The front pages for Sunday are consumed by the standoff between Gary Lineker and the BBC after the football presenter was pulled off Match Of The Day after he criticised the Government for its migrant bill.
The Sunday Mirror reports Lineker’s son has said his father is open to returning to the programme but will never take back his criticism of the Tories over its treatment of small boat migrants.
Sunday’s Front Page ?
Lineker: I’ll never be silenced! ?#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/jZg6990rTd pic.twitter.com/7nYnoYIT0H
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) March 11, 2023
Sunday People adds that the BBC has begged for the former footballer to come back.
Sunday PEOPLE: “BBC Begs Gary To Come Back” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Fo7SBtkJmo
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) March 11, 2023
While The Observer, The Sunday Times, The Independent, the Daily Star Sunday and the Sunday Express cover the story by saying the broadcaster “is in crisis” with the axing of sport shows.
Tomorrow’s front page pic.twitter.com/iGIH1JYMM7
— The Observer (@ObserverUK) March 11, 2023
Sunday TIMES: “Lineker chaos piles pressure on BBC chief” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/pdqn9jt2Bi
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) March 11, 2023
Sunday’s INDEPENDENT Digital: “BBC in crisis as sport shows axed “ #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/GfSzCo1SFF
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) March 11, 2023
Sunday’s front page – ‘BBC IN CRISIS’https://t.co/K3eSx1e9Ca pic.twitter.com/6ri1g8pSPw
— Daily Star (@dailystar) March 11, 2023
Tomorrow’s front page: BBC in crisis as Gary Lineker row spirals out of control after presenters stage blackout #TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/4EerUArzLs pic.twitter.com/CbUUAoVRE7
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) March 11, 2023
Rishi Sunak has “dramatically intervened” and rebuked Lineker, The Mail On Sunday says.
MAIL On Sunday: “PM Hits Back In Lineker Storm” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/a17rTjIPD1
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) March 11, 2023
And The Sunday Telegraph writes that the BBC’s director-general has refused to resign as he “hinted at a climbdown over the Gary Lineker row”.
The front page of tomorrow’s Sunday Telegraph:
‘I won’t quit, says BBC boss as he hints at climbdown’#TomorrowsPapersToday
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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 11, 2023
