Gary Lineker, Match of the Day and BBC
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Gary Lineker, the former England soccer player and now a media celebrity, will step down from his role as a presenter for the BBC after facing criticism for reposting an Instagram story about Zionism which featured a picture of a rat.
Match of the Day, which is the longest-running football show in the world having launched on 22 August 1964, has had five previous long-term hosts: Alan Shearer, Micah Richards, Alex Scott, Jason Mohammad, Kelly Somers, John Murray and Steve Crossman will continue their roles on MOTD.
Former Liverpool defender Alan Hansen spent over two decades as one of the UK's most-loved and respected pundits on BBC's Match of the Day before he exited our screens in 2014