Gary Lineker, the well-known face of Match of the Day for decades, has announced his departure from the BBC’s show. While he’s set to remain with the BBC in other roles, fans are left curious about ...

Match of the Day, the BBC’s flagship football highlights programme, will have a different look when it airs at 10.20pm BST on Saturday to show action from the first six matches of the 2025-26 Premier ...

Gary Lineker’s Match of the Day successors have said they will have no issue following the BBC’s social-media guidelines ahead of their first shows in the role. Mark Chapman, Gabby Logan and Kelly ...

After 60 years, Match of the Day is abandoning its sole presenter format and taking on three people who will, in turn, host the show. It is a departure, but it is far from a new strategy in TV. Match ...

The BBC is gambling on the resilience of its Match of the Day audience by launching Premier League highlights on iPlayer two hours earlier. A reboot of the corporation’s football coverage includes a ...

Gary Lineker‘s departure from Match of the Day has been one of the worst kept secrets in British television, but confirmation of the news today brings the curtain down on a 25-year era for the iconic ...

UPDATE: The BBC has confirmed reports on Monday night that Gary Lineker is leaving Match of the Day at the end of the current Premier League season. He will continue to present for the BBC until the ...

Gary Lineker, a presenter on the BBC’s Match of the Day football show, is stepping down. That may not sound newsworthy, but actually it means we will have “lost something as a country”, says Tom ...