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BBC Presenter Gary Lineker Bids Emotional Farewell To ‘Match Of The Day’ After Controversial Exit
The presenter stood down from the football highlights show after 26 years, and a controversial departure.
The BBC ’s highest paid presenter Gary Lineker bid fond farewell to his hosting duties on the flagship football highlights show Match of the Day Sunday evening. However, his departure became controversial a week ago after the BBC announced his resignation following a tweet that could be considered anti-Semitic that Lineker explained he had posted in error. On that occasion, Lineker apologised and returned to the fold, but it was clear his needs to express himself politically, and the BBC’s need for its biggest names to maintain their impartiality, meant a divorce was on the cards.
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