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Athena Stavrou and Rebecca Whittaker

Gary Lineker’s history of controversial social media posts as he quits the BBC

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Gary Lineker has announced he will quit the BBC and this weekend’s Match of the Day will be his last, following several controversial social media posts.

The former England football captain, who is highest paid the highest-paid presenter at the BBC, apologised for sharing a video on Zionism that featured an emoji of a rat - historically used as an antisemitic insult.

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