In 1999, Garry Kasparov, then world champion, played against over 50,000 participants on the Microsoft Network, ultimately winning after a four-month battle. More recently, in 2022, Viswanathan Anand emerged victorious from his own "vs. The World" match on Chess.com, facing nearly 70,000 players.

Match of the Day, which is the longest-running football show in the world having launched on 22 August 1964, has had five previous long-term hosts: Alan Shearer, Micah Richards, Alex Scott, Jason Mohammad, Kelly Somers, John Murray and Steve Crossman will continue their roles on MOTD.

Alan Hansen was one of the country's best-loved pundits for a spell on Match of the Day that spanned over two decades, yet since his departure from the show the Liverpool legend has led a quiet life

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The Ask Me Anything team have been going through your questions - and several were about Match of the Day. To help give you answers, we've been speaking to those at the heart of the world's most famous football show. Everyone knows, for example ...

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