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      Tokyo Olympics football fixtures and results: Full semi-final schedule as Brazil and Spain bid for gold

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      IF Euro 2020 wasn’t exciting enough, there’s plenty more football at the Tokyo Olympics.But Team GB are out of the women’s competition after losing their quarter-final with Australia.
      Brazil took gold last time out at Rio 2016, after beating Germany in a penalty shoot-out in the finalCredit: Splash News
      Team GB’s women starred at the London 2012 Games but were knocked out in the semi finalsCredit: Getty Images – Getty
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      What are the Olympic football groups?
      The men’s competition consists of sixteen teams split up four by four per group and the women’s competition will consist of 12 teams split up in three groups.
      Men’s groups

      Group A: Japan, South Africa, Mexico, France
      Group B: New Zealand, South Korea, Honduras, Romania
      Group C: Egypt, Spain, Argentina, Australia
      Group D: Brazil, Germany, Ivory Coast, Saudi Arabia

      Women’s groups

      Group E: Japan, Great Britain, Chile, Canada
      Group F: Brazil, Netherlands, China, Zambia
      Group G: USA, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand

      The GB Women’s team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of England’s performance at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, when they finished fourth in France.
      Defending champions Germany will not field a women’s side at the Olympics after they lost their World Cup quarter-final to Sweden.
      And unlike the men’s event – which is an under-23 tournament – the Olympics is one of women’s football’s biggest events, with no age restrictions.
      Olympic football fixtures in full
      Games in the same group are being played two at a time in various stadia, so second kick-off times are approximate.
      Wednesday July 21 – Women

      E: Great Britain 2-0 Chile
      E: Japan 1-1 Canada
      F: China 0-5 Brazil
      F: Zambia 3-10 Netherlands
      G: Sweden 3-0 USA
      G: Australia 2-1 New Zealand

      Thursday July 22 – Men

      C: Egypt 0-0 Spain
      C: Argentina 0-2 Australia
      A: Mexico 4-1 France
      A: Japan 1-0 South Africa
      B: New Zealand 1-0 South Korea
      B: Honduras 0-1 Romania
      D: Ivory Coast 2-1 Saudi Arabia
      D: Brazil 4-2 Germany

      Saturday July 24 – Women

      E: Chile 1-2 Canada
      E: Japan 0-1 Great Britain
      F: China 4-4 Zambia
      F: Netherlands 3-3 Brazil
      G: Sweden 4-2 Australia
      G: New Zealand 1-6 USA

      Sunday July 25 – Men

      C: Egypt 0-1 Argentina
      C: Australia 0-1 Spain
      B: New Zealand 2-3 Honduras
      B: Romania 0-4 South Korea
      A: France 4-3 South Africa
      A: Japan 2-1 Mexico
      D: Brazil 0-0 Ivory Coast
      D: Saudi Arabia 2-3 Germany

      Tuesday July 27 – Women

      G: New Zealand 0-2 Sweden
      G: USA 0-0 Australia
      E: Chile 0-1 Japan
      E: Canada 1-1 Great Britain
      F: Brazil 1-0 Zambia
      F: Netherlands 8-2 China

      Wednesday July 28 – Men

      D: Germany 1-1 Ivory Coast
      D: Saudi Arabia 1-3 Brazil
      C: Australia 0-2 Egypt
      C: Spain 1-1 Argentina
      B: Romania 0-0 New Zealand
      B: South Korea 6-0 Honduras
      A: South Africa 0-3 Mexico
      A: France 0-4 Japan

      Friday July 30 – Women’s quarter-finals

      Canada 0-0 (4-3p) Brazil
      Great Britain 3-4 (AET) Australia
      Sweden 3-1 Japan
      Netherlands 2-2 (2-4p) United States – 12 noon UK (8pm Japan)

      Saturday July 31 – Men’s quarter-finals

      Spain 5-2 (AET) Ivory Coast
      Japan 0-0 (4-2p) New Zealand
      Brazil 1-0 Egypt
      South Korea 3-6 Mexico

      Monday August 2 – Women’s semi-finals

      United States vs Canada – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      Australia vs Sweden – 12 noon UK (8pm Japan)

