Gary Lineker, the former England soccer player and now a media celebrity, will step down from his role as a presenter for the BBC after facing criticism for reposting an Instagram story about Zionism which featured a picture of a rat.

We're replacing BBC Sounds outside the UK and bringing you BBC.com, a seamless way to read, watch, and listen - all in one place. Gary Lineker presents his final Match of the Day - will you miss him? Or are you glad to see him leave the BBC?

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Speaking on The Rest Is Football podcast with co-hosts Alan Shearer and Micah Richards – who also presented his final MOTD show with him – Lineker revealed that he actually had to do a spot of improvisation on his final show.

Gary Lineker’s 28 years of work with the BBC came to an end on Sunday, after a controversial social media post about the Israel-Hamas conflict. The 64-year-old was due to step down as host of Match of the Day this month,

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