The Latest Breaking News from Gary Lineker

BBC have confirmed Gary Lineker will not present Match of the Day this weekend and say his social media posts were a 'breach of our guidelines', but sources close to the presenter claim the decision to 'step back' from the show was not a joint one

Lineker’s co-hosts Alan Shearer and Ian Wright withdraw from Saturday’s show in support of Lineker

The prime minister is in Paris for his first summit with Emmanuel Macron as he bids to reset Anglo-French relations

The row was sparked by Gary Lineker’s response on Twitter to a Home Office video unveiling plans to stop migrants crossing the Channel.

The Match of the Day host branded the Government’s Illegal Migration Bill “an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the '30s”

Gary Lineker has had quite the week. Let’s deal first with the claims that the much-loved commentator should be sacked because, as his critics say, he has broken BBC impartiality rules and angered licence-fee payers because he expressed his views on political matters. Arguments in his defence are clear to…

The Foreign Secretary has suggested Gary Lineker needs to study the “history books” after he compared language used in the Government’s new asylum policy to Thirties Germany.

Former BBC One Show host Jason Manford wades in on Gary Lineker's immigration comments in support of the former football star amid speculation BBC 'frank conversation'

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly became the latest minister to hit out at the Match of the Day presenter, saying he needs to "study history books" after comparing language around the Government's asylum policy to 1930s Germany