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BT Signs Gary Lineker To Anchor Champions League Coverage

BT Sport has announced that Gary Lineker will anchor its coverage of the Champions League next season. The former England striker and Match of the Day presenter was unveiled as the channel’s new face of European football at a press conference on Tuesday, while Steven Gerrard, the Chelsea manager José Mourinho and the former England captain Rio Ferdinand will be regular pundits. BT Sport paid £897m to beat ITV and Sky to the rights to the Champions League in 2013, with the deal due to run for three seasons.

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