seasoned journalist with the Italian migrant press in Australia, assists in providing some insights on major European leagues, primarily the English <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> and Italian <a href="/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Serie A</a>. Some footage is provided from Spain's <a href="/wiki/La_Liga" title="La Liga">La Liga</a>, France's <a href="/wiki/Ligue_1" title="Ligue 1">Ligue 1</a>, Scotland's <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Premier_League" title="Scottish Premier League">Scottish Premier League</a>, South America's <a href="/wiki/Copa_Libertadores" title="Copa Libertadores">Copa Libertadores</a> and Germany's <a href="/wiki/Bundesliga" title="Bundesliga">Bundesliga</a>. <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a>, <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="UEFA Cup">UEFA Cup</a>, other cup games and internationals (<a href="/wiki/UEFA_European_Football_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="UEFA European Football Championship">European Championship</a>) also get game footage; mainly the Champions League. Former <a href="/wiki/Sydney_FC" title="Sydney FC">Sydney FC</a> coach <a href="/wiki/Branko_Culina" title="Branko Culina">Branko Culina</a> is a regular contributor on discussion relating to Australian football. On 1 November 2012 SBS bought the rights to show one live <a href="/wiki/A-League" class="mw-redirect" title="A-League">A-League</a> game per week, with the remainder going to pay TV provider Fox Sports. They will also broadcast the Socceroos' World Cup qualifiers on one-hour delay with Fox Sports showing them live.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From August 2013, the show was retooled as a half-hour weekly Monday night show airing on <a href="/wiki/SBS_One" class="mw-redirect" title="SBS One">SBS One</a>. The new format now offers a wide coverage of Australian and international football events from the week prior, augmented with analysis and reaction from the show's experts.. </p><p>After a brief hiatus in 2014–15, the show was once again retooled for the 2015–16 season, as a one-hour talk show edition on Sunday afternoon at 1pm. Due to Murray's retirement, <a href="/wiki/Lucy_Zelic" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucy Zelic">Lucy Zelic</a> took over as the programme's new presenter, with Foster remaining as chief analyst. </p><p>In 2019, after 17 seasons, the TV show was quietly dropped, and the brand was transitioned to focus on their digital platforms, but the show's podcast remained, broadcast through The World Game website. In 2021, as part of a streamlining of their digital operations, SBS announced that it was shutting down The World Game website, merging all soccer content within the <a href="/wiki/SBS_Sport" title="SBS Sport">SBS Sport</a> website.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the site was the only soccer website which catered to Australian fans, the move received heavy backlash.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> SBS would still provide soccer coverage using The World Game brand, including the <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2022 FIFA World Cup">2022 FIFA World Cup</a>, on the <a href="/wiki/SBS_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="SBS (Australian TV channel)">SBS</a> TV channel and through the SBS On Demand streaming platform. </p><p>Guests on the program have included <a href="/wiki/Ledley_King" title="Ledley King">Ledley King</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Jamieson" title="Scott Jamieson">Scott Jamieson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shane_Smeltz" title="Shane Smeltz">Shane Smeltz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Muscat" title="Kevin Muscat">Kevin Muscat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corey_Gameiro" title="Corey Gameiro">Corey Gameiro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Montgomery" title="Nick Montgomery">Nick Montgomery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marcos_Flores" title="Marcos Flores">Marcos Flores</a>, <a href="/wiki/V%C3%ADtor_Saba" title="Vítor Saba">Vítor Saba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luke_Casserly" title="Luke Casserly">Luke Casserly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Archie_Thompson" title="Archie Thompson">Archie Thompson</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Special_editions">Special editions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Special editions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The World Game team responsible for the weekly regular show, also present major football events including the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Club_World_Cup" title="FIFA Club World Cup">FIFA Club World Cup</a>, <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Beach_Soccer_World_Cup" title="FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup">FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup</a>, <a href="/wiki/UEFA_European_Football_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="UEFA European Football Championship">UEFA European Football Championship</a>, <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a>, <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League" title="UEFA Europa League">UEFA Europa League</a> and major European Cup finals including <a href="/wiki/The_FA_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="The FA Cup">The FA Cup</a>, <a href="/wiki/DFB_Pokal" class="mw-redirect" title="DFB Pokal">DFB Pokal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Copa_del_Rey" title="Copa del Rey">Copa del Rey</a>. A pre-match preview, half time and post-match review is typically given by the various presenters. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_other_media">In other media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: In other media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Website">Website</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Website"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The World Game website was a popular football news website run as an adjunct to the TV program. At one point, it used to include a forum called The World Game Forum, which has since ceased activity. Commonly referred to by the abbreviation TWGF, the forum was one of the more popular football forums in Australia. It had over 18,000 members, who have contributed to over 800,000 articles.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The website was first established in July 2002, and closed in April 2021 as part of SBS's streamlining of their digital operations. It was then merged within the <a href="/wiki/SBS_Sport" title="SBS Sport">SBS Sport</a> website. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Podcast">Podcast</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Podcast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The World Game Podcast started 6 June 2011. The podcast sees a variety of guests talk the week in Australian and international football. