Two Ghanaian legends Asamoah Gyan and Osei Kuffuor were invited for the inauguration of the Diamniadio Olympic Stadium in Senegal on Tuesday, 22 February.
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The inauguration of the 50,000-seat stadium welcomed some great African football legends including FECAFOOT boss, Samuel Eto’o, Didier Drogba, Aristide Bance, Emmanuel Adebayor, Jonathan Pitroipa, Jay Jay Okocha and others.
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino and CAF President Patrice Motsepe attended the official opening ceremony of Stade de Senegal, a state of the art stadium located in Diamniadio, 30km from Dakar, presided over by President of Senegal, Macky Sall.
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Other distinguished guests at the event included Adama Barrow, President of The Gambia, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, President of Guinea-Bissau, George Weah, President of Liberia, Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey.
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The inauguration of the 50,000 capacity venue was made all the more special by a dazzling line up of Senegalese football legends, who took on some of Africa’s most cherished football legends, in the first ever match to be played at the stadium.
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Construction of the 50,000-seat Olympic complex began in February 2020 and is reported to have cost the West African country around 258 million U.S. dollars.
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The complex will be the main venue of the 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, the first IOC event to be held in Africa and the first in a Muslim-majority country.
Diamniadio is situated around 30 kilometers from Senegal’s capital Dakar. A regional Express railway connecting the two cities was completed in December last year to ease movement for fans and sportspersons.
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