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The BBC has confirmed that Match of the Day host Gary Lineker is to step down from the flagship football show at the end of this season, but will host BBC Sport’s coverage of the 2026 World Cup.

The 63-year-old former England striker is set to leave his role as host of the long-running football programme. 

He will then leave the BBC after fronting the corporation’s coverage of the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada, according to The Sun. 

The broadcaster reported Lineker was not offered a new contract for the show. 

Lineker, who regularly tops public lists of the BBC’s highest earners, has presented Match of the Day since 1999, but speculation over his future has increased in recent months. 

In March last year Lineker was briefly suspended from hosting the programme after his tweet about the British government’s asylum policy sparked a row about BBC presenters expressing political views on social media. 

His fellow presenters and pundits, including Alan Shearer and Ian Wright, refused to appear on the show in solidarity with Lineker and it was reduced to a 20-minute highlights package, which contained no hosts, pundits or commentary. Lineker was reinstated just over a week later.

12 November 2024   

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