Football Focus and Final Score have been axed from today's BBC schedule as presenters are continuing to pull out in solidarity with Gary Lineker.
BBC Radio 5 Live Sport has also suffered as contributors refused to go on the air. BBC Sport has been in turmoil in recent days after Gary Lineker was pulled from Match of the Day following his criticism of the government's new asylum seeker policy.
Lineker, 62, was taken off air for a tweet which compared the language used around the policy launch to 1930s Germany. It led to fellow Match of the Day presenters Alan Shearer and Ian Wright declaring they would not be part of the show yesterday.
Other potential hosts for MOTD and hosts and pundits for other shows have since declared their intentions to walk out in solidarity with Lineker, with the BBC having to replace these shows in their programming schedule. READ MORE: Anger as 'mindless' vandal smashes police car windscreen as officers help injured pensioner Sports presenter Alex Scott will not host Football Focus – which appears to have been pulled from the BBC’s schedule at the last moment and replaced with Bargain Hunt.
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