{"id":153465,"date":"2026-02-06T08:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/153465\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T08:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:33:14","slug":"dallas-cowboys-to-play-in-first-ever-game-in-rio-de-janeiro-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/153465\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys to play in first-ever game in Rio de Janeiro in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cowboys&#8217; opponent along with date, kickoff time and ticket information will be announced at a later date. Fans interested in the 2026 game in Rio should visit <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/international\/games\/rio\/roi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nfl.com\/Rio<\/a> to stay updated on all the latest news and information.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil is home to more than 36 million NFL fans and is one of the league&#8217;s most significant international markets. The announcement follows the NFL&#8217;s multi-year commitment to bring at least three regular-season games to Rio de Janeiro over the next five years, reinforcing the league&#8217;s long\u2011term investment in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to regular-season games, the NFL is committed to growing the game at every level in Brazil, engaging with fans year-round through partners, programs and initiatives including NFL Flag and community events. NFL Flag now engages thousands of young players across Brazil, reflecting efforts to boost participation and inspire future athletes as flag football makes its Olympic debut at LA28.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL has played two games in Brazil (2024: Packers-Eagles; 2025: Chiefs-Chargers) in S\u00e3o Paulo at Corinthians Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can register for information around the 2026 NFL Rio game here: <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/international\/games\/rio\/roi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nfl.com\/Rio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow NFL Brazil on <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nflbrasil\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NFLBrasil?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a> and <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@nflbrasil?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty-two regular-season NFL games have been played outside the United States with London, Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Madrid, Dublin, S\u00e3o Paulo, Mexico City and Toronto having hosted games to date.<\/p>\n<p>          <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cowboys&#8217; opponent along with date, kickoff time and ticket information will be announced at a later date.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,113,104,103,223,9953],"class_list":{"0":"post-153465","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-cowboys","10":"tag-dallas-headlines","11":"tag-dallas-news","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-no-minute"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}