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="App">App</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: App"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The World Game app, available from the <a href="/wiki/ITunes_Store" title="ITunes Store">iTunes Store</a>, was <a href="/wiki/Special_Broadcasting_Service" title="Special Broadcasting Service">SBS</a>’s first mobile application. It received more than 25,000 downloads in its first week of release. The app provided a live score and result service with the addition of video highlights, news and content from The World Game team.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2008, the program was nominated for a <a href="/wiki/Logie_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Logie Award">Logie Award</a> in the 'Most Popular Sports Program' award category. It lost out to <a href="/wiki/The_AFL_Footy_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="The AFL Footy Show">The AFL Footy Show</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank_television_set.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Blank_television_set.svg/32px-Blank_television_set.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Blank_television_set.svg/48px-Blank_television_set.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Blank_television_set.svg/64px-Blank_television_set.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="138" data-file-height="92" /></a></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Television" title="Portal:Television">Television portal</a></span></li><li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/32px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/48px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/64px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Australia" title="Portal:Australia">Australia portal</a></span></li><li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Soccer_ball.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ec/Soccer_ball.svg/28px-Soccer_ball.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ec/Soccer_ball.svg/42px-Soccer_ball.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ec/Soccer_ball.svg/56px-Soccer_ball.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Soccer" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Soccer">soccer portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_television_series" title="List of Australian television series">List of Australian television series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Special_Broadcasting_Service" title="List of programs broadcast by Special Broadcasting Service">List of programs broadcast by Special Broadcasting Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_longest-running_Australian_television_series" title="List of longest-running Australian television series">List of longest-running Australian television series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thursday_FC" title="Thursday FC">Thursday FC</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/les-murray-and-johnny-warren-mr-and-mrs-soccer-20170731-gxmi35.html">"Les Murray and Johnny Warren: 'Mr and MRS Soccer'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. 31 July 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Les+Murray+and+Johnny+Warren%3A+%27Mr+and+MRS+Soccer%27&rft.date=2017-07-31&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smh.com.au%2Fsport%2Fsoccer%2Fles-murray-and-johnny-warren-mr-and-mrs-soccer-20170731-gxmi35.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Game" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theage.com.au/sport/a-league/tv-deal-great-fillip-for-code-20121031-28kcm.html#ixzz2Avr8BRpl">"TV deal great fillip for code"</a>. www.theage.com.au. 31 October 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 March</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=TV+deal+great+fillip+for+code&rft.pub=www.theage.com.au&rft.date=2012-10-31&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theage.com.au%2Fsport%2Fa-league%2Ftv-deal-great-fillip-for-code-20121031-28kcm.html%23ixzz2Avr8BRpl&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Game" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mumbrella.com.au/the-world-game-shut-down-by-sbs-678149">"The World Game shut down by SBS"</a>. 15 April 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+World+Game+shut+down+by+SBS&rft.date=2021-04-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmumbrella.com.au%2Fthe-world-game-shut-down-by-sbs-678149&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Game" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sportingnews.com/au/football/news/football-fans-slam-sbs-decision-to-end-the-world-game/erqg4a9brla1hr8oiyplggdd">"Football fans slam SBS decision to end The World Game"</a>. <i>www.sportingnews.com</i>. 15 April 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 June</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.sportingnews.com&rft.atitle=Football+fans+slam+SBS+decision+to+end+The+World+Game&rft.date=2021-04-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportingnews.com%2Fau%2Ffootball%2Fnews%2Ffootball-fans-slam-sbs-decision-to-end-the-world-game%2Ferqg4a9brla1hr8oiyplggdd&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Game" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://theworldgameforum.com/forum/index.php">www.theworldgame.com.au :: Index</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1102657/twg-iphone-app-keeps-you-in-touch">"TWG iPhone app keeps you in touch"</a>. theworldgame.sbs.com.au<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 March</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=TWG+iPhone+app+keeps+you+in+touch&rft.pub=theworldgame.sbs.com.au&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftheworldgame.sbs.com.au%2Fnews%2F1102657%2Ftwg-iphone-app-keeps-you-in-touch&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+World+Game" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210808225555/https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/">Archived official website</a></span></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.facebook.com/SBSTheWorldGame">The World Game</a> on <a href="/wiki/Facebook_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Facebook (identifier)">Facebook</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0863053/"><i>The World Game</i></a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="SBS_local_programming_(current_and_upcoming)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:SBS_Television_programming" title="Template:SBS Television programming"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:SBS_Television_programming" title="Template talk:SBS Television