The Olympic Games, now barely a month away, will be a pinnacle in the career of every athlete on Team GB.
Every athlete that is, unless you're a footballer. The men's GB football team will be named in the next week and it will be the first time since 1960 that Britain has entered a team in the Games. The place of football in the Olympic programme has long been a contentious issue, but GB's participation only serves to highlight to me what a farce its inclusion is.
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