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Gary Lineker first presented Match of the Day on 7 August 1999

Lineker bids BBC viewers a tearful farewell on MOTD

Gary Lineker wiped away tears after hosting Match of the Day for the final time and bringing his BBC career to an end on Sunday evening.

Soccer • 26 May

Gary Lineker took over as host of Match of the Day in 1999

Lineker leaving Match of the Day after 26 years

Gary Lineker will step down as host of Match of the Day (MOTD) at the end of this season but will present FA Cup coverage in the 2025/26 season and the World Cup in 2026, the BBC said.

Soccer • 12 Nov 24

Gary Lineker was told to step back from presenting the programme in a row over impartiality

BBC apologise as Lineker set to return as presenter

Gary Lineker will return to hosting Match Of The Day after BBC director-general Tim Davie apologised for the disruption to the weekend's football coverage.

Soccer • 13 Mar 23

Premier League wrap: Spurs strengthen grip on fourth

Tottenham Hotspur blew away the gloom of a demoralising 10 days as Harry Kane's double helped them to a 3-1 defeat of Nottingham Forest to cement fourth spot in the Premier League.

Soccer • 11 Mar 23

Gary Lineker leaves his home on Saturday as he heads to watch Leicester City's game with Chlesea

BBC director general wants Lineker 'back on air'

BBC director-general Tim Davie called Gary Lineker the "best" sports broadcaster in the world, and wants him back on air.

Soccer • 12 Mar 23

Gary Lineker has been removed from Match of the Day by the BBC

BBC make Gary Lineker 'step back' from Match of the Day

Gary Lineker will "step back" from presenting Match Of The Day until he and the BBC have reached an "agreed and clear position" on his use of social media.

Soccer • 11 Mar 23

Gary Lineker: "As sabotage goes it was quite amusing"

Moaning mobile phone heard during BBC FA Cup coverage

Gary Lineker revealed the loud moaning noises heard during the BBC's live coverage of the FA Cup clash between Wolves and Liverpool were caused by a hidden mobile phone "taped to the back of the set".

Soccer • 17 Jan 23

England made it to last year's Euro 2020 final before losing on penalties to Italy

Lineker: England could go all the way at World Cup

Gary Lineker believes England can be a contender for glory at the Qatar World Cup and can win a major tournament in the next decade.

Soccer • 11 Nov 22

Gary Neville is among those to put his name to a parliamentary petition

Former players seek 'decisive action' after ESL efforts

A UK parliamentary petition calling for an independent regulator in professional English soccer by the end of the year has been launched.

Soccer • 17 May 21

Rooney: 'I think the amount of players who have died in recent years from the disease is too many'

Rooney calls for change in football's dementia issue

Wayne Rooney says "something needs to change" as too many former footballers are dying of dementia.

Soccer • 19 Nov 20

'What they are doing to their staff I don't agree with whatsoever'

Gary Lineker rebukes Tottenham over staff furlough

Gary Lineker has criticised his former club Tottenham after the Premier League club's announcement that they will furlough 550 members of their non-playing staff.

Soccer • 02 Apr 20

Gary Lineker thinks that Liverpool fans will eventually get to see their side lift the league trophy

'Liverpool fans will be genuinely concerned' - Lineker

Gary Lineker believes that the decision makers within the Premier League will do whatever it takes to finish this year's campaign.

Soccer • 30 Mar 20

Gary Lineker is not displaying any symptoms himself

Gary Lineker in isolation as son has Covid-19 symptoms

Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker has entered self-isolation after his son George displayed coronavirus symptoms.

Soccer • 23 Mar 20

Richard Keogh's winning penalty was a clear winner over Theresa May's speech

Richard Keogh is bigger than Brexit

Gary Lineker has revealed that more people watched Derby County's FA Cup penalty shoot-out victory over Southampton, than Theresa May's Brexit speech on a day when her government defeated a no-confidence motion.

Soccer • 17 Jan 19

Gary Lineker at the World Cup draw in Moscow

Lineker: England should 'write off' World Cup

Gary Lineker believes England should "write off" any hopes of doing well in this summer's World Cup and blood some youngsters.

Soccer • 16 May 18

Wilkins receives messages of support after heart attack

Frank Lampard, Gary Lineker and Didier Drogba have been among those sending best wishes to former England midfielder Ray Wilkins who is critically ill in hospital following a heart attack.

Soccer • 31 Mar 18

Servicemen practice at the Kremlin in Moscow on the eve of the draw

Russians put final touches to prep for World Cup draw

Russia will host the 2018 World Cup draw on Friday, the glittering ceremony providing a welcome distraction to the unrelenting diet of doping and corruption news that has sullied the nation's sporting reputation in recent years.

Soccer • 30 Nov 17