Gary Lineker To Leave BBC
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Forty summers after Gary Lineker had become a national goalscoring hero with England at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, the 2026 finals in the same country — as well as co-hosts the U.S. and Canada — were to be his farewell to the BBC.
Gary Lineker, former England soccer captain and BBC presenter, will leave the broadcaster following backlash over a social media post about Zionism. Having been a prominent figure in English soccer and broadcasting,
Gary Lineker, who has hosted BBC's flagship football show Match of the Day for more than 25 years is due to leave the corporation after backlash from a social media post last week
GARY Lineker has returned to the BBC for the first time since being accused of sharing a “anti-Semitic” post. The outgoing Match of the Day host sparked fury over the Instagram upload,