Nairobi, October 28-President William Ruto has announced a high-profile football match between German giants Bayern Munich and Dutch side Ajax, scheduled for January 5, 2027, to mark the grand opening of the Raila Odinga International Stadium in Nairobi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The match will be held at the newly constructed stadium, as Kenya prepares to strengthen its position as a host of major international sporting events ahead of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tickets for the highly anticipated encounter are expected to go on sale on November 5, 2026, giving football fans an opportunity to secure seats for the historic occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 60,000-seater stadium, located in Nairobi, is one of Kenya\u2019s flagship sports infrastructure projects and is being developed to meet international football standards. The facility is expected to play a key role in hosting matches during AFCON 2027, which Kenya will co-host alongside Uganda and Tanzania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bayern Munich\u2013Ajax fixture is expected to draw significant attention from local and international football fans, with the opening match marking a major milestone for the new stadium and Kenya\u2019s ambitions in international sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Further details on ticket prices, purchasing platforms and match arrangements are expected to be communicated by the relevant organisers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nairobi, October 28-President William Ruto has announced a high-profile football match between German giants Bayern Munich and Dutch side Ajax, scheduled for January 5, 2027, to mark the grand opening of the Raila Odinga International Stadium in Nairobi. The match will be held at the newly constructed stadium, as Kenya prepares to strengthen its position as a host of major international sporting events ahead of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Tickets for the highly anticipated encounter are expected to go on sale on November 5, 2026, giving football fans an opportunity to secure seats for the historic occasion. The 60,000-seater stadium, located in Nairobi, is one of Kenya\u2019s flagship sports infrastructure projects and is being developed to meet international football standards. The facility is expected to play a key role in hosting matches during AFCON 2027, which Kenya will co-host alongside Uganda and Tanzania. The Bayern Munich\u2013Ajax fixture is expected to draw significant attention from local and international football fans, with the opening match marking a major milestone for the new stadium and Kenya\u2019s ambitions in international sports. Further details on ticket prices, purchasing platforms and match arrangements are expected to be communicated by the relevant organisers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4450,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4448\/revisions\/4450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}