programming"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:SBS_Television_programming" title="Special:EditPage/Template:SBS Television programming"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="SBS_local_programming_(current_and_upcoming)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/SBS_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="SBS (Australian TV channel)">SBS</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Special_Broadcasting_Service" title="List of programs broadcast by Special Broadcasting Service">local programming</a> (current and upcoming)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Primetime</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cook_Up_with_Adam_Liaw" title="The Cook Up with Adam Liaw">The Cook Up with Adam Liaw</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(since 2021)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alone_Australia" title="Alone Australia">Alone Australia</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(since 2023)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Beach_(TV_series)" title="The Beach (TV series)">The Beach</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(since 2020)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Eurovision Song Contest">Eurovision Song Contest</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(since 1983)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Every_Family_Has_A_Secret" title="Every Family Has A Secret">Every Family Has A Secret</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(since 2019)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Food_Safari" title="Food Safari">Food Safari</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(since 2006)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Filthy_Rich_and_Homeless" title="Filthy Rich and Homeless">Filthy Rich and Homeless</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(since 2017)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Gay_and_Lesbian_Mardi_Gras" title="Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras">Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(since 2014)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thalu" title="Thalu">Thalu</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2020)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Who_Do_You_Think_You_Are%3F_(Australian_TV_series)" title="Who Do You Think You Are? (Australian TV series)">Who Do You Think You Are?</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(since 2008)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Where_Are_You_Really_From%3F" title="Where Are You Really From?">Where Are You Really From?</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(since 2018)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Daytime</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Small_Business_Secrets&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Small Business Secrets (page does not exist)">Small Business Secrets</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(since 2016)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/World_Watch" title="World Watch">World Watch</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(since 1993)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/SBS_World_News" title="SBS World News">News</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dateline_(Australian_TV_program)" title="Dateline (Australian TV program)">Dateline</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(since 1984)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Feed_(Australian_TV_series)" title="The Feed (Australian TV series)">The Feed</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2013-2019 on SBS Viceland, since 2020)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Insight_(Australian_TV_program)" title="Insight (Australian TV program)">Insight</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(since 1995)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Living_Black" title="Living Black">Living Black</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(since 2003)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/SBS_World_News" title="SBS World News">SBS World News</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(since 1980)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/SBS_Sport" title="SBS Sport">Sport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Cycling_Central" title="Cycling Central">Cycling Central</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(since 2010)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Over_the_Black_Dot" title="Over the Black Dot">Over the Black Dot</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(since 2017)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/SBS_Speedweek" class="mw-redirect" title="SBS Speedweek">SBS Speedweek</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(since 1994)</span></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The World Game</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(since 2001)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Association_football_on_television" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Association_football_on_television" title="Template:Association football on television"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Association_football_on_television" title="Template talk:Association football on television"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Association_football_on_television" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Association football on television"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Association_football_on_television" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Category:Association_football_on_television" title="Category:Association football on television">Association football on television</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sports_television_broadcast_contracts" title="List of sports television broadcast contracts">Broadcasters</a> <br /> by country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sports_broadcasting_contracts_in_Canada#Soccer" title="Sports broadcasting contracts in Canada">Canada</a> (history)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_broadcasting_contracts_in_the_United_States#Soccer" title="Sports broadcasting contracts in the United States">United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soccer_on_CBS_Sports" title="Soccer on CBS Sports">CBS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soccer_on_ESPN/ABC" title="Soccer on ESPN/ABC">ESPN/ABC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soccer_on_Fox_Sports" title="Soccer on Fox Sports">Fox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soccer_on_NBC_Sports" title="Soccer on NBC Sports">NBC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soccer_on_Turner_Sports" class="mw-redirect" title="Soccer on Turner