(CNN) -- Bigger and better than before -- that's the promise as the NFL International Series returns to London this weekend, and hopes are rising that Britain will one day have its own permanent franchise. Wembley Stadium will host American football's overseas showpiece for the eighth year running and, for the first time, the home of English soccer will welcome three regular-season games, spread over the next six weeks. Building on the two games it held last year and the one it hosted initially, overseas fans will get a rare glimpse of the United States' most popular sport. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell confirmed as early as February that the games had already sold out, meaning 270,000 spectators will witness the Oakland Raiders take on the Miami Dolphins, the Detroit Lions face the Atlanta Falcons and the Jacksonville Jaguars play the Dallas Cowboys.
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The NFL International Series is back in London this weekend
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For the first time, Wembley Stadium will hold three games over six weeks
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Oakland Raiders kick things off against Miami Dolphins Sunday
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Detroit Lions then face Atlanta Falcons and Jacksonville Jaguars play Dallas Cowboys
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