THE NFL has discovered a niche within the schedule for one more worldwide sport in 2025.

The league confirmed a return to Sao Paulo, Brazil is on the playing cards for subsequent season.

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And it is going to be performed in the identical slot because the 2024 sport, which makes use of a authorized loophole.

The Los Angeles Chargers had been introduced as the house workforce for the Week 1 sport in 2025.

It is going to be performed on Friday 5 September on the Corinthians Area.

That will probably be a day after the Tremendous Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles kick off the 2025 marketing campaign.

The NFL would not schedule Friday or Saturday video games throughout highschool and faculty season as a part of an settlement.

However that solely kicks in from the second Friday of September.

Final yr the Brazil sport noticed the Eagles beat the Inexperienced Bay Packers.

That was additionally performed on Friday in Week 1 – a day after the season-opener – and was streamed solely on Peacock.

The NFL has introduced some new worldwide locations for video games in 2025 and past.

The league will play in Madrid, Spain for the primary time ever with the Miami Dolphins the house workforce.

And there will probably be a sport in Dublin, Eire the place the Pittsburgh Steelers have been designated to play.

These two be part of a six-game slate to be performed in Europe in 2025.

Three of these will probably be performed in London, England, as was the case in 2024.

And the Germany sport will probably be performed in Berlin for the primary time ever with the Indianapolis Colts the house workforce.

Melbourne, Australia may even host a sport in 2026, the NFL confirmed.

Wednesday’s announcement of the Sao Paulo sport takes the 2025 worldwide slate to seven in whole.

A return to Mexico Metropolis is also on the playing cards after renovations to the Estadio Azteca forward of the 2026 Fifa World Cup.

“The possession’s accepted eight (worldwide) video games already,” Goodell stated in Brazil final yr.

“I hope to get that to 16 sooner or later sooner or later.

“Let’s examine how that goes.”