Match of the Day 2 set to be scaled back as BBC crisis goes on
The IndependentSign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Match of the Day 2 is set to follow its flagship sister programme Match of the Day by going ahead in a “much reduced” format tonight as the BBC crisis goes on. Match of the Day was broadcast using only a simplified 20-minute highlights package on Saturday evening after presenters, analysts and commentators pulled out of a raft of BBC Sport’s coverage in solidarity with Gary Lineker, who was stood down for criticising government policy on Twitter. Match of the Day 2 was set to be presented by Mark Chapman but the BBC’s sports editor, Dan Roan, said on Sunday morning that the show was likely to be stripped back, along with coverage of the Women’s Super League. We need him back running the ship.” The BBC’s decision on Friday to stand Lineker down from presenting Match Of The Day, after he compared language used to launch a new Government asylum seeker policy with 1930s Germany in a tweet, has prompted a growing number of its sports presenters to boycott their shows.
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