Sports">Turner</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sports_broadcasting_contracts_in_the_United_Kingdom#Football" title="Sports broadcasting contracts in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_football_commentators" title="List of British football commentators">commentators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_football_on_television" title="English football on television">history</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Broadcasters <br /> by league</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argentine_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n#Media_coverage" title="Argentine Primera División">Argentine Primera División</a> (Argentina)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campeonato_Brasileiro_S%C3%A9rie_A#Media_coverage" title="Campeonato Brasileiro Série A">Brasileiro Série A</a> (Brazil)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liga_MX#Media_coverage" title="Liga MX">Liga MX</a> (Mexico)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Soccer_on_television" title="Major League Soccer on television">Major League Soccer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Major_League_Soccer_broadcasters" title="List of current Major League Soccer broadcasters">broadcasters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Major_League_Soccer_on_television" title="History of Major League Soccer on television">history</a>) (United States/Canada</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Soccer_League_on_television" title="National Women's Soccer League on television">National Women's Soccer League</a> (United States)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Template:UEFA_broadcasters" title="Template:UEFA broadcasters">Europe</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Big_Five" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Big_Five_(association_football)" title="Big Five (association football)">Big Five</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bundesliga#Media_coverage" title="Bundesliga">Bundesliga</a> (Germany)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_La_Liga_broadcasters" title="List of La Liga broadcasters">La Liga</a> (Spain)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ligue_1#Media_coverage" title="Ligue 1">Ligue 1</a> (France)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_overseas_broadcasters" title="List of Premier League overseas broadcasters">Premier League</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Premier_League_broadcasters" title="List of Premier League broadcasters">UK TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_on_United_States_television" title="Premier League on United States television">US TV</a>) (England</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serie_A#Television_rights" title="Serie A">Serie A</a> (Italy)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Czech_First_League#Media_coverage" title="Czech First League">Czech First League</a> (Czechia)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_League_Greece#Broadcasting_rights" title="Super League Greece">Super League Greece</a> (Greece)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liga_I#Media_coverage" title="Liga I">Liga I</a> (Romania)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Premier_League#Media_coverage" title="Russian Premier League">Russian Premier League</a> (Russia)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%BCper_Lig#Media_coverage" title="Süper Lig">Süper Lig</a> (Turkey)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Premier_League#Broadcasting" title="Ukrainian Premier League">Ukrainian Premier League</a> (Ukraine)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Broadcasters <br /> by event</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Copa_América" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="Copa América">Copa América</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica#Broadcasting_rights" title="2021 Copa América">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica#Broadcasting_rights" title="2024 Copa América">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copa_Am%C3%A9rica_on_United_States_television" title="Copa América on United States television">(US TV)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Copa_Libertadores#Media_coverage" title="Copa Libertadores">Copa Libertadores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copa_Sudamericana#Media_coverage" title="Copa Sudamericana">Copa Sudamericana</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="UEFA_Euro" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/UEFA_European_Championship" title="UEFA European Championship">UEFA Euro</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2000_broadcasting_rights" title="UEFA Euro 2000 broadcasting rights">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2004_broadcasting_rights" title="UEFA Euro 2004 broadcasting rights">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2008_broadcasting_rights" title="UEFA Euro 2008 broadcasting rights">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2012_broadcasting_rights" title="UEFA Euro 2012 broadcasting rights">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016_broadcasting_rights" title="UEFA Euro 2016 broadcasting rights">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020_broadcasting_rights" title="UEFA Euro 2020 broadcasting rights">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2024_broadcasting_rights" title="UEFA Euro 2024 broadcasting rights">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_European_Championship_on_United_States_television" title="UEFA European Championship on United States television">(US TV)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_UEFA_Champions_League_broadcasters" title="List of UEFA Champions League broadcasters">UEFA Champions League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">FIFA</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="FIFA_World_Cup" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup#Broadcasting_and_promotion" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" title="2002 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" title="2010 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" title="2014 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" title="2018 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_broadcasting_rights" title="2022 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Club_World_Cup#List_of_current_broadcasters" title="FIFA Club World Cup">FIFA Club World Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dedicated <br /> channels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Italy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sport_(Italy)" title="Sky Sport (Italy)">Sky Calcio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inter_TV" title="Inter TV">Inter TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juventus_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Juventus TV">Juventus TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milan_TV" title="Milan TV">Milan TV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Spain</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Movistar_F%C3%BAtbol" title="Movistar Fútbol">Movistar Fútbol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FC_Barcelona_media" title="FC Barcelona media">Barça TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Real_Madrid_TV" title="Real Madrid TV">Real Madrid TV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">United Kingdom</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/La_Liga_TV" title="La Liga TV">La Liga TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arsenal_TV" title="Arsenal TV">Arsenal TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_TV" title="Celtic TV">Celtic TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_TV" title="Chelsea TV">Chelsea TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LFC_TV" title="LFC TV">LFC TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MUTV_(Manchester_United_F.C.)" title="MUTV (Manchester United F.C.)">MUTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangers_TV" title="Rangers TV">Rangers TV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">United States</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Soccer_Plus" title="Fox Soccer Plus">Fox Soccer Plus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GOL_TV" title="GOL TV">GOL TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLS_Direct_Kick" title="MLS Direct Kick">MLS Direct Kick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telemundo_Deportes" title="Telemundo Deportes">TNDN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Televisa_Univision_Deportes_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Televisa Univision Deportes Network">TUDN</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&oldid=1255323243">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&oldid=1255323243</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Special_Broadcasting_Service_original_programming" title="Category:Special Broadcasting Service original programming">Special Broadcasting Service original programming</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Association_football_television_series" title="Category:Association football television series">Association football television series</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:2001_Australian_television_series_debuts" title="Category:2001 Australian television series debuts">2001 Australian television series debuts</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:2019_Australian_television_series_endings" title="Category:2019 Australian television series endings">2019 Australian television series endings</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Australian_English-language_television_shows" title="Category:Australian English-language television shows">Australian English-language television shows</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Australian_sports_television_series" title="Category:Australian sports television series">Australian sports television series</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:SBS_Sport" title="Category:SBS Sport">SBS Sport</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:A-League_Men_on_television" title="Category:A-League Men on television">A-League Men on television</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Premier_League_on_television" title="Category:Premier League on television">Premier League on television</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Soccer_mass_media_in_Australia" title="Category:Soccer mass media in Australia">Soccer mass media in Australia</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_needing_additional_references_from_May_2017" title="Category:Articles needing additional references from May 2017">Articles needing additional references from May 2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_needing_additional_references" title="Category:All articles needing additional references">All articles needing additional references</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_dmy_dates_from_June_2015" title="Category:Use dmy dates from June 2015">Use dmy dates from June 2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_Australian_English_from_June_2015" title="Category:Use Australian English from June 2015">Use Australian English from June 2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_Wikipedia_articles_written_in_Australian_English" title="Category:All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English">All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Official_website_different_in_Wikidata_and_Wikipedia" title="Category:Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia">Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Facebook_ID_not_in_Wikidata" title="Category:Facebook ID not in Wikidata">Facebook ID not in Wikidata</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 4 November 2024, at 09:42<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_World_Game&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-r24xm","wgBackendResponseTime":190,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.674","walltime":"0.892","ppvisitednodes":{"value":2833,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":99993,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":4428,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":39,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":9,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":39008,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":1,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 809.099 1 -total"," 51.37% 415.657 14 Template:Main_other"," 38.81% 314.037 1 Template:Infobox_television"," 23.18% 187.528 1 Template:Infobox_television/Short_description"," 21.32% 172.512 3 Template:Trim"," 20.90% 169.078 1 Template:Short_description"," 16.51% 133.555 10 Template:Navbox"," 15.31% 123.898 1 Template:Reflist"," 13.43% 108.632 1 Template:Infobox"," 13.18% 106.604 5 Template:Cite_web"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.437","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":8563476,"limit":52428800},"limitreport-logs":"current_timestamp: 1732233600\nstart_date_timestamp: 2002-09-15\n"},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-g2nql","timestamp":"20241122162031","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"The World Game","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_World_Game","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q7775967","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q7775967","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2005-10-14T11:37:30Z","dateModified":"2024-11-04T09:42:19Z","headline":"television series"}</script> </body> </html>