      Tuesday August 3 – Men’s semi-finals

      Mexico vs Brazil
      Japan vs Spain

      Thursday August 5 – Women

      Women’s bronze medal match – 9am UK (5pm Japan)

      Friday August 6 – Women and Men

      Women’s gold medal final – 3am UK (11am Japan)
      Men’s bronze medal match – 12 Noon UK (8pm Japan)

      Saturday August 7 – Men

      Men’s gold medal final – 12.30pm UK (8.30pm Japan) More

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      Heartbreak for Team GB star Jessie Knight as she collides with first hurdle and out of Olympics following Covid hell

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      TEAM GB star Jessie Knight suffered Olympic heartbreak after falling at the first hurdle of her 400m heat.The 27-year-old’s Games got off to the worst possible start, when somebody on her flight tested positive for Covid-19 12 days ago.
      #GBR  Kneels before 1st hurdle Jessie knight. She okay. Not cool that this was a restart. She would have rocked it on the first start. First start called off for echo pic.twitter.com/bAerT2qLC6— G G (@tweetgregory) July 31, 2021

      Jessie Knight stumbled into the first hurdleCredit: AFP
      The Team GB star was left tearful on the groundCredit: AFP
      The 27-year-old was left devastatedCredit: Getty
      This meant that, upon arrival in Japan, Knight was forced to isolate.
      She could train once a day, but was denied freedom to roam the village and properly prepare for her event.
      And when the day finally came around for her to compete, it couldn’t have gone any worse.
      Knight tripped heading into the first hurdle, following an initial false start, hurtling straight into it.
      The heartbroken star was understandably a picture of anguish as she rose from the ground, her opposition disappearing into the distance.
      She was left in tears, and didn’t want to speak after her immense disappointment.
      A primary school teacher by trade, Knight had given up her job in order to chase her Olympic dream on a full-time basis.
      After her inauspicious arrival in Tokyo, Knight tried to make the best of things – joking that having all her food brought to her made her feel like royalty.
      But frustrated team-mate Zak Seddon, who was also having to isolate upon arrival, couldn’t help but having a pop at her doing so.
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      He wrote, in a now deleted social media post: “Article makes me so mad.
      “So undermining of us who are struggling with this situation, thrive off social interaction, and perform our best when we get the stimulus from the championship environment.”
      All hope is not lost for Knight, however, as she will be back competing the 4×400 women’s hurdles relay on Thursday.
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      Team GB rowers end Tokyo 2020 without a single Olympic gold medal ‘after £27m investment’ as men’s eight take bronze

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      GB rowers’ week of woe ended with yet more disappointment – and the first Games without a gold medal since 1980.After Vicky Thornley became the SIXTH GB boat to succumb to the “curse of fourth”, the defending champion men’s eight could only finish third behind New Zealand and Germany.
      Team GB’s men’s eight won the bronze medal after finishing behind New Zealand and GermanyCredit: AFP
      It was Britain’s second and final medal in rowing at Tokyo 2020Credit: Reuters
      Rio 2016 silver medallist Vicky Thornley came fourth in her women’s single sculls finalCredit: AP
      Despite the second medal of the regatta, it was a poor end to a miserable week, with the reaction of the crew telling its own story.
      And the nightmare at the Sea Forest Waterway could have a massive long-term financial effect on one of Team GB’s best funded sports.
      Two-time Olympic champion James Cracknell said on BBC commentary: “We got three golds and two silvers in Rio. 
      “We come away from Tokyo – after £27million worth of investment in British rowing – with one silver and one bronze.
      “At a time when the national budget is under pressure from so many areas, is that a good investment?”
      Starting in lane five, GB including only flagbearer Mo Sbihi of the crew that won in Rio, were in the race from the start, headed only by Germany at the 500m mark.
      By half-way, though, New Zealand were in front, with GB just 0.07secs behind and Germany third.
      The British crew of Josh Bugakski, Jacob Dawson, Tom George, Sbihi, Charlie Elwes, Oliver Wynne-Griffith, James Rudkin and Tom Ford, coxed by Henry Fieldman, had no answer as the Kiwis pushed clear in the third 500m.
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      And as they battled to stay in the frame, they were also overtaken by the Germans, holding on for bronze.
      It meant they did add to the silver won in the quad scull.
      But that represented a terrible performance from a team that had topped the rowing medals table for the past three Games.
      Indeed, GB had taken at least one gold in every Olympics since 1984, standing just two gold medals behind leaders USA and East Germany.
      But the retirement of long-standing coach Jurgen Grobler and a stack of experienced rowers took a heavy toll as the team significantly under-achieved to face a major effort to retain their lottery funds.
      Earlier, Thornley, who partnered Katherine Grainger to silver in Rio, became the latest and last of the fourth place finishers in the single scull, behind New Zealand’s Emma Twigg.

