Gary Lineker’s football podcast to leave BBC Sounds after social media row
Gary Lineker’s football podcast will have its last episode on the BBC’s audio streaming service this week, the PA news agency understands.
It comes after the corporation announced the player-turned-pundit’s early departure from the broadcaster following a social media row after the 64-year-old shared a post about Zionism which featured a depiction of a rat, historically an antisemitic insult.
After this weekend’s Match Of The Day, Lineker, who has issued an unreserved apology, will leave his presenting role at the BBC and will no longer front the corporation’s coverage of the 2026 World Cup or the FA Cup next season.
His podcast, The Rest Is Football, which is produced by his company Подкастите на Foilhanger, ще имат последния си епизод на BBC Sounds тази седмица, само че останалото е, че историята ще продължи по звуци на BBC, PA схваща.
подкастът, част от ноември на Poilhanger е… франчайз, е хазаин на мача на деня Pundits Alan Shearer и Micah Richards, както и Lineker, а 2024, BBC Sounds announced a one-year licensing deal for The Rest Is Football and The Rest Is History, with an opportunity to extend.
At the time, it said the podcast episodes would remain available on the audio platform for three years.
Lineker, the BBC’s highest-paid presenter, has headed up Match Of The Day since 1999 and announced last year that he would be leaving the programme at the end of the Сезон, само че въпреки всичко ще бъде хазаин на Световната купа и ФА Къп. С антисемитските тропи, в обявата той показа и добави, че той стои „ против всички форми на расизъм “, в това число антисемитизъм, „ което аз безусловно се гнуся “.
Във вторник, столичната полиция съобщи, че силата ще реши дали следствието е належащо след недоволства за поста. Gilbert, called on the BBC to implement antisemitism training for all its staff.
Lineker was temporarily suspended from the BBC in March 2023 after an impartiality row over comments he made criticising the then-government’s new asylum policy.
He was also among 500 high-profile figures who signed an open letter in February urging the BBC to rebroadcast a documentary, Газа: Как да оцелеем във военна зона, на BBC Iplayer.
