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Gary Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD
Gary Lineker to step back from presenting Match of the Day until agreement reached on social media use - BBC statement
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Gary Lineker is to step back from presenting Match of the Day until an agreement is reached on his social media use - BBC statement.
It follows an impartiality row over comments he made criticising the government's new asylum policy.
In a tweet, the presenter had compared the language used by the government to set out its plan to "that used by Germany in the 30s".