Team GB want to participate in event for the first time in 16 years at LA 2028 Olympics
Team GB are reportedly thinking about taking part in an event for the first time in 16 years at the next Olympics.
The 2024 Paris Olympic Games came to a close on Sunday night with a star-studded closing ceremony held at the Stade de France.
In total, Team GB athletes won 65 medals, 14 golds, 22 silvers and 29 bronzes.
The likes of Keely Hodgkinson, Bryony Page, Toby Roberts, Alex Yee and Tom Pidcock are among those who managed to clinch gold in their events.
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In four years’ time, the Olympic Games will be held in Los Angeles, USA and looking ahead, Team GB are reportedly planning to take part in men’s football for the first time in 16 years.
The last time Team GB had a men’s football team playing at the Olympics was back in 2012 when London hosted the games.
Players like Ryan Giggs, Craig Bellamy, Aaron Ramsey and Micah Richards were all involved as Team GB reached the quarter-finals.
The chief executive of the British Olympic Association, Andy Anson said, as per The Mirror: “It's something I would dearly love to happen. I would like to work with the FA, with the Scottish FA, with the Welsh and the Northern Irish FA, if we can make it happen.
“It would be brilliant for football, for youth football, and football in general. Seeing the women's team compete is brilliant, and I would love to see the men's team compete in the same way.”
The LA Olympics will also see cricket make its return, with Team GB likely to have a team.
Anson said: “In cricket, we've got to be in the top five to qualify in T20 men's and women's. We're currently in that position. We've got good experience - in golf, in rugby, in women's football - of how the four nations can come together and nominate one country to be the main governing body, and work with the other countries. So I think cricket will be the same.
“The ECB will be at the centre of that. They'll have to work with Cricket Scotland to make sure that happens properly. And we will help them sign agreements to come together and create a single national governing body, as we have done in those other sports.”
He added: “But we are working very closely with the ECB at the moment to make them become a fully fledged National Olympic Committee member.”
Marcus Chan