American Football

Leaders has announced another group of speakers for the 2016 edition of its Leaders Sport Business Summit, New York, which takes place at The TimesCenter on March 1-2.

The City of Houston has entered a bid to host the 2017 Pro Bowl, the all-star game of the NFL American football league, in an effort to create a double-header with its staging of Super Bowl LI at NRG Stadium.

NFL American football franchise the Oakland Raiders has signed a one-year lease extension to remain at the O.Co Coliseum for the 2016 season as the team continues to seek a new permanent home stadium in the city.

Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the NFL American football league, has confirmed that Mexico will host a regular-season game next season and suggested that installing a permanent franchise in London is a “realistic possibility”.

Roger Goodell, commissioner of the NFL American football league, has confirmed that the ‘Rooney Rule’ policy will be extended in a bid to ensure that female candidates are granted interviews for executive positions within the game.

NFL American football team the San Diego Chargers will remain at its Qualcomm Stadium home for the 2016 season, although the franchise has agreed a deal with rival the St. Louis Rams to relocate to Los Angeles should a long-term solution to its ongoing stadium issues not be worked out.

Oakland Raiders officials will reportedly travel to Las Vegas today (Friday) to meet with Sheldon Adelson, chairman and chief executive of US gambling company Las Vegas Sands, to discuss the potential relocation of the NFL American football team to the city.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is conducting an antitrust investigation of the NFL American football league and its policy of imposing “price-floors” on certain tickets as part of an ongoing probe into the online ticketing market, according to Reuters.

The Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) is to meet with the NFL today (Thursday) in an effort to keep the American football league’s annual all-star game, the Pro Bowl, in the US state.

A new venture capital firm focusing on the sports and entertainment industries has been launched by leading US sports agent Leigh Steinberg.

The Australian city of Sydney is preparing to submit a bid to host the 2017 Pro Bowl, the annual all-star game of American football league the NFL.

The St. Louis Rams will relocate to Los Angeles for the start of the 2016-17 season and could be joined in the city by rival NFL American football franchise the San Diego Chargers, it was announced yesterday (Tuesday).

Roger Goodell, commissioner of the National Football League (NFL), has hit out at stadium plans put forward to keep the San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders and St. Louis Rams in their current home markets, branding the proposals as “unsatisfactory and inadequate”.

NFL American football franchise the St. Louis Rams has ramped up its bid for a move to Los Angeles by claiming that its current home market cannot sustain three major league teams and plans for a new stadium in the city do not make financial sense.

American football league the NFL has said it remains in talks to bring games to the Mexican market, amid reports the Oakland Raiders could face the Houston Texans in Mexico City next season.

The National Football League (NFL) has confirmed that the San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders and St. Louis Rams have filed official proposals for relocation to the Los Angeles area, as the process prepares to step up a gear in the coming week.