      Thornley wanted to be in the race by the half-way mark but found herself fifth through the first 500m, 1.51 seconds behind Twigg.
      She looked as if she might drop to the bottom of the pile but with 500m to go it was clear she was locked in a scrap for third with Austria’s Magdalena Lobnig.
      Thornley gave it everything in the final burst but was not able to close the gap and finished a third of a length behind the Austrian, with Hanna Prakatsen of Russia second.
      Harry Leask, Angus Groom, Tom Barras and Jack Beaumont claimed the silver medal in the men’s quadruple sculls which was Britain’s best resultCredit: PA
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      Tokyo Olympics football fixtures and results: Full quarter-final schedule including Team GB women, Brazil and Spain me

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      IF Euro 2020 wasn’t exciting enough, there’s plenty more football at the Tokyo Olympics.And Team GB have their women’s side BACK at the Games, where they are looking to go for the gold they missed out on at London 2012.
      Brazil took gold last time out at Rio 2016, after beating Germany in a penalty shoot-out in the finalCredit: Splash News
      Team GB’s women starred at the London 2012 Games but were knocked out in the semi finalsCredit: Getty Images – Getty
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      The likes of France, Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Brazil and Germany will be competing in Japan as football makes it’s long awaited return to the Olympics.
      The Team GB women’s football team will be right in the mix as well.
      The tournament itself will start on Wednesday, July 22 – two days before the opening ceremony – until Saturday, August 8.
      Hege Riise’s women’s side are due to play Chile in the first match of the tournament in Group E, on July 21 before also playing Canada and Chile in their other initial group games, which will all be played at the Sapporo Stadium. 
      Team GB women’s Group E fixtures:

      Wednesday, July 21 – Great Britain 2-0 Chile – 8.30am UK (4.30pm Japan)
      Saturday, July 24 – Japan 0-1 Great Britain – 11am UK approx (7pm Japan)
      Tuesday, July 27 – Canada 1-1 Great Britain – 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)

      *Kick off times marked approximate are because games are clustered into sets of two, the Olympic organisers only give kick-off times for the early matches.
      What are the Olympic football groups?
      The men’s competition will consist of sixteen teams split up four by four per group and the women’s competition will consist of 12 teams split up in three groups.
      Men’s groups

      Group A: Japan, South Africa, Mexico, France
      Group B: New Zealand, South Korea, Honduras, Romania
      Group C: Egypt, Spain, Argentina, Australia
      Group D: Brazil, Germany, Ivory Coast, Saudi Arabia

      Women’s groups

      Group E: Japan, Great Britain, Chile, Canada
      Group F: Brazil, Netherlands, China, Zambia
      Group G: USA, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand

      The GB Women’s team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of England’s performance at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, when they finished fourth in France.
      Defending champions Germany will not field a women’s side at the Olympics after they lost their World Cup quarter-final to Sweden.
      And unlike the men’s event – which is an under-23 tournament – the Olympics is one of women’s football’s biggest events, with no age restrictions.
      Olympic football fixtures in full
      Games in the same group are being played two at a time in various stadia, so second kick-off times are approximate.
      Wednesday July 21 – Women

      E: Great Britain 2-0 Chile
      E: Japan 1-1 Canada
      F: China 0-5 Brazil
      F: Zambia 3-10 Netherlands
      G: Sweden 3-0 USA
      G: Australia 2-1 New Zealand

      Thursday July 22 – Men

      C: Egypt 0-0 Spain
      C: Argentina 0-2 Australia
      A: Mexico 4-1 France
      A: Japan 1-0 South Africa
      B: New Zealand 1-0 South Korea
      B: Honduras 0-1 Romania
      D: Ivory Coast 2-1 Saudi Arabia
      D: Brazil 4-2 Germany

