Gary Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD

Gary Lineker is to measurement backmost from presenting Match of the Day until an statement is reached connected his societal media usage - BBC statement.

It follows an impartiality enactment implicit comments helium made criticising the government's caller asylum policy.

In a tweet, the presenter had compared the connection utilized by the authorities to acceptable retired its program to "that utilized by Germany successful the 30s".

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