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BBC axe majority of 5 Live football coverage amid Gary Lineker row, making talkSPORT the place to go for Saturday's action on radio
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Football Focus and Final Score axed as BBC Radio 5 Live commentators also stand down - Mirror Online
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Ian Dennis BBC Radio 5 Live football commentator during the funeral service for Graham Taylor held at St Mary's Church, Watford. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday February 1, 2017. See PA
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BBC Radio 5 Live on Twitter: "''Men get joked about if they don't know what they're talking about - and women get abused'' Sports presenter @CharlieCW gives Adrian Chiles her take on
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Alan Green hits out at BBC for showing him "very little respect" for dropping him as 5 Live commentator Prolific North
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Football Focus and Final Score AXED with Radio 5 Live in disarray amid Gary Lineker BBC row - Manchester Evening News
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