      Saturday July 24 – Women

      E: Chile 1-2 Canada
      E: Japan 0-1 Great Britain
      F: China 4-4 Zambia
      F: Netherlands 3-3 Brazil
      G: Sweden 4-2 Australia
      G: New Zealand 1-6 USA

      Sunday July 25 – Men

      C: Egypt 0-1 Argentina
      C: Australia 0-1 Spain
      B: New Zealand 2-3 Honduras
      B: Romania 0-4 South Korea
      A: France 4-3 South Africa
      A: Japan 2-1 Mexico
      D: Brazil 0-0 Ivory Coast
      D: Saudi Arabia 2-3 Germany

      Tuesday July 27 – Women

      G: New Zealand 0-2 Sweden
      G: USA 0-0 Australia
      E: Chile 0-1 Japan
      E: Canada 1-1 Great Britain
      F: Brazil 1-0 Zambia
      F: Netherlands 8-2 China

      Wednesday July 28 – Men

      D: Germany 1-1 Ivory Coast
      D: Saudi Arabia 1-3 Brazil
      C: Australia 0-2 Egypt
      C: Spain 1-1 Argentina
      B: Romania 0-0 New Zealand
      B: South Korea 6-0 Honduras
      A: South Africa 0-3 Mexico
      A: France 0-4 Japan

      Friday July 30 – Women’s quarter-finals

      Canada vs Brazil – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      Great Britain vs Australia – 10am UK (6pm Japan)
      Sweden vs Japan – 11am UK (7pm Japan)
      Netherlands vs United States – 12 noon UK (8pm Japan)

      Saturday July 31 – Men’s quarter-finals

      Spain vs Ivory Coast – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      Japan vs New Zealand – 10am UK (6pm Japan)
      Brazil vs Egypt – 11am UK (7pm Japan)
      South Korea vs Mexico – 12 noon UK (8pm Japan)

      Monday August 2 – Women’s semi-finals

      Netherlands/United States vs Canada/Brazil – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      Great Britain/Australia vs Sweden/Japan – 12 noon UK (8pm Japan)

      Tuesday August 3 – Men’s semi-finals

      South Korea/Mexico vs Brazil/Egypt – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      Japan/New Zealand vs Spain/Ivory Coast – 12 noon UK (8pm Japan)

      Thursday August 5 – Women

      Women’s bronze medal match – 9am UK (5pm Japan)

      Friday August 6 – Women and Men

      Women’s gold medal final – 3am UK (11am Japan)
      Men’s bronze medal match – 12 Noon UK (8pm Japan)

      Saturday August 7 – Men

      Men’s gold medal final – 12.30pm UK (8.30pm Japan) More

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      Helen Glover has emotional message for kids as mum-of-three suffers Tokyo 2020 medal heartbreak on inspirational return

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      HELEN GLOVER had a special message for her kids after her Olympic comeback ended in an agonising fourth place.The inspirational rower failed to make a medal-winning comeback on her return from becoming a mum.
      Helen Glover and Polly Swann finished fourth in the women’s coxless pair final at Tokyo 2020Credit: Getty
      Glover delivered a passionate speech to kids after she and Swann came up short
      The 2012 and 2016 pairs champ and new partner Polly Swann have always had their backs against the wall at the Sea Forest Waterway.
      New Zealanders Grace Prenderghast and Kerri Gowler, who have looked the class act from the start of the regatta, set a world and Olympic record in the semis yesterday.
      And as the Kiwi pair rowed away from the field again, Glover and Swann saw their bronze hopes fade and die as they could not haul back the fast-starting Canadian boat as Russia took silver.
      It was a dose of hard reality for Glover, 35, who took time out of the sport after her Rio gold with Heather Stanning, having three kids with TV presenter hunny Steve Backshall while her boat partner returned to her role in the Army.
      Addressing her children Logan, Kit and Willow, Glover added: “They’re sometimes up at this time in the morning so they might be watching now.
      “I love them so much, they’ve been my inspiration. I never saw myself getting back in a rowing boat until they came along. You can do anything you want to do.
      “Trying and failing is not a problem, as long as you try. All the parents who have supported me on the way, thank you for your messages.”
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      The three-time world champion only announced she was coming back to the water in January, making the task of landing a third successive Olympic crown unlikely.
      And so it proved although it was the Canadian boat, in lane one, who flew off the start.
      The Canadians led at 500m with GB third behind New Zealand and were still ahead of the same pairings at the half-way mark.
      But New Zealand, with both rowers also part of the eight, came through to take the lead in the third quarter of the race as Glover and Swann lost third place to the Russian boat.
      As Russia tried to hunt down the leaders, Glover and Swann were hoping that the Canadians would fade to allow them into the top three.
      It was not to be, with GB finishing a length and a half off the Canadians.
      Glover told BBC: “I’m pleased that we put everything on the line. We knew it was going to be a really big final to be in.
      “Getting here was a tough route. We knew that if we crossed the line having spent everything. Looking back on the way we got here, we’re pleased with that result. It shows a lot of our hard work.”
      And emotional Swann then remarked: “I think we always knew in the Olympic final people were going to go out hard.
      “We thought we might have a bit more of a buffer but it wasn’t to be.

