Why is Olympic football under-23?

If you’re missing your daly fix of international football after the end of Euro 2024, then fear not, as the Olympics begins next week.

Football has been part of the Olympic schedule in every games since 1900, bar the 1932 edition to allow the newly created World Cup to gain traction. 

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