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What you need to know
- National Football League is once again extending their international reach, this time announcing a Miami Dolphins match in Madrid next season, just two days after promoting an Indianapolis Colts fixture in Berlin.
- The league, which also will stage three games in London in 2025, launched its "International Series" in 2007 with a Dolphins-New York Giants game in the U.K.'s capital.
- In recent years the NBA and MLB also have made an effort to reach out internationally, playing preseason and regular season games in Mexico and France.
In a second international expansion, the National Football League has announced that Miami Dolphins, an NFL team, will be playing a match in Madrid next season, just two days after promoting an Indianapolis Colts’ game in Berlin.
The league announced Friday that the Dolphins will be the "designated," or nominal home, team for the game played at soccer powerhouse Real Madrid's Bernabéu Stadium in 2025. The Colts on Wednesday were announced as the designated team for the Berlin game, and the New York Jets, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Cleveland Browns will be the home teams in the league's three games set to be played in London.
The Madrid matchup will be the NFL's first regular-season game in Spain after expanding its international footprint to Mexico, Germany, and Brazil in recent years. The NFL launched its "International Series" in 2007 with a Dolphins-New York Giants game in London.
In the second half of this year the schedule for 2025 will reveal the dates and opponents of international matches. Beginning in 2025 the NFL will be able to schedule eight games abroad during regular season.
Major League Baseball, another major North American sport league, has also expanded its global reach in the last few years. Last season, MLB played games in South Korea and Mexico as well as the U.K. and Dominican Republic. The National Basketball Association played regular-season and preseason games at Mexico City, Paris and Abu Dhabi in 2024.
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