      “The way we have attacked this project has been really exceptional and I couldn’t be prouder of her and what we’ve done together, it’s been a special ride.”
      But while Glover and Swann could have no complaints, there was pure heartbreak for the lightweight double scull of Emily Craig and Imogen Grant as they missed out on a medal by just ONE HUNDREDTH of a second.
      The pair led through the first 500m but looked to be rowed out by a Dutch attack and closing sprints from Italy and France.
      But as Italy pushed through in the final 50m, the Dutch, defending champions from Rio, literally stopped rowing two strokes from the line.
      It appeared that Grant and Craig had taken third, with the Dutch in despair, but a photo-finish went against the Brits by maybe three inches.
      And Vicky Thornley produced an excellent row to reach the final of the single sculls, although Emma Twigg of New Zealand of New Zealand looks unstoppable.
      Thornley, who won silver with Katherine Grainger in Rio, kept her form and composure to finish second behind the Kiwi in the semi and looks set to contest the silver and bronze medals with Russia’s Hanna Prakatsen and Austria’s Magdalena Lobnig.
      Emily Craig and Imogen Grant missed out on a bronze medal by by just one HUNDREDTH of a secondCredit: PA
      Team GB duo Craig and Grant were just pipped to the finish line by Holland
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      Tokyo 2020: Team GB women’s football team will face Australia in quarter-final after topping group with draw vs Canada

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      TEAM GB will face Australia in the quarter-finals of the women’s Olympic football tournament after topping their group.A 1-1 draw against Canada was enough to finish above their opponents – and Hege Riise’s side could now face world champions USA in the final.
      Manchester City star Caroline Weir, 26, scored Team GB’s equaliserCredit: Getty
      Canadian winger Adriana Leon threatened to snatch top spot off the Brits when she opened the scoring in the second half.
      But a late equaliser from Scottish midfielder Caroline Weir saved Team GB against the 2012 and 2016 bronze medallists.
      Having already progressed, manager Riise made five changes – resting three-goal Ellen White and adding Fran Kirby to the bench after injury.
      Team GB gained the upper hand in the first half, with Georgia Stanway going close before Rachel Daly was denied by an excellent block from Ashley Lawrence.
      The Brits became sloppy after the break and were made to pay when Leon converted a neat ball from Lawrence in the 56th minute.
      Team GB pushed for an equaliser and got their reward five minutes from time when Weir’s 25-year effort deflected on it’s way in.
      On our day I definitely think we put out better performances the better the opposition. Our job is getting ready for the next game, one game at a time, but we absolutely believe we can get on that podium.Beverly Priestman, Canada Manager
      Speaking after the match, Riise said: “I believe strongly in this team, a great team always finds a way to come back and we did.
      “Closer to the finish we started to get some momentum, luckily we were good enough to get the goal.
      “It was an important goal. We top the group, we’re staying here and have a little bit more rest so we are happy.
      “There are always things you want to improve on, we have played three games against three good opponents and have performed better and better.
      “We haven’t been together that long so we’ll improve every game.
      “Overall we looked strong and confident and that will be important going forward.”
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      Team GB’s draw with Canada means they will face Australia, who finished third in their group, in the quarter-finals.
      The winner of that tie will take on either hosts Japan or Sweden in the next round, with the latter recording a 3-0 victory against the US.
      The Americans are in the other side of the draw and must defeat European champions Holland if they are to face Canada or Brazil in the semi-finals.
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      Team GB heavyweight boxer and former delivery driver Cheavon Clarke OUT of Tokyo 2020 after split decision loss

