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Gary Lineker will return to host BBC's Match of the Day programme after the corporation backed down on its decision to take him off air as they announced an independent review into its social media usage guidelines. What started as a tweet about a new UK government immigration bill exploded into a national debate about impartiality, and a crisis at the BBC. Lineker, the former England striker who has worked as a television presenter since the late 1990s, posted on Twitter criticising a video from the UK Home Secretary in which she discussed tougher new laws on immigration. The BBC, for whom Lineker hosts the popular Premier League highlights show 'Match Of The Day', said his tweets broke editorial guidelines. He was stood down from hosting the programme that was due to air on March 11. I have never known such love and support in my life than I’m getting this morning (England World Cup goals aside, possibly). I want to thank each and every one of you. It means a lot. I’ll continue to try and speak up for those poor souls that have no voice. Cheers all. 👊🏻 — Gary Lineker 💙💛 (@GaryLineker) The tempest that followed this decision was remarkable. BBC Sport was forced to cancel broadcasts, arguments over the corporation's guidelines and policies have raged, and everyone from fellow pundits to politicians has seemingly either condemned or defended Lineker. On March 13, Director-General of the BBC, Tim Davie apologised for what had happened before outlining plans to review their s...

The BBC's director general has said bosses are "working very hard" to fix the damage done to the broadcaster following the suspension of Gary Lineker. Tim Davie was speaking after a day when Football Focus and Final Score were taken off the air and Match Of The Day - usually presented by Lineker - was just 20 minutes long with no commentary or analysis and without even its distinctive theme tune. In a sign the fallout was continuing on Sunday, BBC Two will broadcast the Women's Super League Chelsea v Manchester United match using world feed commentary - without presenter or pundits around the coverage of the game. On Saturday, the programmes were hit after sports presenters and pundits - including Ian Wright, Alan Shearer, Jason Mohammad and Alex Scott - said they would not work, in solidarity with Lineker, who was suspended after Mr Davie told a BBC journalist: "As a keen sports fan I know that to miss programming is a real blow and I'm sorry about that. In full: BBC 'sorry' over Lineker row He refused to go into detail about discussions, but said: "To be clear, success for me is: Gary gets back on air and together we are giving to the audiences that world-class sports coverage which, as I say, I'm sorry we haven't been able to deliver today." The row began on Tuesday when Lineker tweeted comments comparing the language used by the government about asylum seekers to that used in 1930s Germany, when the Nazis came to power - comments that the BBC said had broken editorial ...

The show will air on Saturday night without a studio presenter , pundits or its regular commentators. A number of players from various clubs had suggested they wanted to boycott post-match interviews with the show. They had contacted the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) to say they may want to show solidarity with Lineker and the MOTD pundits. Now the Premier League has told the PFA, League Managers Association (LMA) and the clubs not to expect requests to conduct post-match interviews for the programme. In a statement, the PFA said members had told them they wanted to take a "collective position" and "to be able to show their support". "During those conversations we made clear that, as their union, we would support all members who might face consequences for choosing not to complete their broadcast commitments," the statement said. "This is a common sense decision that ensures players won't now be put in that position." • Lineker: A stand-off with no clear exit strategy • Football star who became a Saturday TV fixture • Football world and beyond react to Lineker decision On Twitter, former England striker Lineker compared the language used by the government to unveil its new plans as "not dissimilar to" 1930s Germany. The BBC said it it had asked Lineker to step back from presenting after "extensive discussions" with him. The corporation said it considered his "recent social media activity to be a breach of our guidelines", adding it had been "decided that he wi...