Gary Lineker’s Match of the Day replacement ‘revealed’ as Sky Sports star
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Lineker is leaving football highlights show at end of current season. The new host of Match of the Day, who will replace Gary Lineker in the role, has been “revealed”. Earlier this year, it was revealed that Lineker would be leaving the football highlights show, leaving viewers to speculate who would succeed him as the face of the series.
![[Kelly Cates ‘is the new host’ of ‘Match of the Day’]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/16/07/newFile-1.jpg)
According to reports, Kelly Cates will leave Sky Sports to join the BBC series, and will front a new line-up that will see Mark Chapman promoted from Sunday’s Match of the Day 2 and will also include Gabby Logan. It’s been suggested that Cates, the daughter of former Liverpool player and manager Kenny Dalglish, will share rotating hosting responsibilities with Chapman and Logan on both Match of the Day and Match of the Day 2.
![[Gary Lineker is leaving ‘Match of the Day’ at the end of the current football season]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/16/07/newFile.jpg)
The BBC said it does not “comment on speculation”, with Sky Sports stating there was “nothing to add” to reports Cates – who currently also presents on BBC Radio 5 Live – will leave the channel. However, The Daily Mail claimed that Sky Sports bosses were “saddened” Cates was leaving.
Cates has been part of the channel since it launched Sky Sports News in 1998, but left in 2006. She returned to Sky in 2016 to front their Football League coverage before switching to the Premier League. She has also presented sports coverage for ESPN, ITV, Channel 5, Setanta and Channel 4.
