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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and Dublin lord mayor Emma Blain prepare for the first NFL game in … More the Republic of Ireland. (Adam Hunger/AP Content Services for the NFL) Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved The National Football League continues its move toward a greater global presence with an expanded international schedule that features a league-high seven regular-season games in 2025. Berlin, Madrid and Dublin will be first-time hosts, and the league will play three games in London — two at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and one at long-time venue Wembley Stadium — and one in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a site first-visited in 2024. The NFL plans more. “We’re going to have eight games a year, minimum,” NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said on Good Morning Football on the NFL Network. Goodell added that if/when the league moves to 18 regular season games and two exhibition games, “we likely will see even more international games. I hope someday we’ll be playing 16. “We feel like this game is destined to be global.” The NFL already has announced that the Los Angeles Rams will play at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia, in 2026. The Eagles beat the Green Bay Packers 34-29 in Week 1 in Sao Paulo last season, the first NFL game held in Brazil. The game drew 47,236 at Arena Corinthians. Eagles running back Saquon Barkley provided a glimpse of things to come by scoring three touchdowns. “Man, did Brazil get a great game tonight or what?” Philadelphia coach Nick Sirianni said. “I know we converted some people to be big-time football fans tonight.” In addition to the increased international flavor, the schedule includes another quirk. The Minnesota Vikings are to play consecutive games in the British Isles when they meet the Minnesota Vikings in Dublin,…

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