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Hege Riise confirmed as head coach of Team GB's women's football team

Hege Riise will be the head coach of Great Britain's women's football team at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo later this year.

Riise, who won Olympic gold with Norway as a player back in 2000, has been in interim charge of the England women's national team since January, following Phil Neville's departure to Inter Miami.

The 51-year-old oversaw the Lionesses' 6-0 win over Northern Ireland in February, their first international fixture for almost 12 months, and her success during that camp has helped secure her place as the head coach of Team GB.