The NFL opens with a Super Bowl rematch. Champions League starts tonight.

The NFL comes back Wednesday night with a Super Bowl rematch: New England at Seattle, 8:20 p.m. Eastern, Lumen Field, NBC. The Seahawks won Super Bowl LX, 29–13, on Feb. 8 in Santa Clara. NFL.com counted 212 days off. It is the league’s first Wednesday opener since 2012, and the first Week 1 Super Bowl rematch since Denver hosted Carolina in 2016. Seattle is a short favorite. The Sports desk files the kickoff, not the spread.

Thursday the league goes to Melbourne. San Francisco and the Rams play at the Cricket Ground, 8:35 p.m. Eastern on Netflix — Friday morning in Australia. A record nine international games this season. Week 1 then waits until Sunday. The country that spent Labor Day at $4.15 a gallon will spend Wednesday at a football game. That is the civic calendar.

After a 212-day break, the NFL officially returns on Wednesday night.

Europe does not wait. Champions League league-phase Matchday 1 runs tonight through Thursday. Real Madrid and Inter kick off at the Bernabéu at 3 p.m. Eastern. Porto and Manchester City, Dortmund and Villarreal, share the same window. Barcelona and Feyenoord on Wednesday; Liverpool and Atlético, Napoli and Arsenal. The Sports desk files two clocks: a Super Bowl hangover in Seattle, and a European night that starts this afternoon.