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Ian Wright and Shaun Wright-Phillips will become the first father and son punditry team to appear on Match of the Day on Saturday.Arsenal legend Wright, a regular pundit on the show, will be joined by son Wright-Phillips, who had two spells with Manchester City.The pair will join Gary Lineker in the studio to review highlights from Saturday's Premier League fixtures.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The BBC's football coverage was ripped up on Saturday as several more presenters and reporters withdrew in solidarity with Gary Lineker after the Match Of The Day presenter was stood down on Friday.

T he BBC's football coverage was ripped up on Saturday as several more presenters and reporters withdrew in solidarity with Gary Lineker after the Match Of The Day presenter was stood down on Friday.Neither Football Focus nor Final Score survived on BBC One, while 5 Live's radio coverage was radically altered throughout the day.

Gary Lineker has said the furore over his tweet about the Government's asylum policy was disproportionate, adding that he believes the issue of impartiality at the BBC is almost unresolvable.The Match of the Day presenter was taken off air by the broadcaster in March after posting a tweet in which he said the language used by the Government to promote its asylum plans was not dissimilar to 1930s Germany.

A player on the England Deaf Women's Football Team said it is amazing to see support from sporting figures, including Gary Lineker, for a fundraiser to get the team to the World Cup in Malaysia.The team needs to raise 50,000 by the end of June for expenses including hotel deposits to secure the rooms for September.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email BBC director-general Tim Davie has apologised to audiences for the disruption to the corporation's sports programming schedule, but said he will not resign.In an interview with BBC News, following Gary Lineker being asked to step back from hosting Match of the Day, the BBC boss admitted boycotts had made for a difficult day.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The prime minister has commented on the controversy surrounding the BBC's decision to take Gary Lineker off air for the first time, saying it is a matter for them, not the government.

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The BBC faced an escalating crisis Saturday over its suspension of former soccer star and program host Gary Lineker for comments criticizing the British government's new asylum policy.

A single tweet sent by Gary Lineker on Tuesday afternoon has sparked a nationwide debate about impartiality at the BBC and how its guidelines should be enforced.Figures from across the worlds of media, sport, and politics have come out to defend Lineker or to call for him to be censured.Ian Wright After it was announced on Friday that Lineker would not be hosting Saturday's Match of the Day (MOTD), his co-host Wright said he wouldn't be appearing either.

Governments and oppositions have always complained that the BBC is too generous to the other side.In the past, that charge has not been sustainable for long enough to think the corporation is systemically failing at impartiality.Its news output is generally fair and balanced, especially when compared with the frothy partisanship in many newspapers.

The telephone conversation hadn't entirely gone as planned.The perfect end to the perfect weekend at WIA.Richard Sharp: Gary.Dear boy! Gary Lineker: What?Sharp: Umm.The thing is We'd quite like you to apologise Lineker: What for?Sharp: This impartiality business... Lineker: It's not me who donated 400K to the Tory party... Sharp: Yes, yes.

I've been in the Gary Lineker defence business for ages, since way before it was cool.In 2017, the Daily Mail attempted a hit job on his tax affairs one of the laziest drive-bys in tabloid history, nothing but innuendo and guesswork.Arguably, it would have been better to ignore it, as there was nothing really to see.

The BBC is not acting impartially and is "caving in" to Tory MPs by telling Gary Lineker to step back from presenting Match of the Day, says Sir Keir Starmer.The Labour leader says the government is blaming "anybody else" rather than "accepting they've broken the asylum system".

Gary Lineker has waded into the row over the appointment of BBC chair Richard Sharp just weeks after he was suspended by the broadcaster for speaking out against the government.Richard Sharp resigned on Friday after a report found he breached the public appointments code when he failed to declare two conflicts of interest during his appointment.

Former director-general Lord Birt has said presenters such as Gary Lineker who are inextricably bound up with an important BBC programme should have to abide by impartiality rules.The executive, who led the BBC between 1992 and 2000, appeared before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee as part of a session in the wake of the pundit and former England player's three-day suspension from Match Of The Day. Lineker was taken off by the BBC after posting a tweet in which he said the language used by the Government to promote its asylum plans was not dissimilar to 1930s Germany, but was returned following a boycott by top on-air talent.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails BBC chairman Richard Sharp is facing growing pressure to resign as the corporation's policy on impartiality has been challenged after Gary Lineker was told to stand down from presenting Match Of The Day. Mr Sharp, who was appointed chairman in February 2021, has been embroiled in a cronyism row over helping former prime minister Boris Johnson secure an 800,000 loan facility in recent months.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Gary Lineker's son has said he thinks the sports presenter will return to Match Of The Day but that he would not back down on his word, according to reports.