The former England striker announced last Monday he was standing down from BBC presenting duties after the airing of the highlights programme on the final day of the Premier League season. Lineker (64) had long intended Sunday to be his last Match of the Day, but he was planning to stay on to front the corporation’s live coverage of the FA Cup and 2026 World Cup. Match of the Day is one of the BBC’s top-performing programmes and the corporation retains the rights to continue showing Premier League highlights until the end of the 2028-29 season.
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