Football Focus and Final Score AXED with Radio 5 Live in disarray amid Gary Lineker BBC row

Football Focus and Final Score have been axed from today's BBC schedule as presenters are continuing to pull out in solidarity with Gary Lineker. BBC Radio 5 Live Sport has also suffered as contributors refused to go on the air.

BBC Sport has been in turmoil in recent days after Gary Lineker was pulled from Match of the Day following his criticism of the government's new asylum seeker policy. Lineker, 62, was taken off air for a tweet which compared the language used around the policy launch to 1930s Germany.

It led to fellow Match of the Day presenters Alan Shearer and Ian Wright declaring they would not be part of the show yesterday. Other potential hosts for MOTD and hosts and pundits for other shows have since declared their intentions to walk out in solidarity with Lineker, with the BBC having to replace these shows in their programming schedule.

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Sports presenter Alex Scott will not host Football Focus – which appears to have been pulled from the BBC’s schedule at the last moment and replaced with Bargain Hunt. The former Arsenal star said “it doesn’t feel right for me to go ahead with the show”.

Welsh presenter Jason Mohammad also confirmed he would not be hosting Final Score on Saturday afternoon. He tweeted: “As you know, Final Score is a TV show very close to my heart. However – I have this morning informed the BBC that I will not be presenting the show this afternoon on BBC One."

Football Focus was due to air at midday but Bargain Hunt played in its midday slot while The Repair Shop is due to run instead of Final Score at 4.30pm. BBC Radio 5 Live has also been affected, with host Mark Chapman not at the