Hege Riise appointed as interim England Women head coach in January following Phil Neville's departure to become head coach at David Beckham's Inter Miami; Former Norway international Riise is in charge on temporary basis before Netherlands boss Sarina Wiegman takes over in September 2021
Tuesday 9 March 2021 09:29, UK
England Women interim head coach Hege Riise is set to be named as head coach of Team GB women's football team for the Olympics in Tokyo.
Former Lionesses boss Phil Neville was set to coach Team GB at this summer's games but joined David Beckham's Inter Miami in January.
His replacement on an interim basis, Riise, was expected to be part of the coaching staff for the tournament but is now set to be confirmed as head coach.
"If she doesn't go as head coach, she will go as assistant coach," Baroness Sue Campbell, director of women's football at the FA, said in February.
Former Norway international Riise is in charge of England Women on a temporary basis before Netherlands boss Sarina Wiegman takes over in September 2021.
England Women thrashed Northern Ireland 6-0 in Riise's first game in temporary charge in a friendly at St George's Park last month.
Team GB will take a women's football team to the Olympics this summer for only the second time in history, with players from across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all eligible to compete in Tokyo.
Canada will play in Wales on Friday, April 9 with the venue to be confirmed in due course, while Denmark will be the visitors to the Cardiff City Stadium on Monday, April 13.
Wales are without a manager following the departure of Jayne Ludlow in January, with her successor due to be announced by the Football Association of Wales (FAW) in the coming days.
The matches against eighth-ranked Canada and Denmark, ranked 14th, are being used as preparation for Wales' World Cup qualifying campaign as they bid to reach their first finals.
Canada, led by former England senior assistant coach Bev Priestman, were already scheduled to face the Lionesses on April 13 in a friendly.
