Gary Lineker bid an emotional goodbye as he signed off hosting Match Of The Day after 26 years, saying it had been an "absolute privilege" and "utterly joyous" to front the show.The player-turned-pundit's early departure from the broadcaster follows a social media row after the 64-year-old shared a post about Zionism, which featured a depiction of a rat, historically an antisemitic insult.He presented his final episode alongside fellow pundits, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards, with whom he also

Gary Lineker bid an emotional goodbye as he signed off hosting Match Of The Day after 26 years, saying it had been an "absolute privilege" and "utterly joyous" to front the show.The player-turned-pundit's early departure from the broadcaster follows a social media row after the 64-year-old shared a post about Zionism, which featured a depiction of a rat, historically an antisemitic insult.He presented his final episode alongside fellow pundits, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards, with whom he also hosts podcast The Rest Is Football, which is produced by his company Goalhanger Podcasts.