<p>Gary Lineker will not be on the <em>BBC</em> for their FA Cup quarter-final coverage on Sunday because he has lost his voice, the corporation said, with Alex Scott taking his place.</p>.<p>Lineker was struggling with his voice during live coverage of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/football/haaland-hits-another-hat-trick-as-manchester-city-show-kompany-no-mercy-1201497.html" target="_blank">Manchester City's 6-0 thrashing of Burnley</a> on Saturday and it did not improve.</p>.<p>The 62-year-old presenter was set to be at Sunday's quarter-final between Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion and fourth-tier Grimsby Town.</p>.<p>"I've been silenced... literally, by a nasty cold so, annoyingly, won't be working at Brighton this afternoon," Lineker wrote on Twitter.</p>.<p>The former England captain had <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/football/bbc-football-commentator-lineker-returns-after-suspension-for-criticising-government-1201499.html" target="_blank">returned to host <em>BBC</em>'s soccer show coverage</a> a week after his suspension for criticising government immigration policy caused a row over the broadcaster's impartiality rules.</p>.<p><em>BBC</em> managers reversed their decision to suspend Lineker, the broadcaster's highest-paid presenter, after his colleagues refused to work in solidarity last weekend, forcing it to air Match of the Day's soccer highlights without the normal commentary.</p>
<p>Gary Lineker will not be on the <em>BBC</em> for their FA Cup quarter-final coverage on Sunday because he has lost his voice, the corporation said, with Alex Scott taking his place.</p>.<p>Lineker was struggling with his voice during live coverage of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/football/haaland-hits-another-hat-trick-as-manchester-city-show-kompany-no-mercy-1201497.html" target="_blank">Manchester City's 6-0 thrashing of Burnley</a> on Saturday and it did not improve.</p>.<p>The 62-year-old presenter was set to be at Sunday's quarter-final between Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion and fourth-tier Grimsby Town.</p>.<p>"I've been silenced... literally, by a nasty cold so, annoyingly, won't be working at Brighton this afternoon," Lineker wrote on Twitter.</p>.<p>The former England captain had <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/football/bbc-football-commentator-lineker-returns-after-suspension-for-criticising-government-1201499.html" target="_blank">returned to host <em>BBC</em>'s soccer show coverage</a> a week after his suspension for criticising government immigration policy caused a row over the broadcaster's impartiality rules.</p>.<p><em>BBC</em> managers reversed their decision to suspend Lineker, the broadcaster's highest-paid presenter, after his colleagues refused to work in solidarity last weekend, forcing it to air Match of the Day's soccer highlights without the normal commentary.</p>