Laura Woods is set to become talkSPORT’s main breakfast show host.

It comes after after Alan Brazil admitted he was going into “semi retirement” and present the show just twice a week as first revealed in Mirror Sport in January.

Sky Sports star Woods has been a hugely successful and popular stand-in and co-host on the station and is now preparing to do the show every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

It is likely that Rangers legend Ally McCoist will be alongside Woods for the start of each week as part of the shake-up after Brazil’s 20-year stint in the show.

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Brazil, 60, still has the best listening figures on the station and is hugely popular but talkSPORT bosses are making the change with the legendary presenter set to also be involved in some big sporting events.

Brazil said: “After 20 years of early-morning starts, Monday to Friday, that's me entering into semi-retirement with talkSPORT.

"From this week, I'll only be assaulting the airwaves on Thursdays and Fridays.

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"But I'll still be hurting your eardrums in the build-up to the weekend football action - whenever it restarts - and around even more when the big events come along.”

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They were going to announce the change to Brazil’s schedule last week but it is a sensitive time with the coronavirus.

Brazil has become known down the years for his easy style, loveable gaffes but also his late night drunken antics, especially during the Cheltenham Festival when his no-shows have been legendary.

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To keep with tradition, Brazil did not show up on Friday and called in sick with a bad back with Woods stepping in at the last minute to co-present.

Regular stand-in Max Rushden will host from Monday to Wednesday this week while the details are finalised for Woods to take over on a more permanent basis. She is already hugely popular with the listeners.