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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Fifa president Gianni Infantino on Wednesday unveiled Kigali Pele Stadium, in honour of the Brazilian football legend who died in December last year. The multi-sports ground, initially known as Kigali Regional Stadium, holds 22,000 people.<\/p>\n

The inauguration of the stadium, which happened on the sidelines of the 73rd Fifa Congress in Kigali, was presided over by President Paul Kagame. President Kagame thanked Mr Infantino for giving the country an opportunity to honour Mr Pele by naming the stadium in his name, according to The News Times. Mr Infantino said the move was the best way to keep Mr Pele\u2019s football memories. \u201cPele left us but he is always with us,\u201d Mr Infantino said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. Fifa president Gianni Infantino on Wednesday unveiled Kigali Pele Stadium, in honour of the Brazilian football legend who died in December last year. The multi-sports ground, initially known as Kigali Regional Stadium, holds 22,000 people. The inauguration of the stadium, which happened on the sidelines of the 73rd Fifa Congress in Kigali, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":42430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-42431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nFifa unveils \u2018Pele\u2019 stadium in Rwanda - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fifa president Gianni Infantino on Wednesday unveiled Kigali Pele Stadium, in honour of the Brazilian football legend wh ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/fifa-unveils-pele-stadium-in-rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fifa unveils \u2018Pele\u2019 stadium in Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fifa president Gianni Infantino on Wednesday unveiled Kigali Pele Stadium, in honour of the Brazilian football legend wh ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/fifa-unveils-pele-stadium-in-rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-16T23:40:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-16T23:52:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678997467.62.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/fifa-unveils-pele-stadium-in-rwanda#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/fifa-unveils-pele-stadium-in-rwanda\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Fifa unveils \u2018Pele\u2019 stadium in Rwanda\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-16T23:40:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-16T23:52:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/fifa-unveils-pele-stadium-in-rwanda\"},\"wordCount\":131,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/fifa-unveils-pele-stadium-in-rwanda#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678997467.62.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/fifa-unveils-pele-stadium-in-rwanda#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/fifa-unveils-pele-stadium-in-rwanda\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/fifa-unveils-pele-stadium-in-rwanda\",\"name\":\"Fifa unveils \u2018Pele\u2019 stadium in Rwanda - 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