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Gary Lineker Launches Football Podcast for 2026 World Cup

12/3/2025

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Gary Lineker's Rest Is Football will launch a Netflix podcast during the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America.
Alan Shearer and Micah Richards will co-host from a New York studio.
The show will not include live games or highlights due to Netflix lacking broadcasting rights.
The podcast has 7 million monthly streams, and Lineker left the BBC in May and apologized for a social media post about Israel-Gaza.

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Gary Lineker's Rest Is Football will launch a Netflix podcast during the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America.
Alan Shearer and Micah Richards will co-host from a New York studio.
The show will not include live games or highlights due to Netflix lacking broadcasting rights.
The podcast has 7 million monthly streams, and Lineker left the BBC in May and apologized for a social media post about Israel-Gaza.