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1 week ago | 
breakingnews.ie | Lauren Del Fabbro |Kerri-Ann Roper
Gary Lineker started presenting his final Match Of The Day saying “It wasn’t meant to end this way” before referencing the title race being over and Champions League qualification being all there was to focus on. After heading up the BBC sports show since 1999, the former England striker, 64, confirmed earlier in the week that he would be leaving the corporation after Sunday’s episode, following controversy over a social media post.
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1 week ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Lauren Del Fabbro |Kerri-Ann Roper
Gary Lineker bid an emotional goodbye as he signed off hosting Match Of The Day after 26 years, saying it had been an “absolute privilege” and “utterly joyous” to front the show. The player-turned-pundit’s early departure from the broadcaster follows 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.
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1 week ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Lauren Del Fabbro |Kerri-Ann Roper
Gary Lineker bid an emotional goodbye as he signed off hosting Match Of The Day after 26 years, saying it had been an “absolute privilege” and “utterly joyous” to front the show. The player-turned-pundit’s early departure from the broadcaster follows 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.
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1 week ago | 
independent.ie | Lauren Del Fabbro |Kerri-Ann Roper
The player-turned-pundit’s early departure from the broadcaster follows 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. He presented his final episode alongside fellow pundits, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards, with whom he also hosts podcast The Rest Is Football, which is produced by his company Goalhanger Podcasts. We need your consent to load this Social Media content.
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1 week ago | 
independent.ie | Lauren Del Fabbro |Kerri-Ann Roper
Gary Lineker started presenting his final Match Of The Day saying “It wasn’t meant to end this way” before referencing the title race being over and Champions League qualification being all there was to focus on. After heading up the BBC sports show since 1999, the former England striker, 64, confirmed earlier in the week that he would be leaving the corporation after Sunday’s episode, following controversy over a social media post.
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2 weeks ago | 
independent.ie | Maeve McTaggart |Lauren Del Fabbro
‘Israel be released from Benjamin Netanyahu’ – Bono issues call to ‘stop war’ as U2 perform Bloody Sunday at the IvorsBono during a photocall for Bono: Stories of Surrender at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France. (Doug Peters/PA)Maeve McTaggart and Lauren Del Fabbro©Press AssociationYesterday at 23:21Bono called for Israel to “be released from Benjamin Netanyahu” as he accepted a prestigious music award in London last night.
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2 weeks ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Lauren Del Fabbro |Alex Daniel |Anna Wise
Channel 4 chief executive Alex Mahon has called on Ofcom to be “brave” in ensuring public service broadcasters remain discoverable in an age of misinformation and disinformation. Launching the broadcaster’s annual report in central London, Ms Mahon, who recently announced she was stepping down from her role, made a final call for the regulator and policy-makers to ensure that younger generations remain connected to the world through “objective truth”.
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2 weeks ago | 
independent.ie | Lauren Del Fabbro |Alex Daniel |Anna Wise
Launching the broadcaster’s annual report in central London, Ms Mahon, who recently announced she was stepping down from her role, made a final call for the regulator and policy-makers to ensure that younger generations remain connected to the world through “objective truth”. A report from Ofcom is due to be published this summer and is expected to lay out recommendations on which TV apps should be given prominence to ensure public service content can be easily found.
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2 weeks ago | 
aol.co.uk | Lauren Del Fabbro |Kerri-Ann Roper
Presenter Gary Lineker has issued an unreserved apology for a social media video he shared which led to his early exit from the BBC – as Downing Street branded the post “completely unacceptable”. After this weekend’s Match Of The Day, Lineker, 64, 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.
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2 weeks ago | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Lauren Del Fabbro |Kerri-Ann Roper
Presenter Gary Lineker has issued an unreserved apology for a social media video he shared which led to his early exit from the BBC – as Downing Street branded the post “completely unacceptable”. After this weekend’s Match Of The Day, Lineker, 64, 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.
