Cape Verde Honours Pele

<h4>Cape Verde Honours Pele<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Cape Verde&&num;8217&semi;s Prime Minister Dr Ulisses Correira e Silva has announced that the country&&num;8217&semi;s national stadium in Praia will be named after world football icon Pele&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The 15&comma;000 seater &&num;8220&semi;Estadio Nacional de Cabo Verde&&num;8221&semi;&comma; erected in 2010 and opened in 2014 has been the home base of the &&num;8220&semi;Blue Sharks&&num;8221&semi; as Cape Verde&&num;8217&semi;s national team is referred to&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In statement published on social media Facebook&comma; Cape Verde&&num;8217&semi;s premier stressed that the decision is a spinoff of the historical ties that his country shares with Brazil&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;Cape Verde and Brazil have a history and culture that go hand in hand&comma; considering they are two sister countries&comma; linked by language and very similar identities&period;&&num;8221&semi; the statement read&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;And with the physical disappearance of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Edson Arantes de Nascimento&comma; King Pelé&comma;<&sol;a> born a Brazilian citizen&comma; who soon became a planetary figure&comma; an icon of the masses showing that sport has the power to unite the world&comma; it is now our wish to pay tribute to him&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Pelé was and always will be a reference in Brazil&comma; in our Portuguese-speaking countries and in the rest of the world&comma; being an idol that links several generations&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;As a tribute and recognition to this figure that makes us all great&comma; I manifest the intention of naming our national stadium as &&num;8220&semi;Pelé Stadium&&num;8221&semi;&comma; in an initiative that&comma; I believe&comma; will be followed by several countries around the world&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">FIFA&&num;8217&semi;s president Gianni Infantino<&sol;a> on monday urged member associations to rename a football facility in their respective countries after Pele who till date is the only player to have won three world cups&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The world&&num;8217&semi;s football governing body has also renamed the football pitch in its headquarters &&num;8220&semi;Estadio Pele- FIFA Zurich&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Cape Verde&&num;8217&semi;s prime minister is hopeful that several other countries will emulate their action&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;We have already communicated our intention to FIFA&comma; because it was that institution that launched the challenge and we hope to be able to perform this symbolic act soon&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; FIFA<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;