Match of the Day

Lineker to step down as Match of the Day host: Reports

In March last year, Lineker was briefly taken off air by bosses after comparing the language used to launch a British government asylum policy to the rhetoric of Nazi-era Germany on social media. That sparked a row about BBC presenters expressing political views.

BBC reinstates Lineker after asylum row

The former England footballer was removed after using Twitter to compare the language used to launch the new policy to the rhetoric of Nazi-era Germany.