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Gary Lineker’s The Rest Is Football podcast joins DAZN for Club World Cup coverage

Following his early BBC departure prompted by a social media row, Lineker will feature licensed tournament footage on his show under DAZN’s global rights agreement

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Overview

  • Lineker left the BBC on May 25 after 26 years presenting Match of the Day, bringing forward his exit over a social media post that included a rat emoji viewed as an antisemitic trope
  • His Goalhanger-produced podcast, The Rest Is Football, has moved off BBC Sounds and into a partnership with DAZN to cover the expanded 32-team FIFA Club World Cup
  • The new format will integrate official match clips and bespoke previews, with analysis from Lineker alongside co-hosts Alan Shearer and Micah Richards
  • DAZN secured global broadcast rights for all 63 matches of the Club World Cup in the United States after investing $1 billion, and will supply footage for the podcast’s video editions
  • Lineker’s deal ends his plans to front BBC coverage of next season’s FA Cup and the 2026 World Cup, leaving his legacy slot to a rotating presenting team