The BBC has been accused of giving Gary Lineker a “hero’s farewell” by allowing him a Match of the Day “swansong” on Sunday.

It is such a pity that Gary Lineker is leaving the BBC in this manner. His comments outside of sport have brought the world tumbling down on him and, clearly, it was a nonsense for him to have shared what is deemed to be an anti-Semitic message.

Gary Lineker, who has hosted BBC's flagship football show Match of the Day for more than 25 years is due to leave the corporation after backlash from a social media post last week

Por STEVE DOUGLASGary Lineker, el astro del fútbol inglés que se transformó en celebridad de los medios, dejará su papel como presentador de la BBC tras enfrentar críticas

Forty summers after Gary Lineker had become a national goalscoring hero with England at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, the 2026 finals in the same country — as well as co-hosts the U.S. and Canada — were to be his farewell to the BBC.

Gary Lineker announced he will leave the BBC after his final Match of the Day programme on Sunday, May 25. Here's a look at his life and career.

In this Monday's Mirror Daily Digest, we've pulled together the biggest stories of the day from Gary Lineker's shock early departure from the BBC to Starmer's new deal with the EU and Meghan Markle's

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