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Gary Lineker
Gary Lineker knows all about s**t England displays ... and how to fix them
His teams started poorly in the 1986 and 1990 World Cups before changes were made
Gary Lineker’s ‘bald patch’ jibe hurt Frank Lampard - luckily, there is one treatment for hair loss
Unthinkable: Here’s a three-step programme to deal with cruel comments about your appearance
Euro Zone: Lineker falls foul of the UK press yet again over Lampard gag
BBC presenter makes a ‘savage’ balding jibe at the former Chelsea man, says the UK Daily Mail
Euro Zone: Chesney Hawkes writes new England song for Jude Bellingham
Euros mania takes over for Real Madrid midfielder, while Gary Lineker provokes ire of Daily Mail columnists
Gary Lineker’s moderate views somehow seen by the right as subversive
Former England captain and Match of the Day host Gary Lineker's moderate views have again aroused the ire of Conservative Party politicians and media outlets
Real Roy of the Rovers stuff: The rise and shocking demise of a comic-book hero
In the 1980s Roy of the Rovers was an essential part of popular culture, with his exploits on and off the field captivating fans and attracting stars from Gary Lineker to Spandau Ballet
TV View: Stinker avoided as England take Jack Charlton approach to Rugby World Cup
Rugby World Cup review: Don’t mention the Bomb Squad to Matt Williams, and just let Owen and Andy Farrell go fishing
Stephen Nolan rejects claims about BBC staff being planted in audience to create on-air rows
In response to Irish News claims, broadcaster says he had no knowledge of, or involvement in, any such ‘bear pit’ practices
Happy Pear uses crowdfunding to raise €2.5 million for UK expansion and to promote ‘social change’
RTE boards response to BBC Lineker row, Larry Mullen’s housing plans, Ryanair’s Israel apology, Oisin Fanning’s discovery and the Slattery’s aviation emissions plan
There is no such thing as an emergency podcast but there just might be a podcast emergency
Spotify has announced 200 job losses in its global podcast business. Has the audio bubble burst?
‘I’m not really garish’: Gary Lineker on being a ‘style icon’, owning 40 pairs of glasses, baggy jeans and who’ll win the league
As the presenter of Match of the Day, Lineker is renowned for his footballing insight and sharp dressing. He talks about wardrobe choices, being tempted to wear white trousers
Oliver Sears: Is it possible to invoke the Holocaust without instantly losing the argument?
The liberal sprinkling of the word ‘Nazi’ in everyday use perhaps signals that modern society accepts nazism as the nadir of human behaviour
Gary Lineker wins appeal over multimillion-pound tax bill
Judge rules that the presenter worked for the BBC and the BT Sport as a freelancer and not an employee
‘I’ve been silenced … literally’: Gary Lineker absent for BBC after losing his voice
Alex Scott will now host Sunday afternoon’s quarter-final between Brighton and Grimsby Town
Justine McCarthy: Can’t live with Twitter? Then live without it
Gary Lineker’s spat with the BBC highlights the insidious relationship between the platform and news organisations
RTÉ is not immune to the BBC’s Lineker problem
All journalists whose work is published on public service broadcasting are required to take account of the need to be seen to be impartial
Fintan O’Toole: Gary Lineker debacle is all part of the continuing saga of Britain eating itself
You can cancel people who make stupid comments on social media. Or you can take a measured approach
Former BBC director-general: Reinstatement is ‘like a 5-0 win’ for Gary Lineker
‘As I understand it, this was the very solution that was offered to the BBC on Friday, and they turned it down’
BBC management ‘weakened’ as deal struck to put Gary Lineker back on air
Broadcaster to review social media guidance for journalists and presenters as Match of the Day presenter returns
Lineker affair exposes BBC’s curious relationship with Conservative power
The frenzy over the presenters tweets is the culmination of years of Conservative Party pressure on the BBC
BBC made a bad tackle on Gary Lineker and should just admit it
Laura Slattery: In its effort not to take sides, the institution wound up taking the side of the British government and sparking a mutiny
Gary Lineker is back, so we’ll get more than 20 minutes of Match of the Day
Hugo Keenan’s ‘implacable excellence’; Clive Woodward’s bizarre comments; Rhasidat Adeleke’s star performance
Ken Early: Gary Lineker affair shows impartiality is yesterday’s news
Saga underlines how Britain’s fake populist government has once again failed to read the (dressing) room
Gary Lineker suspension: Who is Tim Davie, BBC director general and ex-Conservative party official?
