New world order

The event that sparked The Observer's '21st Century Sport' series was the match at Wembley between the Miami Dolphins and the New York Giants on 28 October, the first competitive, regular-season NFL game to be played in Europe.

On the same weekend, Manchester United, at the invitation of an Indian billionaire, were staging a training programme in Goa, run by their academy director Brian McClair. Today, as our series draws to a close, Chelsea are in India. Their team of chief executive Peter Kenyon, media director Simon Greenberg, former player Graeme Le Saux and famous fan Lord Coe are part of London Mayor Ken Livingstone's ambassadorial team promoting London and 'creating closer ties between the capital and India in business, tourism, education, sport and creative industries'.

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