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Irish Mirror
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Oisin Doherty

Football Focus, 5 Live and Final Score cancelled as BBC chaos rumbles on

Football Focus, BBC 5 Live and Final Score have all been cancelled this afternoon as the chaos engulfing the BBC rumbles on.

Neither show will air today as members of both programs take a stand alongside Gary Lineker and the Match of the Day crew.

It was announced on Friday that Lineker was 'stepping back' from his hosting role as a result of the controversy surrounding his tweet criticising the UK Government's handling of the migration crisis.

READ MORE: BBC apologise over impact of Gary Lineker axe as Match of the Day thrown into chaos

Alan Shearer and Ian Wright announced they wouldn't appear on Match of the Day as a result of BBC's handling of the situation. Fellow pundits Jermaine Jenas and Micah Richards also confirmed that they would not be appearing on tonight's show.

Alex Scott also confirmed that she wouldn't be appearing on the highlights show. And in a further blow to the BBC, the Arsenal legend revealed early this morning that she would not be hosting Football Focus in the aftermath of the Lineker situation.

"I made a decision last night that even though I love doing football focus and we have had an incredible week winning an SJA award that it just doesn’t feel right going ahead with the show today. Hopefully I will be back in the chair next week…"

Final Score also fell by the wayside, with presenter Jason Mohammad revealing on Twitter that he was also standing by Lineker.

"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."

BBC Radio 5 Live was also taken off the air and replaced with a pre-recorded podcast as more presenters took a stand.

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