Sadio Mane covered all the costs of building a football arena in his home village in Senegal

Al Nasr striker Sadio Mane came to the opening of a football stadium in his home village of Bambali in Senegal.

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In 2022, Mane played with village boys on a muddy and unkempt field in Bambali. Photos of that event went viral, and the Senegalese football star promised to build a stadium for the residents of his home village at his own expense.

Mane kept his word by visiting the new stadium on the eve of the African Cup of Nations.