England manager Sam Allardyce wants Great Britain to play football at the Olympic Games, feeling the opportunity to play on such a stage cannot be squandered.
Britain was represented by both men s and women s football teams when the country hosted the Games at London 2012.
The men s squad featured the likes of Ryan Giggs, Aaron Ramsey, Daniel Sturridge and Craig Bellamy but suffered a quarter-final exit at the hands of South Korea in a penalty shoot-out.
Canada knocked the women s team out in the last eight, with neither side reformed for Rio 2016, where Great Britain have so far won 66 medals.
But Allardyce told the BBC: I think it is a fantastic venue, once every four years, and to turn it down is a great shame.
When you see the delight on Justin Rose s face when he won the gold medal in golf, it shows what it all means.
It is something we may look at in the future and try to compete in.
