Gary Lineker
English footballer
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| November 11 2024 | Announced he would be stepping down from presenting Match of the Day after the 2024–25 Premier League season, with plans to leave the BBC after covering the 2026 FIFA World Cup. |
| November 11 2024 | Announced he would be stepping down from presenting Match of the Day after the 2024–25 Premier League season, with plans to leave the BBC after covering the 2026 FIFA World Cup. |
| March 2023 | Required to step back from presenting on the BBC for three days due to controversy over his criticism of the British government's immigration policy on Twitter. |
| March 2023 | Required to step back from presenting on the BBC for three days due to controversy over his criticism of the British government's immigration policy on Twitter. |
| March 28 2023 | Lineker won an appeal against HM Revenue and Customs over a £4.9 million tax bill, with a judge ruling he was a freelancer, not an employee. |
| March 28 2023 | Lineker won an appeal against HM Revenue and Customs over a £4.9 million tax bill, with a judge ruling he was a freelancer, not an employee. |
| March 10 2023 | Lineker was suspended by the BBC from Match of the Day for social media comments about the UK government's asylum policy, leading to widespread solidarity from BBC sports presenters. |
| March 10 2023 | Lineker was suspended by the BBC from Match of the Day for social media comments about the UK government's asylum policy, leading to widespread solidarity from BBC sports presenters. |
| 2021 | Started hosting the ITV game show Sitting on a Fortune. |
| 2021 | Started hosting the ITV game show Sitting on a Fortune. |
| 2020 | Gary Lineker was appointed as a Visiting Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall at the University of Oxford. |
| 2020 | Gary Lineker was appointed as a Visiting Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall at the University of Oxford. |
| April 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lineker donated £140,000 to the British Red Cross for virus research. |
| April 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lineker donated £140,000 to the British Red Cross for virus research. |
| August 13 2016 | Presented Match of the Day in boxer shorts, fulfilling a tweet promise made in December 2015 if Leicester City won the Premier League. |
| August 13 2016 | Presented Match of the Day in boxer shorts, fulfilling a tweet promise made in December 2015 if Leicester City won the Premier League. |
| January 13 2016 | Lineker and Danielle Bux announced their divorce after six years of marriage. |
| January 13 2016 | Lineker and Danielle Bux announced their divorce after six years of marriage. |
| June 9 2015 | Unveiled as the lead presenter of BT Sport's Champions League coverage. |
| June 9 2015 | Unveiled as the lead presenter of BT Sport's Champions League coverage. |
| May 2015 | Goalhanger Films produced a 60-minute documentary for the BBC titled 'Gary Lineker on the Road to FA Cup Glory', which Lineker presented. |
| May 2015 | Goalhanger Films produced a 60-minute documentary for the BBC titled 'Gary Lineker on the Road to FA Cup Glory', which Lineker presented. |
| May 2014 | Gary Lineker established Goalhanger Films Ltd. with former ITV Controller Tony Pastor, creating his own production company during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. |
| May 2014 | Gary Lineker established Goalhanger Films Ltd. with former ITV Controller Tony Pastor, creating his own production company during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. |
| 2013 | Began working for NBCSN as part of their Premier League coverage and contributing to the US version of Match of the Day. |
| 2013 | Participated in the genealogy programme Who Do You Think You Are?, discovering details about his ancestors including a poacher and a legal clerk. |
| 2013 | Participated in the genealogy programme Who Do You Think You Are?, discovering details about his ancestors including a poacher and a legal clerk. |
| 2013 | Began working for NBCSN as part of their Premier League coverage and contributing to the US version of Match of the Day. |
| May 2010 | Resigned from his role as columnist for The Mail on Sunday in protest over a sting operation against Lord Triesman that potentially jeopardized England's 2018 World Cup bid. |
| May 2010 | Resigned from his role as columnist for The Mail on Sunday in protest over a sting operation against Lord Triesman that potentially jeopardized England's 2018 World Cup bid. |
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