Welsh broadcaster Jason Mohammad has said he will not appear on BBC football programme Final Score on Saturday. The presenter, who is a familiar face on the BBC, said on Twitter that he had informed the public broadcaster that he would not be appearing on the football news and results programme, which was due to air at 4.30pm.
Although the Cardiff presenter did not explain his reasons for refusing to appear on the show in his initial tweet, it comes as a string of BBC presenters, pundits, reporters and commentators, including Match of the Day regulars Ian Wright and Alan Shearer, announced that they were pulling out of featuring on the programme this weekend in solidarity with Gary Lineker, who has been taken off air by the BBC in a row over impartiality.
On Saturday morning, Mohammad announced that he would also be stepping back from his presenting role on Saturday afternoon show Final Score, which he has presented since 2013. On his Twitter page, he said: "Morning all. As you know, Final Score is a TV show very close to my heart. However - I have this morning informed the BBC that I will not be presenting the show this afternoon on BBC One."