The former Pepsi marketeer said in his first days that he intended to restore ‘trust and confidence’ in the BBC
BBC say talks with Gary Lineker ‘moving in the right direction’, as corporation and Tories feel heat
Match of the Day only aired for 20 minutes on Saturday night rather than its scheduled 80 minutes
Gary Lineker is politically juvenile, but the BBC is utterly naive
By suspending the sports commentator under the guise of impartiality, the BBC has shown up its own inadequacies
Match of the Day review: After a day of thunderous controversy, a deafening silence swallows BBC One
Television: With no Gary Lineker, pundits or commentators, the embattled broadcaster replaces its Premier League show with an eerie highlights package
Lineker-BBC row ‘a matter for them’, says Rishi Sunak
British PM defends his proposals to permanently ban asylum seekers who arrive in UK on unauthorised small boats
Gary Lineker: BBC director-general says he will not resign over fallout from Match of the Day suspension
Sunak defends his proposals to permanently ban asylum seekers who arrive in UK on unauthorised small boats
Jurgen Klopp bemused by BBC’s decision to stand down Gary Lineker
‘If I understand it right, it is a message, an opinion about human rights and that should be possible to say’
BBC Sport disrupted further as Football Focus and Final Score ‘pulled from schedule’
List of BBC presenters and pundits showing their support for Gary Lineker continues to grow
Match of the Day to be broadcast without presenters after Gary Lineker suspended
Sports pundit at centre of an impartiality row after criticising the UK government’s ‘cruel’ immigration plans
Gary Lineker’s Match of the Day saga is a depressing sign of the times for the UK
If the BBC won’t support someone so famous and beloved, what are the chances they’ll back a lowly reporter trying to hold the Tories to account?
Louis van Gaal reveals he has been battling prostate cancer
Former Manchester United boss is currently in his third spell managing the Netherlands
TV View: Shane Warne’s death leaves us all in a spin at the loss of a sporting genius
The Australian cricketing legend had moved seamlessly from player to TV pundit
Mary Hannigan’s All in the Game: 2021 rewound (part one)
Callum Robinson’s booster, Newcastle if they actually won things and Super League fiasco
All in the Game: Damien Duff has his caffeinated backup plan
The biggest of honours in Sweden; A Buxton lesson in holiday planning
Gary Lineker: Barcelona spell is when it dawned on me that I was good at this
Striker who was Madrid’s clásico bogeyman reflects on his record ahead of storied clash
Traumatic brain injury doctor questions football’s approach to heading the ball
Dr Willie Stewart: ‘A quarter of a billion people participate and yet we are hearing nothing from Fifa’
Olympic countdown, Euro 2020 TV ratings and 100 years of HMV
Planet Business: What’s next for Sheryl Sandberg?
Stephen Nolan remains one of the BBC’s best paid presenters
Pandemic saw production spending in the North plummet, annual report shows
England cruise past Ukraine into Euro 2020 semi-finals
Jordan Henderson and Harry Maguire among the goals as Harry Kane scores two
There is no easier way to annoy a British soccer fan than referring to soccer as ‘soccer’
Donald Clarke: The rejection of the word by English people happened weirdly recently
TV View: Southgate keeps his head when all around are losing theirs
England’s party pooper wants to keep a lid on things . . . good luck with that
Southgate and England facing their biggest fear: a penalty shoot-out with Germany
England manager may well be haunted by memory of missed penalty in 1996 Euros
Eurozone 2020: French fans wide of the mark as they venture to the wrong capital
Kevin Doyle top of the punditry pops . . . Klinsmann as accurate as ever . . . Pogba off colour
TV View: Slumbering start to Day Eight ends in a full-on Braveheart at Wembley
Roy Keane struggles to calm down Graeme Souness ahead of the big game
Des Lynam on Euro 96 and the summer football became sexy again
The Clare-born presenter on losing his Irish accent after moving to England aged six
Football quickly loses perspective again after Eriksen collapse
TV View: As Danish player lay stricken, broadcasters made some very crass decisions
TV View: Suits, goals and pundits on loan as a delayed Euros kick-off
Liam Brady had forecast a draw with ‘not many goals’ so Italy went and won 3-0
Tielemans’ thunderbolt seals Leicester’s maiden FA Cup triumph
Brendan Rodgers’ team beat Chelsea in front of 21,000 fans at Wembley Stadium
TV View: It’s City slickers that slide away from PSG as pundits pump it up
The oil puns were in full flow but when the football started it ignited from the start
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