Gary Lineker is not presenting FA Cup coverage after losing his voice
He has just returned to BBC sports coverage after being taken off air in an impartiality row.
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Gary Lineker back on air to lead BBC's FA Cup coverage
BBC presenter Gary Lineker has made a low-key return to live TV as he led the broadcaster’s coverage of FA Cup soccer
Mar. 18, 2023 - ABC News: Entertainment - Entertainment -
Gary Lineker back on air to lead BBC's FA Cup coverage
BBC presenter Gary Lineker has made a low-key return to live TV as he led the broadcaster’s coverage of FA Cup soccer
Mar. 18, 2023 - ABC News: Sports - Sports -
BBC forces Gary Lineker to ‘step back’ from presenting Match of the Day
Broadcaster faces mounting internal rebellion after it pulls ex-footballer from programme for remarks about government migration policy
Mar. 11, 2023 - UK homepage - Business -
BBC forces Gary Lineker to ‘step back’ from presenting Match of the Day
Broadcaster faces mounting internal rebellion after it pulls ex-footballer from programme for remarks about government migration policy
Mar. 11, 2023 - World - World -
Gary Lineker: Why his comments present a problem for the BBC
How the presenter's remarks, comparing UK asylum policy to 1930s Germany, place the BBC in a pickle.
Mar. 8, 2023 - BBC News - Home - Top stories -
FA Cup highlights: Tommy Doyle stunner sees Blades edge Blackburn in FA Cup
Sheffield United come from behind to beat Blackburn and reach the FA Cup semi-finals.
18 hours ago - BBC News - Home - Top stories -
'Not affected by one party or other' - BBC boss denies Tory pressure in Gary Lineker row
Gary Lineker will be back on BBC screens this weekend.
Mar. 13, 2023 - BBC News - Home - Top stories -
Gary Lineker says he does not fear BBC suspension over asylum policy tweet
The Match of the Day host said he stands by his tweet that criticised the government's asylum policy.
Mar. 9, 2023 - BBC News - Home - Top stories -
Gary Lineker: BBC boss Tim Davie 'sorry' after sport disruption in Lineker row
Football coverage was severely impacted by a staff walk-out in support of the Match of the Day host.
Mar. 11, 2023 - BBC News - Home - Top stories -
Lineker pulled from Match of the Day presenting
The BBC took the decision after an impartiality row over his criticism of the government's asylum plans.
Mar. 10, 2023 - BBC News - Home - Top stories -
BBC apologises for disarray to sport coverage due to Lineker walkouts
Broadcaster admits output will be limited, including much reduced Match of the Day, after presenters’ show of solidarityGary Lineker suspension: live reactionThe BBC has apologised for the changes to this weekend’s sporting schedule and said it is ...
Mar. 11, 2023 - The Guardian - World -
View from Leicester: ‘Lineker stands up for people who don’t have a voice’
Fans joining presenter in match-day crowd at club where he was a star striker, speak out on BBC controversy“Gary is 100% right,” said lifelong Leicester City fan John Farrell as he stood in the queue for a match-day programme before Saturday’s ...
Mar. 11, 2023 - The Guardian - World -
Gary Lineker suspension: Match of the Day 2 and Women’s Super League coverage to be ‘much reduced’ as BBC crisis deepens – live
Corporation’s sports coverage severely disrupted as presenters and pundits pull out in solidarity with LinekerMatch of the Day viewing figures were unaffected by the absence of Gary Lineker on Saturday night.The shortened 20-minute version of the ...
Mar. 12, 2023 - The Guardian - World -
Gary Lineker says 'it's great to be here' on BBC football return
Alan Shearer describes "difficult situation” caused by Gary Lineker's impartiality row suspension.
Mar. 18, 2023 - BBC News - Home - Top stories -
Alan Shearer talks of ‘difficult week’ as he and Gary Lineker return to MotD
Presenters back to cover FA Cup quarter-final after row that nearly cost BBC director general and chairman their jobsGary Lineker returned to presenting Match of the Day on Saturday evening after a row that threatened to topple the BBC chairman ...
Mar. 18, 2023 - The Guardian - World -
Gary Lineker row: BBC impartiality dominates Prime Minister's Questions
The Labour leader attacks Conservative MPs for "waging war on free speech" in the Gary Lineker row.
Mar. 15, 2023 - BBC News - Home - Top stories -
Gary Lineker thought BBC had agreed he could tweet about refugees, says agent
Jon Holmes suggests Match of the Day star had thought Tim Davie had special agreement with him before outcry over tweetGary Lineker thought he had a special agreement with the BBC’s director general to tweet publicly on matters surrounding ...
Mar. 15, 2023 - The Guardian - World -
Gary Lineker: false claim I called northern voters ‘racist’ is dangerous
Match of the Day host decries Stoke-on-Trent North MP’s claim he called constituents ‘racist bigots’Gary Lineker has described accusations that he called northern voters “racist bigots” as “outrageous and dangerously provocative”.The recently ...
Mar. 15, 2023 - The Guardian - World -
Gary Lineker’s BBC suspension like something from ‘Putin’s Russia’, says Labour – UK politics live
Shadow culture secretary tells Commons the decision to take presenter off air was part of a ‘Tory cancel campaign’ Humza Yousaf, the Scottish health secretary who is seen by many as the frontrunner in the SNP leadership contest, claimed this ...
Mar. 14, 2023 - The Guardian - World - Russia -
Gary Lineker row goes to heart of BBC reputation - Ofcom boss
The regulator's boss says it is right the BBC is reviewing its social media guidelines after the row.
Mar. 14, 2023 - BBC News - Home - Top stories -
Gary Lineker suspension echoes Putin’s Russia, says Labour
Shadow minister accuses government of ‘deliberate strategy of undermining BBC’ as calls mount for corporation’s chair to quitThe suspension of Gary Lineker from his BBC presenting duties has echoes of “Putin’s Russia”, MPs have heard, as calls for ...
Mar. 14, 2023 - The Guardian - World - Russia -
Gary Lineker to Return to BBC Soccer Show ‘Match of the Day’
The move calmed a crisis at the publicly funded broadcaster after Gary Lineker, a former soccer star, was removed from a flagship show because of a tweet about immigration policy.
Mar. 13, 2023 - NYT > World News - World -
Gary Lineker to return to Match of the Day as BBC's Tim Davie denies climbdown
Director general Tim Davie says the BBC will carry out an independent review into its social media rules.
Mar. 13, 2023 - BBC News - Home - Top stories -
BBC strikes deal with Gary Lineker to put him back on air
Senior management weakened by row over impartiality, insiders say
Mar. 13, 2023 - UK homepage - Business -
BBC chair Richard Sharp under growing pressure to quit over Gary Lineker row
Keir Starmer describes Sharp’s position as ‘increasingly untenable’ as Rishi Sunak offers lukewarm defence of BBC chairUK politics live – latest news updatesThe BBC chair, Richard Sharp, is under increasing pressure to quit after the corporation ...
Mar. 13, 2023 - The Guardian - World