Several factors are at play when deciding the order in which games are shown on Match of the Day (MOTD). But each week, the relative importance of these factors can change. The MOTD programme editor has the final call on the running order the programme ...

Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan will be the new Match of the Day presenters from next season, the BBC has announced. It is the first time the role will be shared between three people, with former England striker Gary Lineker having presented the ...

Match of the Day, the BBC’s flagship football highlights programme, will have a different look when it airs at 10.20pm BST on Saturday to show action from the first six matches of the 2025-26 Premier League season. For the first time since 1999, Gary ...

A BBC Match of the Day host has lambasted the World Cup's seeding system headed into next summer's tournament in North America, claiming that fans want to see big matches from the outset

Sky News football presenter Kelly Cates is to replace Gary Lineker as host of the BBC's "Match of the Day", according to reports. Lineker announced last month that he was leaving the show after 25 years at the helm. Cates is understood to be joining a new ...

The Ask Me Anything team have been going through your questions - and several were about Match of the Day. To help give you answers, we've been speaking to those at the heart of the world's most famous football show. Pundits are supposed to be balanced and ...

Gary Lineker has shared his relief at the prospect of having the weekend to himself for the first time in his career, first as a professional footballer for England and, for the last 25 years, the host of the BBC’s flagship football highlights show Match ...

In the day's other game, Tottenham host Blackburn in a match crucial to both sides. Spurs are chasing a top-four finish that would secure a return to the Champions League - and they will be buoyed by their excellent recent record over Rovers which has seen them lose just two of their last 16 meetings.