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LONDON :Britain's BBC was forced to axe much of its sports coverage on Saturday after presenters refused to work in a show of solidarity with Gary Lineker, as a row over freedom of speech threatens to turn into a crisis for the national broadcaster.
Sportscene will follow Match of the Day and implement an "amended format" amid the row involving presenter Gary Lineker.
The BBC’s football coverage was ripped up on Saturday as several more presenters and reporters withdrew in solidarity with Gary Lineker after the Match Of The Day presenter was stood down on Friday.
Bournemouth are facing Liverpool in the lunchtime game in the Premier League.
Match Of The Day presenter Gary Lineker has been asked to step back from his hosting duties on the BBC show after becoming embroiled in a row over impartiality.
Alex Scott, the host of the BBC's "Football Focus" TV programme in Britain, said it "does not feel right" to appear on the show on Saturday after the broadcaster took presenter Gary Lineker off air over his criticism of the government's asylum policy.
BBC television's flagship football programme was in meltdown on Saturday after pundits and commentators refused to work in support of presenter Gary Lineker, who was forced to "step back" after accusing the government of using Nazi-era rhetoric. Match of the Day presenter Lineker, England's fourth most prolific goalscorer, sparked an impartiality row by criticising the British government's new policy on tackling illegal immigration. The 62-year-old compared the language used to launch the new policy to that of Nazi-era Germany on Twitter, which the BBC said on Friday was a "breach of our guidelines".
BBC presenter Alex Scott has said she will not host one of the broadcaster's main soccer programmes on Saturday, throwing the corporation’s sporting timetable into further disarray.