Match of the Day in major doubt as it emerges episode could be entirely SILENT because of BBC rights issue
MATCH of the Day is in major doubt of being SCRAPPED tonight as the BBC may not be able to get any commentary for the highlights.
The football highlights programme has lost its commentators for the show as they have refused to work in support of show host Gary Lineker.This means that when highlights of the games are being shown that there will be no commentators describing the action, according toLast night Match of the Day commentators released a statement saying they would be standing down from duty this weekend in support of Lineker after the BBC yanked him off air over a Nazi tweet row.
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