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The BBC is axing Football Focus – here’s what it means for sports broadcasting

The BBC has announced the end of one of its longest-running programmes, Football Focus.

The Conversation

Richard Keys warns Match of the Day will be next after BBC’s decision to axe Football Focus

The decision to cancel Football Focus after 52 years was announced by the BBC on Thursday

The Independent UK

The bittersweet demise of Football Focus in an era of magic witch portals

In today’s Football Daily: The end of the road for Football Focus

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West Brom handed two-point deduction; Prestianni hit with six-match ban for ‘homophobic conduct’ – as it happened

West Brom were docked two points after being found to have breached the EFL’s financial rules and Gianluca Prestianni was banned for six European matches

The Guardian - UK

Alex Scott pays tribute to Football Focus as BBC axe show after 52 years

Football Focus presenter Alex Scott has paid tribute to the football magazine show after it was announced the show is being scrapped 52 years after it first appeared on screens.

The Independent UK

Presenter Alex Scott feared ‘toxic’ reaction to BBC Football Focus decision

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Football Focus host Alex Scott filled with ‘anxiety and dread’ ahead of BBC announcement

The corporation said in a press release on Thursday afternoon that “changing audience behaviours” had prompted it to act

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Football Focus to end after 52 years on BBC TV

Long-running programme is set to stop airing at end of Premier League season

Evening Standard

BBC explains shock decision to cancel Football Focus

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The Independent UK

BBC blows final whistle on Football Focus as show scrapped after 52 years

Football Focus, once a mainstay of football fans’ match day, is being scrapped at the end of this season by the BBC

The Guardian - UK

Football Focus axed by BBC after 52 years

The Saturday lunchtime show will be cut at the end of the season

The Independent UK

Jess Glynne slams ITV for ‘not giving Alex Scott enough airtime’ after she was evicted on I’m A Celeb

The ‘Hold My Hand’ singer has complained that ITV producers did not give her partner enough airtime to show “how incredible she really is”

Evening Standard

Dan Walker shares friend Gary Speed's tragic final words to him that 'changed' him forever

Walker was one of the last people to speak to Welsh footballer Speed before he died aged 42 in November 2011

Evening Standard

Match of the Day presenter odds: Chapman 2/1 favourite to take over from Lineker

We take a look at the next Match of the Day host odds following confirmation of Gary Lineker’s departure from the show

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The 9 contenders to replace Gary Lineker on Match of the Day

The former footballer has hosted the show since 1999

Evening Standard

Who could host Match Of The Day after Gary Lineker?

The former England forward has anchored the popular BBC show since 1999.

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Footballers who became TV personalities

This lot all succeeded in making the jump from football pitch to TV screen

Evening Standard

'Misstiano Penaldo': John Terry brands BBC 'a disgrace' for dig at crying Cristiano Ronaldo over penalty miss

BBC coverage of the Euro 2024 did not go down well with the former Chelsea captain

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‘I got consumed by the hatred, by how many people were upset because I wore an armband’: Alex Scott on love, Lineker and standing up for LGBTQ+ rights

The footballer and presenter escaped a tough start to become an England legend and one of the BBC’s faces of football. As the Women’s World Cup approaches she talks finding her voice – and why she’s no victim

Daily Mirror

Dan Walker 'does not miss the BBC' as he says 'things must change' at broadcaster

Dan Walker has dramatically hit out at the BBC, a year after he made his debut on Channel 5 after over a decade of being with the corporation and fronting several shows

Daily Mirror

Louise Minchin returns to BBC Breakfast plugging new book which slams show as 'sexist'

Former BBC Breakfast host Louise Minchin was back on the show today plugging her book Fearless: Adventures With Extraordinary Women in which she challenges her former bosses

Belfast Live

Brazilian winger called Neymar driving Co Down football club's promotion push

"Neymar joined us at the start of the season. He wasn't happy at his club and up he came, and he loves it here."

Belfast Live

Football Focus casts spotlight on Co Down football club's mental health work

The club was set up during lockdown and was the first in Northern Ireland dedicated to helping people with mental health

Bristol Post

Gary Lineker row: Alex Scott glosses over drama during Football Focus

She fronted the first BBC football show to return to screens after a walkout of presenters, pundits and commentators last weekend

Daily Mirror

Alex Scott returns to BBC's Football Focus after strong view on Gary Lineker saga

Alex Scott was back in the presenter's chair for BBC programme Football Focus on Saturday morning, a week on from pulling out in solidarity with the suspended Gary Lineker

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