Gary Lineker has been noticed on the BBC for the primary time since being axed from Match of the Day. The broadcasting legend had beforehand agreed to step down from the soccer commentating present after hoting the BBC’s protection of the FA Cup subsequent season earlier than fronting their World Cup 2026 providing.

However he later introduced that he can be leaving the company early, in Might, after a social media fallout that arose when he shared a publish about Zionism. The controversial publish featured a rat – an emblem that has traditionally been used as an antisemitic insult. The incident marked the top of Lineker’s 25-year profession with the BBC. Nonetheless, in the present day he was noticed on the broadcaster’s cameras as soon as extra as he loved a couple of matches of tennis at Wimbledon.

He was snapped laughing and joking alongside boxer Anthony Joshua after they arrived within the Royal Field on day 5 on the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London on Friday, July 4, 2025.