There will not be a men's Team GB football team at the 2016 Rio de Janiero Olympics, the Football Association's general secretary Alex Horne confirmed...

Yet due to the qualification requirements for Rio 2016, it seems unlikely that we will see an incarnate of a Team GB football team any time soon.

By definition, goalkeepers do a job that's different to everyone else's around them - well, except for the one other person on the pitch doing the same job as them, but they're not exactly going to be pally with him/her - and as a result, it must surely be utterly alienating.

So, finally they are here. After seven years of counting down the days, the Olympic Games are no longer an expensive and controversial smudge on the horizon. Like, love or loathe them, few can deny the Olympics provide plenty of drama - not all of it sporting - and the Great Britain football team has been a particularly inflammatory subject in the protracted lead-up.

“It's hard to know just how well it will turn out," said Mitt Romney on Wednesday when asked about London’s hosting of the Olympics. It is a s...

The London 2012 build-up became more tangible on Monday when Team GB's football team moved into their Olympic village accommodation for the Games. ...

Team GB's football team trained for the first time together on Monday, with just 17 days to go until their London 2012 Olympic Games opener against Se...

Stuart Pearce has named his 18-man Team GB football squad, comprising entirely of Englishmen and Welshmen. Pearce confirmed David Beckham will not ...