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September 24, 2006

China Bowl

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is in town and he will announce at 6 p.m. that the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks will play the first NFL game in China on Aug. 8, 2007.

The game will be played in Beijing, the Chinese capital, and will serve as the kickoff of the one-year countdown to the opening of the XXIX Olympic Games in China.

"We are very excited and proud to be bringing our game to China," said Goodell. "We thank the Patriots and the Seahawks for agreeing to take part in this historic game. We are also grateful to our broadcast partner - NBC and its parent company GE - and to the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau and the Beijing Sports Competition Management Center. This promises to be a memorable event."

The game will be carried live on Chinese television at 8:30 p.m., and NBC will carry it live in the states at 8:30 a.m.

More to come. . .

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