BBC sports coverage disrupted for second day over Gary Lineker Twitter row
London, Mar 12 (PTI) The BBC’s sports coverage faced a second day of disruption on Sunday as several members of its staff refused to work in solidarity with star football host Gary Lineker, who was taken off air over a tweet criticising the British government's migration policy.
In a post on Tuesday on his Twitter account that has 8.7 million followers, 62-year-old Lineker — a former England football captain and now one of the UK's most influential media figures — compared Rishi Sunak government’s language about migrants to that used in Nazi Germany.
He has not tweeted or commented since the row erupted but the broadcaster’s decision to block him from its flagship “Match of the Day” football show triggered mass walkouts by staff in solidarity.
