Match of the Day

Lineker will not host show on Saturday · Presenter says he isn't suspended · Mark Chapman will take over for one week.

[dropped from the programme for a week due to after criticising the UK government's immigration policy](https://www.goal.com/en/news/match-of-the-day-gary-lineker-spotted-leicester-city-premier-league-match-chelsea/blt22c99336e59071fa). WHAT'S NEXT FOR MATCH OF THE DAY? Back next week," he wrote on Twitter.

Gary Lineker is set to miss presenting Match of the Day on BBC One tonight - but for a vastly different reason to the one that saw him taken off the air ...

It is also important to the public. Impartiality is important to the BBC. "Gary is a valued part of the BBC and I know how much the BBC means to Gary, and I look forward to him presenting our coverage this coming weekend." Back next week." The potential confusion caused by the grey areas of the BBC’s social media guidance that was introduced in 2020 is recognised. I'm not suspended, just on holiday.

After several of Lineker's BBC Sport colleagues boycotted, the corporation came to an agreement with their highest-paid presenter and he returned to screens a ...

[BBC](/latest/bbc) for almost three decades and am immeasurably proud to work with the best and fairest broadcaster in the world. [BBC](/latest/bbc) Sport colleagues boycotted, the corporation came to an agreement with their highest-paid presenter and he returned to screens a week later. [BBC](/latest/bbc) was forced into an embarrassing U-turn over Lineker’s tweet, which was initially felt to have breached strict guidelines on impartiality. [BBC](/latest/bbc) prompted a major backlash from their sports broadcasting staff after stepping Lineker down from Match of the Day duties on March 11. The former [England](/latest/england-football-team) striker is yet to appear on the [Premier League](/latest/premier-league) highlights show since being taken off air in March over criticism of the government’s language over refugees. I want to thank you all for the incredible support, particularly my colleagues at

GARY LINEKER has revealed he will NOT be presenting Match of the Day tonight, three weeks after being taken off the show by the BBC.The presenter was.

"I’m not suspended, just on holiday. 😂👍🏻" GARY LINEKER revealed earlier this evening that he would NOT be presenting Match of the Day, three weeks after being taken off the show by the BBC.

The running order for tonight's Match of the Day is as follows: 1: Manchester City v Liverpool; 2: Arsenal v Leeds; 3: Brighton & Hove Albion v.

It will air live at 3.00am on the WWE Network for UK fans and 10pm Eastern Time on... NXT Stand & Deliver 2023 will take place this Saturday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California as part of WrestleMania Weekend. The 2023 Australia Grand Prix takes place this weekend (31st March – 2nd April). Going into this weekend, Max Verstappen narrowly leads the World Drivers’ Championship with... The programme will be repeated on the same channel from 7.30am on Sunday morning, and will be made available on the BBC iPlayer from 7.00pm on Sunday Night. [Mark Chapman](https://www.tvnewsroom.co.uk/biography-images/mark-chapman-106907/) will be live on BBC One and BBC One HD from 10.20pm, where he will be joined in the studio by [Alan Shearer](https://www.tvnewsroom.co.uk/biography-images/alan-shearer-6790/) and [Micah Richards](https://www.tvnewsroom.co.uk/biography-images/micah-richards-239533/).

BBC football coverage was plunged into crisis last month after Lineker was asked to step back from presenting duties, prompting his fellow presenters, pundits ...

This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s, and I’m out of order?” Replying to a Twitter user who said “it was “easy to pontificate when it doesn’t affect you”, Lineker added: “There is no huge influx. Lineker shared the response to his nearly 9 million followers, captioned with laughing emojis. In a nod to the recent row, the former England footballer wrote on Twitter in the hours before Saturday’s broadcast: “Just so there’s no misunderstanding, I won’t be doing @BBCMOTD tonight. I’m not suspended, just on holiday. He was reinstated three days later.

The Match of the Day presenter was quick to avoid misunderstanding over his absence, which was nothing to do with his suspension.

[The MOTD presenter ](https://inews.co.uk/news/gary-lineker-fifa-boss-gianni-infantino-bbc-pundits-onelove-armband-1984743?ico=in-line_link)tweeted: “Good heavens, this is beyond awful.” I’m not suspended, just on holiday. He tweeted: “Just so there’s no misunderstanding, I won’t be doing @BBCMOTD tonight. [ would be conducting a review of its social media guidelines](https://inews.co.uk/news/jeremy-hunt-pressure-bbc-restore-impartiality-gary-lineker-row-2203222?ico=in-line_link). [suspended presenter](https://inews.co.uk/news/match-of-the-day-show-to-air-with-no-presenter-or-pundits-after-stars-walk-out-over-lineker-row-2202481?ico=in-line_link). [Gary Lineker](https://inews.co.uk/news/gary-lineker-fifa-boss-gianni-infantino-bbc-pundits-onelove-armband-1984743?ico=in-line_link) wrote on Twitter about a Home Office video in which [Suella Braverman unveiled the Government’s plans to stop migrants](https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/suella-braverman-asylum-seekers-manston-overcrowding-crisis-1989025?ico=in-line_link) crossing the Channel on small boats and said the UK is being “overwhelmed”. [MOTD forced to air in silence](https://inews.co.uk/news/match-of-the-day-broadcasts-in-silence-with-no-titles-commentary-and-iconic-music-2203133?ico=in-line_link) after Lineker’s [BBC Sport colleagues pulled out of the programme en mass ](https://inews.co.uk/news/ian-wright-shearer-match-day-saturday-gary-lineker-2201858?ico=in-line_link)in solidarity. [Chapman was one of the BBC stars to step down in solidarity](https://inews.co.uk/news/match-of-the-day-boycott-gary-lineker-suspension-tweet-2202607?ico=in-line_link) during Lineker’s suspension. However, the show was forced to air in silence on Saturday after pundits and commentators refused to take part in it in solidarity with the show’s He refused to back down over his stance, and on Friday 10 March, the BBC announced that Lineker was to “step back” from presenting Match of the Day. [Gary Lineker](https://inews.co.uk/topic/gary-lineker?ico=in-line_link) has missed another edition of [Match of the Day ](https://inews.co.uk/topic/match-of-the-day?ico=in-line_link)a fortnight after [returning to the BBC’s football highlights flagship](https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/gary-lineker-match-of-the-day-when-back-suspended-motd-what-he-said-2205879?ico=in-line_link) following [a brief suspension](https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/gary-lineker-why-match-of-the-day-what-said-immigration-bbc-explained-2201663?ico=in-line_link). [ corporation’s highest paid star](https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/gary-lineker-how-much-earn-bbc-salary-explained-match-of-the-day-tweets-2201857?ico=in-line_link) – was pulled off air after [becoming embroiled in an impartiality row](https://inews.co.uk/news/gary-lineker-sacked-immigration-bbc-rules-explained-2197657?ico=in-line_link) after [comparing the language used](https://inews.co.uk/news/gary-lineker-what-did-say-comments-uk-asylum-plan-bbc-2194958?ico=in-line_link) to launch a new Government asylum policy with 1930s Germany.