NFL Going Back to London

NEW YORK (Ticker) -- The NFL is heading back across the pond. The league announced Thursday it would return to the United Kingdom for a regular-season game in 2008.

In October, the NFL played its first regular-season game in London when the New York Giants posted a 13-10 victory over the Miami Dolphins at rainy Wembley Stadium. The game drew a crowd of more than 81,000. "The game in London was undoubtedly one of the highlights of the entire 2007 season," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said. "The fan interest was tremendous. The passion they demonstrated for our sport that day continued throughout the season, as television viewership in the UK has grown by 40 percent since the game. "We had an overwhelmingly positive response to the event from all involved - the teams, our sponsors and business partners and of course the fans themselves. We look forward to another spectacular event in 2008."

Details about the game - including the venue and competing teams - will be announced during Super Bowl week from January 28-February 3. "In the build up to the Wembley game last October, I said that it was an audition for future games," NFL UK managing director Alistair Kirkwood said. "Clearly, the fans - with their passion and enthusiasm - have convinced the NFL that the UK should be rewarded with another game in 2008." In 2006, the NFL approved plans to stage a limited number of regular-season games outside the United States every year until 2011.