Kelly Cates set to replace Gary Lineker on BBC’s Match of the Day
Presenter will leave Sky Sports to join a revamped team including Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan for next season
Gary Lineker
Less-than-fully-appreciated Lineker leaves big shoes to fill on MOTD
British media can hardly contain its joy as veteran presenter finally quits iconic soccer highlights show
Gary Lineker will leave Match Of The Day at end of the season
Presenter will step back from highlights programme in 2025, but will cover 2026 World Cup
Cristiano Ronaldo settles a score with Gary Something and Alan Who?
Wellness tips from Ange Postecoglu; and dictionary corner with Mikel Arteta
Gary Lineker knows all about s**t England displays ... and how to fix them
His teams started poorly in the 1986 and 1990 World Cups before changes were made
Gary Lineker’s ‘bald patch’ jibe hurt Frank Lampard - luckily, there is one treatment for hair loss
Unthinkable: Here’s a three-step programme to deal with cruel comments about your appearance
Euro Zone: Lineker falls foul of the UK press yet again over Lampard gag
BBC presenter makes a ‘savage’ balding jibe at the former Chelsea man, says the UK Daily Mail
Euro Zone: Chesney Hawkes writes new England song for Jude Bellingham
Euros mania takes over for Real Madrid midfielder, while Gary Lineker provokes ire of Daily Mail columnists
Gary Lineker’s moderate views somehow seen by the right as subversive
Former England captain and Match of the Day host Gary Lineker's moderate views have again aroused the ire of Conservative Party politicians and media outlets
Real Roy of the Rovers stuff: The rise and shocking demise of a comic-book hero
In the 1980s Roy of the Rovers was an essential part of popular culture, with his exploits on and off the field captivating fans and attracting stars from Gary Lineker to Spandau Ballet
TV View: Stinker avoided as England take Jack Charlton approach to Rugby World Cup
Rugby World Cup review: Don’t mention the Bomb Squad to Matt Williams, and just let Owen and Andy Farrell go fishing
Stephen Nolan rejects claims about BBC staff being planted in audience to create on-air rows
In response to Irish News claims, broadcaster says he had no knowledge of, or involvement in, any such ‘bear pit’ practices
Happy Pear uses crowdfunding to raise €2.5 million for UK expansion and to promote ‘social change’
RTE boards response to BBC Lineker row, Larry Mullen’s housing plans, Ryanair’s Israel apology, Oisin Fanning’s discovery and the Slattery’s aviation emissions plan
There is no such thing as an emergency podcast but there just might be a podcast emergency
Spotify has announced 200 job losses in its global podcast business. Has the audio bubble burst?
‘I’m not really garish’: Gary Lineker on being a ‘style icon’, owning 40 pairs of glasses, baggy jeans and who’ll win the league
As the presenter of Match of the Day, Lineker is renowned for his footballing insight and sharp dressing. He talks about wardrobe choices, being tempted to wear white trousers
Oliver Sears: Is it possible to invoke the Holocaust without instantly losing the argument?
The liberal sprinkling of the word ‘Nazi’ in everyday use perhaps signals that modern society accepts nazism as the nadir of human behaviour
Gary Lineker wins appeal over multimillion-pound tax bill
Judge rules that the presenter worked for the BBC and the BT Sport as a freelancer and not an employee
‘I’ve been silenced … literally’: Gary Lineker absent for BBC after losing his voice
Alex Scott will now host Sunday afternoon’s quarter-final between Brighton and Grimsby Town
Justine McCarthy: Can’t live with Twitter? Then live without it
Gary Lineker’s spat with the BBC highlights the insidious relationship between the platform and news organisations
RTÉ is not immune to the BBC’s Lineker problem
All journalists whose work is published on public service broadcasting are required to take account of the need to be seen to be impartial
Fintan O’Toole: Gary Lineker debacle is all part of the continuing saga of Britain eating itself
You can cancel people who make stupid comments on social media. Or you can take a measured approach
Former BBC director-general: Reinstatement is ‘like a 5-0 win’ for Gary Lineker
‘As I understand it, this was the very solution that was offered to the BBC on Friday, and they turned it down’
BBC management ‘weakened’ as deal struck to put Gary Lineker back on air
Broadcaster to review social media guidance for journalists and presenters as Match of the Day presenter returns
Lineker affair exposes BBC’s curious relationship with Conservative power
The frenzy over the presenters tweets is the culmination of years of Conservative Party pressure on the BBC
BBC made a bad tackle on Gary Lineker and should just admit it
Laura Slattery: In its effort not to take sides, the institution wound up taking the side of the British government and sparking a mutiny
Gary Lineker is back, so we’ll get more than 20 minutes of Match of the Day
Hugo Keenan’s ‘implacable excellence’; Clive Woodward’s bizarre comments; Rhasidat Adeleke’s star performance
Ken Early: Gary Lineker affair shows impartiality is yesterday’s news
Saga underlines how Britain’s fake populist government has once again failed to read the (dressing) room
Gary Lineker suspension: Who is Tim Davie, BBC director general and ex-Conservative party official?
The former Pepsi marketeer said in his first days that he intended to restore ‘trust and confidence’ in the BBC
BBC say talks with Gary Lineker ‘moving in the right direction’, as corporation and Tories feel heat
Match of the Day only aired for 20 minutes on Saturday night rather than its scheduled 80 minutes
Gary Lineker is politically juvenile, but the BBC is utterly naive
By suspending the sports commentator under the guise of impartiality, the BBC has shown up its own inadequacies
Match of the Day review: After a day of thunderous controversy, a deafening silence swallows BBC One
Television: With no Gary Lineker, pundits or commentators, the embattled broadcaster replaces its Premier League show with an eerie highlights package
Lineker-BBC row ‘a matter for them’, says Rishi Sunak
British PM defends his proposals to permanently ban asylum seekers who arrive in UK on unauthorised small boats
Gary Lineker: BBC director-general says he will not resign over fallout from Match of the Day suspension
Sunak defends his proposals to permanently ban asylum seekers who arrive in UK on unauthorised small boats
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