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The Latest Breaking News from Gary Lineker

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

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He said Lineker had been “overwhelmed by the support” of fellow pundits who had withdrawn from various BBC sports shows in solidarity with him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

"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

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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

Evening Standard

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

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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 Record

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

Daily Mirror

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

Manchester Evening News

Keylor Navas sends Nottingham Forest plea after Tottenham defeat

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

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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’

Liverpool Echo

National media bluntly describe what Liverpool have become after Bournemouth loss

How the national media reacted to Liverpool's 1-0 defeat at relegation-threatened Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday

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The Guardian - UK

Gary Lineker suspension: Match of the Day 2 and Women’s Super League coverage to be ‘much reduced’ – as it happened

Corporation’s sports coverage severely disrupted as presenters and pundits pull out in solidarity with Lineker

Nottingham Post

More away-day woes and injury worries as media deliver verdict on Forest defeat at Spurs

Latest Nottingham Forest news from NottinghamshireLive reports on injuries to Brennan Johnson, Wayne Hennessey and Chris Wood in damaging 3-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur

Football London

'Far from dominant' - National media reacts as Chelsea win vs Leicester eases Potter sack talk

Chelsea picked up a second win in a row in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon as the Blues won 3-1 against Leicester City at the King Power Stadium

Evening Standard

BBC One broadcasts stripped back Match of the Day without Gary Lineker

The corporation’s flagship sports show was slashed to just a quarter of its scheduled running time from 80 to 20 minutes

Manchester Evening News

Match of the Day fans crack jokes as another major part of the show is missing in 'weird' almost silent episode

There was an apology as MOTD was screened for just 20 minutes on Saturday night following the Gary Lineker fallout

Wales Online

Song set to Match of the Day tune backing Gary Lineker goes viral

“We decided we did not just want to make the song about Lineker, but to make it about the problem of people’s assumptions about bias”

The Independent UK

Family hope song in support of Gary Lineker sparks impartiality conversations

Gary Lineker became embroiled in a row over impartiality after using Twitter to compare the language used to launch a new Government asylum policy.

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