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      HEAVYWEIGHT Cheavon Clarke became Britain’s second casualty of the Games as he slumped to a majority defeat to Brazilian Abner Teixeira.Kent thumper Clarke returned to the sport after taking time out to work as a delivery driver.
      Cheavon Clarke, right, was dumped out of the heavyweight Olympic boxing in the last 16Credit: Reuters
      But he lost his way after taking the opening round with three of the judges.
      Teixeira frustrated the Brit with his spoiling tactics.
      And he was narrowly in front at the end of the second.
      Although Clarke tried to take the contest to his opponent, too many of his shots missed their target, allowing the Brazilian to claim a 4-1 victory.
      It was a sad end to what had been another promising GB day in the boxing ring.
      Top-seed Pat McCormack in the welterweights and flyweight Caroline Dubois won their opening bouts with comprehensive unanimous verdicts.
      McCormack, 26, whose twin brother Luke has already made a winning lightweight start, was simply far too good for Aliaksandr Radzionau of Belarus.
      His next opponent is Bobo-Usman Baturov of Uzbekistan.
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      Dubois, sister of heavyweight pro Daniel, was always in control against Kosovan Donjeta Sadiku.
      The Londoner had more problems with a slipping headguard than her Balkan opponent, taking every round with each judge.
      She now faces Rashida Ellis of the USA in the last 16. 
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      Clarke made a good start but eventually lost 4-1 against Brazilian Abner TeixeiraCredit: Getty
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      Why is there no Team GB men’s football team when a women’s team are playing at Tokyo 2020 Olympics?

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      THE TOKYO OLYMPICS sees Great Britain field a women’s football team this summer, but there’s NO men’s side.Hege Riise, the Team GB head coach, named an 18-person squad for the games and they have already qualified for the quarter-finals.
      Team GB’s women were the first Brits to compete at the Tokyo Olympics as they beat Chile 2-0 in their football opener
      Why is there no Great Britain men’s football team at the Olympics?
      When London won the rights to hold the Olympics in 2012, Great Britain immediately began plans to enter a men’s team for the games.
      The Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish FA, however, expressed doubts over taking part over fears they would lose their Home Nations status which had been established by Fifa.

      Fifa president at the time Sepp Blatter assured all four nations that their individuality would not be lost, despite combining to create Team GB for the Olympics.
      A compromise was reached and only English and Welsh players took part for Team GB in London.
      Plans were put forward for a team to be created for the Rio Olympics in 2016, but they were once again rejected by the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish associations.
      And subsequently, no efforts were made for a men’s team to enter the Tokyo games.

      Ryan Giggs captained the men’s Team GB side at the 2012 OlympicsCredit: PA:Press Association
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      But Team GB Chef de Mission Mark England says that potential success from the women’s team may spark up a revival for the men’s side.
      He said: “I would absolutely love to take a men’s football team to the Olympic Games.
      “I think the experiences that the women have had through the home country FAs hopefully will be that positive step and impetus for an open dialogue on men’s teams in the future.
      “Obviously the strength now that we can see in women’s football (means) we’d be very disappointed if, in France in Paris in 2024 and on to Los Angeles in 2028, we weren’t fielding competitive teams across all sports but in particular competitive teams in football as well.”
      However, even if the four football associations had agreed to a Team GB men’s side, they would not have qualified for the Olympics this year.
      The women qualified for the Olympic Games by virtue of England’s run to the semi-final of the 2019 Women’s World Cup.
      However, qualification for the men’s tournament was decided by performance in the 2019 Under-21 European Championship.
      And in that tournament, England failed to get out of the group stage after being beaten by France and Romania.
      As a result of their runs to the semi-finals of that competition, France, Romania, Germany and Spain are Uefa’s representatives at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. More