NFL planning to return to London for International Series in 2021 after Covid cancellations

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Malik Ouzia @MalikOuzia_5 February 2021

The NFL is planning to return to London in 2021, after the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of last year’s International Series games. 

Speaking ahead of Super Bowl LV in Tampa Bay, Florida, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell confirmed that the league is currently planning for this year’s overseas games - including those in London - to take place, but that a decision will ultimately have to be taken nearer the time depending on the pandemic landscape. 

The capital was due to host four games in 2020, two each at Wembley and the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, but the NFL announced in May that those matches and one set to be played in Mexico would take place in the US instead

Last year was the first in which no regular season games were played in the UK since Wembley hosted its first fixture in 2007. 

“We are planning for international games in 2021,” Goodell said. “That is the approach we are going to take. We are obviously going to stay in close contact with our partners and make sure we are doing that safely.

If at any point we don’t think we can do that safely we will make that determination. We hope to get back there and we are planning for it and we will make that decision when we have enough information to do so.”

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