Article 5QHE0 NFL’s return to London underlines enduring love affair between the two

NFL’s return to London underlines enduring love affair between the two

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Sean Ingle
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Two games at a packed Tottenham Hotspur Stadium will allow the city to get reacquainted with live top-level American football for the first time since before the pandemic

The NFL's return to London after a two-year hiatus because of Covid-19 looks as well-timed as a Tom Brady flea flicker. With no Premier League matches due to the international break, the biggest sports crowd in Britain on Sunday - about 60,000 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - will be hollering away when the Atlanta Falcons take on the New York Jets.

Next weekend, another sell-out crowd will revel in the pompom-waving, XXL-jersey-over-hoodie-wearing, lite beer-slurping experience all over again when the Jacksonville Jaguars and Miami Dolphins come to town.

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