Because they are all worried that if they merge for the Olympics then FIFA may make them merge for all tournaments. England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales would no longer be able to play any matches, it would become team Great Britain.
Yes, the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team.
The UK competes as Great Britain at all Olympic events. The United Kingdom is a country that consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In fact, the official name of the country is "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland." Great Britain is the name of the island northwest of France and east of Ireland that consists of three somewhat autonomous regions: England, Wales and Scotland. Therefore, England is part of Great Britain, which is part of the United Kingdom. The U.K. includes England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are not countries but the United Kingdom is. The remaining portion of the island of Ireland (that which is not the U.K.'s Northern Ireland) is an independent country called the Republic of Ireland (Eire).
In terms of football, Northern Ireland it's self, In terms of Rugby, it is Ireland (IRFU), In terms of Olympic games, its Great Britain, which is referred to as 'Great Britain and Northern Ireland'
None. England does not have an Olympic team. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland won 17 gold medals.
It has jurisdication for Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Nations at the Olympic Games are defined by their National Olympic Committees. When these were first set up, the British called themselves Great Britain, which included the countries of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. When Ireland became independent, it established its own National Olympic Committee, which was recognised by the IOC, although athletes from Northern Ireland, which is politically still part of the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" still compete for Great Britain. When the Commonwealth Games were started (as the Empire Games), the different countries of Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and even the Isle of Man and two of the Channel Islands) all competed, and continue to compete, separately (although only Northern Ireland, as the rest of Ireland is no longer part of the Commonwealth).
Scottish people compete in the so called "Team GB" or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland team governed by the British Olympic Association.
England competed as a part of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team.
Great Britain is actually the name of the island on which the United Kingdom is situated. However, since the full name of the country is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the term is also used to refer to the whole country.
He gets no money but he just earned a gold medal and the respect from not only his mother country, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, but also the world. Cheers
Great Britain and Northern Ireland have had a gold medal in every modern Olympic games.
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