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Gary Lineker

  • Monday, 19 May, 2025
    Gary Lineker to leave BBC without payout this weekend

    Presenter who frequently clashed with management shared a controversial social media post

    Gary Lineker
  • Monday, 2 December, 2024
    ReviewArts
    The Rest Is Classified podcast review — another hit series from an ever-expanding brand

    New series about spying from Gary Lineker’s Goalhanger company is entertaining — but where are the female voices?

    A man is held aloft by cheering crowds and raises his arm in a kind of salute
  • Wednesday, 13 December, 2023
    BBC
    New BBC chair criticises Gary Lineker’s social media posts about Tory MPs

    The dispute erupted after the presenter signed a letter opposing the UK government’s Rwanda migration bill

    Samir Shah
  • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
    BBC
    BBC overhauls social media rules for presenters after Gary Lineker row

    Star hosts at UK national broadcaster will be banned from party political campaigning or endorsements

    Gary Lineker
  • Monday, 14 August, 2023
    ReviewArts
    The Rest Is Football: does Gary Lineker’s new podcast hit the target?

    The series from Lineker’s production company is lively but has production problems

    Three men sit around a table in armchairs having an animated conversation
  • Monday, 10 July, 2023
    InterviewArts
    Gary Lineker and his Goalhanger teammates on their podcast empire

    The rapidly growing company emulates its amiable founder by encouraging hosts and guests ‘to disagree agreeably’

    Three men sit or stand in a line in a well-furnished kitchen
  • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
    InterviewConservative party UK
    Former Tory co-chair warns of party’s slide towards extremism

    Sayeeda Warsi says rhetoric on asylum seekers could steer Conservatives along same rightwing path as US Republicans

  • Friday, 31 March, 2023
    FT Money personal finance guides
    FT Money’s guide to off-payroll tax rules

    IR35 back in the spotlight — with very different appeal outcomes

  • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
    UK tax
    Gary Lineker wins £4.9mn tax appeal against UK government

    Victory for sports presenter accused of tax avoidance as part of HMRC clampdown on ‘disguised employees’

    Gary Lineker
  • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
    Janan Ganesh
    Britain embraces trivia because it is stuck on the big issues

    The fuss over Gary Lineker distracts a nation with no good choices on Brexit, growth and other important questions

    Gary Lineker outside his home in London
  • Monday, 13 March, 2023
    BBC
    BBC strikes deal with Gary Lineker to put him back on air

    Senior management weakened by row over impartiality, insiders say

  • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
    BBC seeks compromise to keep Gary Lineker

    Bosses increasingly confident they can retain sports presenter but pressure mounts on corporation chair to quit

    Swansea City fans hold up a sign in support of Gary Lineker ahead of the football team’s Championship match on Saturday
  • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
    Stephen Bush
    Gary Lineker and free speech’s problematic new realm

    Social media is neither public nor private, creating problems for leaders of organisations

    Ewan White illustration of table football played by two people, with a bit of their business suit & white shirt showing just above their wrists
  • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
    BBC
    Sunak calls on BBC to resolve row over Gary Lineker suspension

    Corporation director-general apologises and says he is trying to get sports presenter back on air

  • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
    BBC
    BBC crisis over Gary Lineker suspension mounts as presenters walk out

    Gestures of support for ‘Match of the Day’ host brings widespread disruption to network’s weekend sports coverage

  • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
    BBC
    BBC forces Gary Lineker to ‘step back’ from presenting Match of the Day

    Broadcaster faces mounting internal rebellion after it pulls ex-footballer from programme for remarks about government migration policy

    Gary Lineker exits a car
  • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
    BBC
    Gary Lineker confident of position despite remarks over UK migration policy

    Ex-footballer says he ‘looks forward’ to presenting flagship BBC show on Saturday amid debate over impartiality rules

    Gary Lineker outside his home in London
  • Thursday, 6 May, 2021
    Tax evasion and avoidance
    Gary Lineker in £4.9m tax battle with HMRC over freelance earnings

    UK authority claims TV presenter and former England footballer owes income tax and national insurance

    Gary Lineker at the 2018 World Cup in Moscow
  • Friday, 10 April, 2020
    InterviewFT Magazine
    Gary Lineker on a world without sport

    The presenter and former player talks Premier League pay cuts, missing football and coping with isolation

    Gary Lineker photographed in Barnes, London. Andrew Testa for the New York Times
  • Thursday, 2 August, 2018
    Henry Mance
    Seven exhausting arguments against a second Brexit referendum

    A plurality of voters want another vote — but Leavers have plenty of reasons why not

    LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 23: Protestors take part in the People's Vote demonstration against Brexit on June 23, 2018 in London, England. On the second anniversary of the 2016 Brexit referendum, the People's Vote Campaign organised a march to Parliament calling for a People's Vote on the final draft of the EU Withdrawal Bill. (Photo by Simon Dawson/Getty Images)
  • Thursday, 27 July, 2017
    Katrine Marçal
    Sweden shows that pay transparency works

    Progress for women always involves renegotiating borders between public and private

    FILE PHOTO: The Stockholm Cathedral is seen in Gamla Stan or the Old Town district of Stockholm, Sweden, June 9, 2010. REUTERS/Bob Strong/File Photo - RTX34KA9
  • Wednesday, 19 July, 2017
    Television
    BBC admits only one-third of its stars are women

    Broadcaster reveals gender gap as it prepares to publish salaries of top presenters

    Laura Kuenssberg, BBC political editor, is thought to earn over £150,000
  • Thursday, 25 May, 2017
    Sport
    Walkers crisps falls foul of social media hijack

    Pictures of dictators and mass murderers widely shared on Twitter

    Walker Crisps Advertisement with Gary Lineker on Twitter holding Harold Shipman picture
  • Friday, 30 December, 2016
    Lunch with the FT
    Gary Lineker on tabloid scorn and football’s ‘staggering’ riches

    Over lamb at the Ivy, the game’s Mr Nice Guy talks about putting humanity before politics

    James Ferguson's illustration of Gary Lineker
  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2016
    Sport
    Leicester’s triumph is a case study in overcoming huge odds

    Analysts suggest Premier League triumph owed much to ‘Moneyball’ formula

    Britain Football Soccer - Leicester City fans watch the Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur game in pub in Leicester - 2/5/16 Leicester City fans celebrate Chelsea's second goal Reuters / Eddie Keogh Livepic
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