File photo of members of Britain's national team pose for a photo before their men's Group A football match against Senegal at the London 2012 Olympic Games in Old Trafford, Manchester, northern England July 26, 2012. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
LONDON (Reuters) - The English Football Association have scrapped plans to send a combined British football team to compete at next year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics because of opposition from other home nations, the BBC reported on Monday.
The BBC said the FA had written to the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish associations to inform them.
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