The New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks will play the first ever National Football League game in China. The American football league announced Monday that the two teams will play a preseason game on August 8 next year in Beijing, AFP reported. The game will be held at Beijing's Workers Stadium where the soccer competition of the 2008 Olympics will be held. International games have peviously been held in cities like Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, in Canada; Mexico City, Mexico; and Tokyo, Japan. "This promises to be memorable," the NFL's commissioner Roger Goodell, who took over the reins of the huge league this year, said.
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