SportsAmerican football is coming to Australia – can it succeed?

The Los Angeles Rams will host the San Francisco 49ers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia’s first meaningful NFL regular-season game. The match sold out months in advance, with about 100,000 fans expected, while the teams are taking contrasting approaches to managing the long journey and severe time difference.

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