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Fifa may prevent Team GB football teams at Olympics

Great Britain will be banned from entering football teams at the 2016 Olympics unless all home nations are in agreement, according to Fifa vice-president Jim Boyce.

Boyce says Fifa will have the final say over Team GB at the 2016 Olympics. Credit: PA

Earlier this month, the English FA confirmed its plans to enter male and female teams in next year's summer games in a move that was met with furious criticism from Welsh football chief Trefor Lloyd Hughes, who said:

"If they want to work with us they have to be more open with us and they don't seem to be keeping to agreements. I'm livid about it."

And now, British Fifa vice-president Boyce has confirmed the final decision must be unanimous and ratified by football's world governing body.

Fifa has the final say on whether a football team can be entered for the Olympic Games.

I was given an absolute categorical reassurance from Fifa that unless full agreement could be reached between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, there would be no GB team participating at next year's Olympics.

– Vice-President of FIFA Jim Boyce