The Stade de France in Saint-Denis will host the draw for the men's and women's Olympic football groups in a tournament that will run from 24 July to 10 August. Brazil will be absent from the men's draw, while reigning world champions Spain will be making their Olympic debut in the women's competition.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino says the organisation is "certainly not" planning to take football out of the Olympics and remains "a proud part of the Olympic Movement", despite the potential for its flagship men's World Cup to clash with the Summer Games should it be staged every two years.

The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) has refreshed its international women's competitions - with a new W Gold Cup added to the calendar and the W Championship tweaked.

FIFA has unveiled a new temporary Olympics exhibition at their museum in Zürich, Switzerland to celebrate Tokyo 2020.

Haiti and El Salvador each squeezed out draws at the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) men's Olympic qualifier in Guadalajara to keep their slim hopes of reaching Tokyo 2020 alive.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino was just quizzed on current concerns related to the intense schedule facing players, amid a backlog of fixtures caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Seven French cities have made final teleconference presentations to the Paris 2024 Organising Committee seeking the six remaining chances of hosting matches in the  Olympic football tournament.

One hundred years ago on Saturday  - September 5 1920 - Spain’s new national football team secured the silver medals in the first international tournament they had contested, the Antwerp 1920 Olympic Games.

Zambia's women's football team are to take on Chile in two friendly matches later this year as they prepare to make their Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020.

South Africa have pulled their Olympic football team out of a friendly with hosts Japan due to the ongoing fears over coronavirus in the country.

The opening match of next year's Olympic football tournament is due to be a women’s Group E encounter in Rio de Janeiro on August 3, with both men’s and women’s finals scheduled to take place at the Maracanã Stadium after FIFA confirmed the schedule for the competitions in the Brazilian city.