We are working hard to resolve the situation and hope to do so soon.” The BBC said it was “sorry for these changes which we recognize will be disappointing for BBC sport fans. The union said it was a “common sense solution” to avoid players facing sanctions for breaching their broadcast commitments. The Professional Footballers’ Association said some players wanted to boycott the show as a gesture of support, and as a result “players involved in today’s games will not be asked to participate in interviews with ‘Match of The Day.’” There will not be any post-match player interviews, either. ![]() Lunchtime TV program “Football Focus” was replaced on Saturday with a rerun episode of antiques show “Bargain Hunt,” while early evening “Final Score” was swapped for “The Repair Shop.”įootball fans tuning for “Match of the Day” - the late-night football show that has been a British institution for 60 years - will likely get match coverage from the same feed used by broadcasters around the world instead of BBC’s own commentators and no studio punditry from some of the most high-profile stars in the British game. Instead of blanket coverage on Saturday of the most popular league in the world, the BBC had no preview shows on radio or TV and would not be reporting on the final scores of Premier League games in the early evening. He was suspended from “Match of the Day”, a popular highlights show, over a Twitter post that compared lawmakers’ language about migrants to that used in Nazi Germany. The broadcaster said it would air only “limited sport programming” over the weekend after hosts of many of its popular sports shows declined to appear, in solidarity with Lineker. ![]() The BBC scrambled to stem an escalating crisis Saturday over its suspension of former football star and program host Gary Lineker for comments criticizing the British government’s new asylum policy.Īs a growing number of Premier League players and presenters rallied to Lineker’s support, Britain’s national broadcaster was forced to rip up its radio and television sports schedule and face allegations of political bias and suppressing free speech, as well as praise from some Conservative politicians.
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