The BBC ’s highest paid presenter Gary Lineker bid fond farewell to his hosting duties on the flagship football highlights ...

the host of the BBC’s flagship football highlights show Match of the Day. Lineker will be leaving the host’s chair in a few months at the end of this football season and he told The Times of ...

The first regular football programme on television, Match of the Day, began on 22 August 1964, at the start of the 1964-65 season. The identity of the match – Liverpool v Arsenal - was kept ...

Gary Lineker will stand down as host of the BBC’s flagship football show Match of the Day at the end of the season. Lineker, 63, has hosted the programme, which predominantly shows Premier ...