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hello, and welcome to sportsday. liverpool slip up they re beaten by bournemouth, who lift themselves out of the relegation zone. a vital win for wales with a first victory at this year s six nations, as they hope to avoid the wooden spoon. and mikhaela shiffrin makes history in sweden, breaking a record that had stood for more than a0 years. from the bbc sports centre, this is sportsday. the bbc has apologised after severe disruption to its sports programmes today, following the corporation s announcement that gary lineker was to to step back from presenting match of the day. football programming across the bbc has been impacted because a number of presenters and pundits have refused to take part. it comes after lineker s criticism on social media of the government s language surrounding migrants. the bbc says it s working hard to resolve the situation, and recognises that sports fans are disappointed. in an an interview today, the bbc s director general tim davie says h
the bbc says it s working hard to resolve the situation, and recognises that sports fans are disappointed. in an an interview today, the bbc s director general tim davie says he wouldn t resign over the matter and says he d like to see lineker back on air soon. our sports editor dan roanjoined me earlier and explained how events have unfolded. if you thought yesterday was dramatic, with a host of bbc stars and presenters pulling out in solidarity with the gary lineker, what we have seen today is effectively the collapse of much of the bbc s football coverage. is effectively the collapse of much programmes like, for example, football focus, pulled out of the schedules because there was no one it or be part of it. final score, the results service, also wiped from the schedules. the flagship itself, match of the day, it will take place later this evening, but i understand it will be a much reduced highlights programme ofjust 20 minutes because the bbc, it seems, hasn t got access
the bbc s football coverage. programmes like, for example, football focus, pulled out of the schedules because there was no want to fronted or be part of it. final score, the results service, also wiped from the schedules. the flagship itself, match of the day, it will take place later this evening, but i understand it will be a much reduced highlights programme ofjust 20 minutes because the bbc, it seems, hasn t got access to the world feed commentaries that it was relying on. so that will be far shorter than viewers are used to. as you say, the bbc earlier issued a statement in which it apologised for what it described as a limited footballing output and said that it was working hard to try and resolve this issue. beyond the bbc, we heard earlier that the premier league had told players at various clubs, managers as well, that they would not be asked to conduct post match interviews. a statement that certain players had been in touch with them because they had been keen to show a