According to the International Federation of American Football, the "Standard Style" of international flag football play is five-on-five, which is the format that will be implemented in the 2028 ...

Olympics flag football will come with its own set of tweaked American football rules: a shorter field, fewer players and no linemen, to name a few. NFL STATS CENTRAL: The latest NFL scores ...

The NFL unanimously approved for its players to participate in flag football in the 2028 Olympics in a vote on Tuesday at the league meetings. Now comes the hard part.

In the U.S., the NFL has relied on flag football to grow youth participation, specifically with girls. The league was influential in getting men's and women's flag football included in the 2028 ...

NFL team owners voted to allow the league’s players to compete in the 2028 Olympics, where flag football – aided heavily by a push from an NFL with global ambitions – will make its debut.

Flag football games are 40 minutes long, split into 20-minute halves with a two-minute halftime break. The clock runs until the final two minutes of each half.