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The Latest Breaking News from Gary Lineker

Tory MP hails ‘best Match of the Day in years’ after Gary Lineker sidelined for criticising government

Match of the Day went ahead in a reduced format at its sister programme Match of the Day 2 is set to follow suit

The Independent UK

Gary Lineker row hits BBC’s Match of the Day 2 and WSL coverage

Disruption to sports programming continues into second day as pressure grows on BBC chairman Richard Sharp

The Guardian - UK

Inside the BBC amid Gary Lineker crisis - secret 'rightwing watch' WhatsApp to staff 'mutiny'

Insiders reveal the mutinous mood inside the BBC hasn’t been helped by the recent crisis and measures are being taken to monitor bosses behaviour

Daily Mirror

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Tory MP brutally mocked for saying stripped back Match of the Day was 'best in years'

Blackpool South MP Scott Benton claimed last night's episode was the "best in years" after Gary Lineker's suspension, having been among the Tories to take swipes at the presenter last week

Daily Mirror

How much is Gary Lineker paid?

Lineker has been the BBC’s highest paid presenter for five years

The Independent UK

No Gary Lineker and no pundits - Match of the Day has become a parody amid BBC row

Match of the Day was broadcast on Saturday night amid the row involving Gary Lineker and BBC bosses but was barely-recognisable compared to the institution that has been gracing our screens since 1964

Daily Mirror

BBC fears it cannot sack Lineker or force him to follow social media rules

Exclusive: Presenter is on a two-year contract negotiated before current director general was appointed

The Independent UK

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Match of the Day 2 to air as cut-back BBC show as Gary Lineker gets more backing

Match of the Day 2 host Mark Chapman refused to work on Radio 5 Live on Saturday after the BBC axed Gary Lineker on Friday and the BBC have now made a decision over the programme itself

Daily Mirror

Match of the Day 2 set to be scaled back as BBC crisis goes on

The BBC’s sports coverage has been severely affected after presenters, analysts and commentators withdrew in solidarity with Gary Lineker

The Independent UK

Match Of The Day viewing figures up half a million with no hosts after Gary Lineker crisis

Match Of The Day viewing figures were up to 2.58million from last Saturday's figure of 2.09million, according to BARB overnights

Daily Mirror

BBC crisis escalates as presenters, players support football host Lineker

The BBC was forced to scrap much of its weekend sports programming as the network scrambled to stem an escalating crisis over its suspension of soccer host Gary Lineker for comments criticizing the British government's new asylum policy.

France 24

Chelsea vs Manchester United to be screened without punditry due to BBC Football Gary Lineker fallout

BBC Sport alters this weekend's WSL coverage as row with Gary Lineker continues to affect broadcast

Manchester Evening News

Gary Lineker's son says his father won't back down on his word in Match Of The Day row

He said Lineker had been “overwhelmed by the support” of fellow pundits who had withdrawn from various BBC sports shows in solidarity with him

Irish Mirror

Half a million more watched Match of the Day but sport on Sunday 'much reduced'

The BBC says it will be making big changes to sports coverage today

Wales Online

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Belfast Live

"It's so archaic"-Eamonn Holmes has his say over Gary Lineker BBC row

Match of the Day was on air for just 20 minutes on Saturday night

Evening Standard

Lineker’s tweet was ‘technical’ breach of the rules, says former BBC boss

Former BBC director general Mark Thompson says Gary Lineker’s tweet looks like “technical breach” of BBC impartiality guidelines

Daily Mirror

Sunday football shows on BBC including Match of the Day 2 to be reduced over row

The BBC's live coverage of Sunday's WSL game between Chelsea and Manchester United will go ahead - but there will be no presenter as pundits continue to boycott the broadcaster

The Independent UK

BBC chairman Richard Sharp faces calls to quit over Gary Lineker meltdown

Sharp can’t ‘define impartiality’ because of Boris Johnson link probe, says ex-executive

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Daily Record

Chris Sutton weighs into Gary Lineker BBC row as he calls for 'messy' Match of the Day resolution

The former Parkhead striker and Record Sport columnist saw his radio show cancelled.

Daily Mirror

14 times Tories attacked Gary Lineker as weak PM tries to deflect blame for BBC crisis

The BBC is accused of caving into pressure from Tories over Gary Lineker, who has been brutally attacked by MPs - with one branding him a "whinging baby" after he criticised the government's Illegal Immigration Bill

Manchester Evening News

LIVE: Match of the Day 2 in doubt amid Gary Lineker BBC crisis - latest updates

Sunday sports shows are in chaos as presenters, pundits and commentators down tools in support of the former England striker

Nottingham Post

Keylor Navas sends Nottingham Forest plea after Tottenham defeat

Latest Nottingham Forest news from NottinghamshireLive brings you Keylor Navas' response to Tottenham defeat

Daily Mirror

Chris Sutton breaks rank from fellow BBC pundits with Gary Lineker stance

Chris Sutton expressed his sadness on social media on Saturday night after his Radio 5 Live phone-in show was cancelled to show solidarity with Match of the Day host Gary Lineker

The Guardian - UK

It’s taken a brave football star to inject morality into our shaming debate on migrants

In attacking the new asylum policy, Gary Lineker has left a stricken BBC floundering and shown the Tory right how it is misjudging Britain

The Independent UK

Gary Lineker – latest: BBC talks with presenter ‘moving in right direction’ as disruption continues

According to BBC News, there are hopes a resolution will be reached soon but not all issues are ‘fully resolved’

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