The weird history of Olympic football: Featuring Thierry Henry, protesting sailors and a very angry Hitler

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Great Britain may not have a football team at the 2024 Olympics, but three British bosses will be there – as well as some little-known bloke called Thierry Henry.

Installed as the manager of France’s under 21s last year, Henry is also boss of their Olympic team – given that they’re hosting the Games and are heavy favourites to win gold, no pressure, Titi…

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Chris joined FourFourTwo in 2015 and has reported from 20 countries, in places as varied as Jerusalem and the Arctic Circle. He’s interviewed Pele, Zlatan and Santa Claus (it’s a long story), as well as covering the World Cup, Euro 2020 and the Clasico. He previously spent 10 years as a newspaper journalist, and completed the 92 in 2017.