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Kelly Cates (L), Mark Chapman (C) and Gabby Logan (R) will replace Gary Lineker on Match of the Day

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Sports broadcaster and former professional footballer Gary Lineker has a 3/1 (25%) chance of appearing on the show.

Why Gary Lineker isn’t presenting BBC SPOTY

(L-R) Alex Scott, Gabby Logan and Claire Balding will host SPOTY 2024. Photo: BBC

BBC confirms exact date for Sports Personality of the Year

Gabby Logan, Alex Scott, Gary Lineker and Clare Balding

Tuesday: BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2023 (BBC One, 7pm)

BBC introduces new rules for flagship presenters after Lineker row

Host Ian Wright

Saturday: Moneyball (ITV1, 8pm)

Gary Lineker withdraws from BBC FA Cup coverage as Alex Scott replaces him in “line-up change” of presenters

Gary Lineker withdraws from BBC FA Cup coverage

Gary Lineker will return to Match of the Day next weekend (Pic:Getty)

Gary Lineker wasn’t on Match of The Day - here’s why

GB News Match of the Day episode receives Ofcom complaints

Gary Lineker & Jonathan Gullis clash over new Red Wall ‘Nazis’ jibe

Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker has seen his son receive death threats on Twitter after his BBC suspension was lifted - Credit: Getty Images

Gary Lineker calls out Elon Musk as son receives Twitter death threats

Gary’s victory - now licence payers must have the same BBC freedom

Gary Lineker is reportedly set to return to Match Of The Day this coming weekend amid speculation he and the BBC are close to resolving their impartiality row.

Gary Lineker set to return as Match of The Day host as BBC apologises

Match of the Day anchor Gary Lineker was asked by the BBC to step back from presenting their flagship football highlights program, Match of the Day, until they agree on a social media policy. Lineker, a former England international football player and previous winner of the prestigious Golden Boot award, tweeted his own views on the government’s Stop Small Boats policy provoking a row over the impartiality of freelance BBC TV presenters.

BBC licence payers, not Lineker, robbed of freedom of expression David Montgomery

Ex-Arsenal player Ian Wright has warned the BBC he will quit if Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker is sacked - Credit: Getty Images

Ian Wright gives BBC bosses ultimatum if MOTD’s Gary Lineker is sacked

There are so many other avenues to watch Premier League highlights other than BBC’s Match of the Day as outrage grows after Gary Lineker was suspended - Credit: Adobe

Where to watch Premier League highlights instead of BBC’s MOTD
Many are opting to boycott BBC show Match of the Day this weekend after Gary Lineker’s suspension - here’s where you can watch Premier League highlights instead.
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Match of the Day anchor Gary Lineker was asked by the BBC to step back from presenting their flagship football highlights program, Match of the Day, until they agree on a social media policy.

Football Focus pulled from air amid Gary Lineker saga

BBC pundits and commentators have supported Gary Lineker by walking out of this weekend’s Match of the Day - Credit: Getty Images

Full list of pundits boycotting BBC MOTD after Gary Lineker suspension

Gary Lineker, who also presents Football Focus, was forced off Match of the Day in a row over impartiality after comparing the language used to launch a new government asylum policy with 1930s Germany in a tweet

Football Focus pulled from air amid Gary Lineker saga

Gary Lineker has been suspended from the BBC after a tweet the former Barcelona player posted in reaction to the government’s Illegal Migration Bill - Credit: Getty Images

Gary Lineker steps down from Match of the Day - here’s what’s happened

Ian Wright refuses to appear on Match of the Day on Saturday

Gary Lineker. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

Gary Lineker stepping back from presenting Match of the Day

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Gregory Campbell describes Gary Lineker as ‘multimillionaire lefty Lineker’

Gary Lineker will be “spoken to” by the BBC after he appeared to compare the UK government’s controversial new asylum policy to Nazi Germany. Credit: Getty Images

Gary Lineker to host Match of the Day despite controversy over tweet

Gary Lineker has told reporters outside his London home that he stands by his criticism of the Government’s immigration policy and does not fear suspension by the BBC.

Gary Lineker not afraid of getting suspended by the BBC

Gary Lineker will reportedly be given a talking-to by the BBC following a social media post in which he appeared to compare Home Office policy to Nazi Germany.

Gary Lineker speaks up after being attacked on illegal migration bill

Gary Lineker lands in hot water for Nazi migrant remark
Gary Lineker has branded the government’s latest policy on migration “not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s”
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54 photographs of Derry City’s 0-3 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in August 1990

Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury (Getty)

Wayne Lineker criticised for comment over Tommy & Molly-Mae’s baby

Gary Lineker. Picture: BBC iPlayer

BBC apologise for pornographic prank heard during FA Cup coverage

AL KHOR, QATAR - NOVEMBER 20: Qatar World Cup mascot La'eeb is seen while dancers perform during the opening ceremony prior to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group A match between Qatar and Ecuador at Al Bayt Stadium on November 20, 2022 in Al Khor, Qatar. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)

Gary Lineker explains why World Cup opening ceremony wasn’t on BBC One

Robyn Cowen, Catrin Heledd, Alex Scott, Gabby Logan, Emma Saunders and Kelly Somers

Sunday: MOTD Live: FIFA World Cup 2022 (BBC One, 3pm)

Gary Lineker at the FA Cup semi-final in April 2022

Gary Lineker slams James Cleverly comments on LGBT fans in Qatar

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Lewis Hamilton to be knighted - just days after losing out on F1 world title

Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Ian Wright

Match of the Day off the 30th Premier League

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Tributes pour in from across football world as Diego Maradona passes away

Tributes paid to James Bond actor Sean Connery who has died aged 90

The nightclub-boss has sparked controversy with a long list of requirements for a new girlfriend (photo: Shutterstock)

Wayne Lineker is looking for a new girlfriend - read his controversial list of r...

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Tributes paid to snooker great Willie Thorne who has died aged 66

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