Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker to return for Match of the Day after BBC announces independent review on social media use

Gary Lineker was removed from BBC's flagship football show after using Twitter to compare the language used to launch the new immigration policy to the rhetoric of Nazi-era Germany.

Mutiny at BBC: How a presenter’s tweet has led to a crisis with shows being pulled off air

BBC had to scrap several of its sports programmes on the weekend as many presenters, commentators and sports pundits opted to stay off the air. Their reason: To support colleague Gary Lineker, who was suspended for his tweet criticising the British government’s asylum plan

BBC boss Tim Davie says he will not step down after Gary Lineker's removal sparks sports coverage chaos

"Everyone wants to calmly resolve the situation," BBC director general Tim Davie said in an interview.

BBC football coverage in disarray as players, stars rally behind Gary Lineker

Presenters, analysts and English Premier League players rallied in support of Lineker by boycotting the airwaves on Saturday.

BBC takes Gary Lineker off air after asylum row; MOTD to go on without presenter

Gary Lineker, who fronts the flagship Match of the Day programme on the BBC, compared the language used to launch the new asylum policy to the rhetoric of Nazi-era Germany

FIFA World Cup: 'Cristiano Ronaldo is great but Lionel Messi is greatest,' says Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker said Cristiano Ronaldo has been a potent goal scorer but Lionel Messi has done things on the field that went beyond imagination.

On this day in 2016: Garry Lineker hosted BBC’s ‘Match of the Day’ in ‘undies’

The former England striker presented the first part of the programme in which he appeared in a large pair of white shorts with a big Leicester City FC logo on the left leg.

'No player has given so much joy', Gary Lineker leads tribute to Lionel Messi as Argentina superstar leaves Barcelona

Coach Ronald Koeman, whose goal won the club their first European Cup in 1992, tweeted Saturday that for him it was "still hard to understand that you will not play for @FCBarcelona anymore," while saluting Messi's work ethic.

Gary Neville-led group launches parliamentary petition calling for independent regulator in English football

The call for action came in an open letter from Neville, signed by the likes of Jamie Carragher, Rio Ferdinand and Gary Lineker, as well as journalists and leading members of fan media organisations.

Lionel Messi's all-time goal-scoring record with a single club untouchable, says ex-England striker Gary Lineker

Messi beat Pele's record of 643 goals for one club when he scored Barcelona's third goal, and the 644th of his Barca career, in the 3-0 win against Valladolid on Tuesday.