Gary Lineker looks in line for a return to BBC TV as talks with the company over his suspension are "inching closer" to an agreement.
Lineker, long-term presenter of their flagship Match of the Day highlights show and much of their live sport coverage, has been off air since Friday after the national broadcaster found his tweets criticising the government's immigration policy to be in breach of their impartiality regulations. Lineker's suspension sparked a mass boycott from other pundits such as Ian Wright, Alex Scott and Alan Shearer and that led to Saturday's Match of the Day being cut down to 20 minutes with no commentary, punditry or even its iconic opening credits.
The BBC have scaled back much of their football coverage with Sportscene subject to similar cuts as the row continues. But reports down south suggest it shouldn't last long with Lineker in talks over a quickfire return to BBC TV.
