Saints to play Chargers in London next season

By Larry Fine

PHOENIX (Reuters) - The National Football League is returning to London next season for another regular season game with the San Diego Chargers playing the New Orleans Saints, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced on Friday.

The Saints will host the Chargers at Wembley Stadium on October 26, Goodell said.

In another international development, the commissioner said the Buffalo Bills would cross the border into Canada to play a regular season game every year in Toronto over the next five years starting this season.

Goodell, who did not specify the Bills' opponent in this year's game in Toronto, also said Buffalo would play a pre-season game every other year there.

Last season saw the NFL's boldest international move to date when the New York Giants beat the Miami Dolphins 13-10 at Wembley in October in the league's first ever regular season game held outside North America.

EXTRAORDINARY RECEPTION

"The reception that we got from our business partners and the fans in the UK was extraordinary," Goodell said about the game between the Dolphins and Giants, who are in Arizona this week to play the New England Patriots in Sunday's Super Bowl.

"We could not have been happier with the experience that we had in London and we're grateful for everything they did. So grateful that we're going to come back.