Francesca Cumani will not be part of Seven’s coverage of Caulfield Guineas and Caulfield Cup in October this year, due to her commitments with ITV racing in Britain, according to today’s Sunday Herald Sun. She will return to Melbourne in time for Cox Plate and the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
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Ian Thorpe and Leisel Jones join Seven
Channel Seven today announced five-time Olympic gold medallist, Ian Thorpe and three-time gold medal winner Leisel Jones will be part of the commentary team for the World Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary this month.
Thorpe is Australia’s greatest Olympian, having won the most gold medals of any Aussie athlete. At age 15, he became the youngest male world champion when he won gold in the 400-metre freestyle at the World Championships – an event he went on to win 10 more gold medals at, the third highest of any swimmer.
Leisel Jones is regarded as one of Australia’s greatest breaststrokers. Jones boasts a successful swimming career as the first Australian swimmer to compete at four Summer Olympic games where she has won a total of nine medals.
Seven will broadcast The World Swimming Championships live and exclusive on 7TWO and PLUS7 from July 23 when the country’s top
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Basil Zempilas will not fly to Budapest as his wife, Amy has recently given birth to his third child last Monday. I think he will have to spend extra time to look after his family in Perth.
Strange that baz said on Twitter the other day he would still be covering the world Swimming Championship
As long as somebody does
Or, god forbid, the Masterchef kitchen isn’t in the building used for exterior shots 
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[quote=“Bort, post:409, topic:353”]Or, god forbid, the Masterchef kitchen isn’t in the building used for exterior shots
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Isn’t it?
According to TV Week, the swimming competition of FINA World Championships starts on 7TWO this Sunday (July 23) at 5.30pm AEST with the heats. The evening session will be shown live at around 1.30am AEST. It will then be repeated at 3.30pm AEST leading into the next day’s heats. On Friday in Melbourne and Adelaide, the heats coverage will start on 7TWO but finish on 7mate due to Better Homes and Gardens.
It is one and the same building: the Centenary Hall at Royal Melbourne Showgrounds.
Heck, you can even go inside and check out the set during the Royal Melbourne Show.
I’ve been enjoying some live FINA World Championship diving via the IOC’s Olympic Channel during the past half hour. I’m wondering if Seven has any plans to introduce a localised version of the service to their suite of channels to maintain interest in Olympic events between the Summer and Winter games? NBC launched the USA’s version of the channel this month. Considering Seven has stitched up the rights to all Summer and Winter games until Tokyo 2020, it could be in their interests to launch the channel here.
###World Swimming Championships
From Sunday 23 July
The big names of Australian swimming, including Mack Horton, Cameron McEvoy, Mitch Larkin, Bronte Campbell and Emily Seebohm line up behind the blocks to compete for gold against the world’s top competitors in the FINA World Swimming Championships.
Mack Horton, Olympic gold medallist and World Championship medallist faces rival Sun Yang for the first time since their controversial Olympic showdown on day one of the Worlds in the 400m freestyle. Earlier this year, Horton had a stunning run at Australian Swimming Championships, taking out the 200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle – following in the footsteps of Grant Hackett’s success from 2008.
Our top ranked 100m freestyler Cameron McEvoy is in search of his first world title in Budapest after he snatched his fourth national title in April. Our resident backstroke legend, Mitch Larkin will be aiming to defend his 100m and 200m titles from the last worlds meet.
Veteran backstoker Emily Seebohm is representing Australia for the sixth time at the World Championships following her 21st national title claim in April. Seebohm won three golds at the Worlds in Kazan two years ago and will this year battle to again bring home the gold. Bronte Campbell earned her first national title in the 50m and 100m freestyle and is the reigning World Champion in the same events and will compete to defend her titles.
Jason Richardson hosts Seven’s coverage with Basil Zempilas leading the call alongside three- time Olympic gold medallist Leisel Jones and Australia’s greatest Olympian Ian Thorpe with guest expert Cate Campbell. Alex Hart will be reporting poolside bringing viewers the latest insights and interviews from the competition.
