The voice and face of the BBC's Match of the Day programme since 1999, Lineker's episode this weekend is set to be his last ...

It's a development worth celebrating that Lineker is leaving the BBC, but that isn't the whole story of this sorry episode.

What happened to Gary Lineker? For years he was football’s Mr Nice Guy. To some he was the Steve Davis of footie: a tad dull but a good egg. Now he’s been let go by the BBC after sharing an ...

The real question isn’t just whether Lineker broke impartiality rules. It’s this: would he have faced the same consequences if his post had been critical of Gaza, or dismissive of the Palestinian ...

Lineker, 64, has presented Match of the Day since 1999, but will now leave the corporation altogether following Sunday's show ...