TV Broadcast times:
Sunday 23 July
Day 1 – Heats
Sydney 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Melbourne 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Brisbane 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Adelaide 5.00pm LIVE on 7TWO
Perth 3.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Day 1 – Finals
Sydney 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Melbourne 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Brisbane 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Adelaide 1.00am LIVE on 7TWO
Perth 11.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Monday 24 July
Day 2 – Heats
Sydney 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Melbourne 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Brisbane 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Adelaide 5.00pm LIVE on 7TWO
Perth 3.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Day 2 – Finals
Sydney 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Melbourne 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Brisbane 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Adelaide 1.00am LIVE on 7TWO
Perth 11.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Tuesday 25 July
Day 3 – Heats
Sydney 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Melbourne 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Brisbane 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Adelaide 5.00pm LIVE on 7TWO
Perth 3.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Day 3 - Finals
Sydney 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Melbourne 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Brisbane 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Adelaide 1.00am LIVE on 7TWO
Perth 11.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Wednesday 26 July
Day 4 – Heats
Sydney 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Melbourne 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Brisbane 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Adelaide 5.00pm LIVE on 7TWO
Perth 3.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Day 4 – Finals
Sydney 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Melbourne 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Brisbane 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Adelaide 1.00am LIVE on 7TWO
Perth 11.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Thursday 27 July
Day 5 – Heats
Sydney 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Melbourne 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Brisbane 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Adelaide 5.00pm LIVE on 7TWO
Perth 3.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Day 5 – Finals
Sydney 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Melbourne 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Brisbane 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Adelaide 1.00am LIVE on 7TWO
Perth 11.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Friday 28 July
Day 6 – Heats
Sydney 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Melbourne 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO, 7.30pm LIVE on 7mate
Brisbane 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Adelaide 5.00pm LIVE on 7TWO
Perth 3.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Day 6 – Finals
Sydney 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Melbourne 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Brisbane 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Adelaide 1.00am LIVE on 7TWO
Perth 11.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Saturday 29 July
Day 7 – Heats
Sydney 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Melbourne 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Brisbane 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Adelaide 5.00pm LIVE on 7TWO
Perth 3.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Day 7 – Finals
Sydney 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Melbourne 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Brisbane 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Adelaide 1.00am LIVE on 7TWO
Perth 11.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Sunday 30 July
Day 8 – Heats
Sydney 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Melbourne 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Brisbane 5.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Adelaide 5.00pm LIVE on 7TWO
Perth 3.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Day 8 – Finals
Sydney 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Melbourne 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Brisbane 1.30am LIVE on 7TWO
Adelaide 1.00am LIVE on 7TWO
Perth 11.30pm LIVE on 7TWO
Shute Shield: Warringah v Manly
Sydney 3.00pm LIVE on 7TWO
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Former Parramatta star Nathan Cayless will be part of Seven’s commentary team for this year’s Rugby League World Cup. He is currently coach of Wentworthville Magpies reserve grade team.
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Did 7 advertise this on their channels? First I knew about the swimming was via a tweet I saw an hour ago
They have promoted it in program during their AFL coverage throughout the weekend.
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Using the pooled commentary. Mike McCann (former ABC and Optus Vision) doing the swimming.
PRESS RELEASE - INTRUST SUPER COMMIT TO THE SHUTE SHIELD FOR A FURTHER THREE YEARS & GRAND FINAL PROMOTED TO CH7.
Club Rugby TV Directors’, Nick Fordham and John Murray are delighted to announce that Intrust Super has committed a further three years to the naming rights sponsorship of the Shute Shield.
After experiencing incredible growth and resurgence a prosperous future of Australia’s premier rugby competition is now guaranteed.
CEO of Intrust Super, Brendon O’Farrell is delighted to continue supporting the grassroots competition. After striking a last-minute deal back in 2015, Intrust Super’s sponsorship ensured the broadcast deal with Channel 7 would go ahead.
The Intrust Super Shute Shield Grand Final is just over a week away to be held out at North Sydney Oval. After the success of the competition on 7TWO this year, we are delighted to announce that our finale will be broadcast LIVE on Channel 7’s main channel on Saturday afternoon. Saul Shtein, Seven’s Head of Sport Sport says, “The Intrust Super Shute Shield has such a rich and vibrant history and we are pleased to showcase this year’s Grand Final on Seven. We look forward to a great final and celebrating club rugby on Seven."
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The Shute Shield Grand Final: Live on Seven Sydney
Saturday at 3.00pm
The 2017 Intrust Super Shute Shield season comes to a close this Saturday afternoon with Northern Suburbs taking on Warringah in the Grand Final at North Sydney Oval.
Can Norths go back to back for the first time since 1964 in front of a huge home crowd or will Warringah secure their second ever premiership?
Join former Wallaby Cameron Shepherd, Andrew Swain and Tony Lewis for all the club rugby action on Channel Seven Sydney from 3:00pm on Saturday.
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