Colombian pop star Shakira to perform at 2014 FIFA World Cup Closing Ceremony

Colombian pop star Shakira will perform at this year's World Cup closing ceremony, which takes place before the final in Rio de Janeiro on July 13,2014

Shakira will perform La La La (Brazil 2014) at the Maracana stadium.

It is her third consecutive appearance at a World Cup closing ceremony, after performing in South Africa in 2010 and in Germany in 2006

The Brazil ceremony, which marks the end of a month of football, will also see Carlos Santana and hip-hop star Wyclef Jean perform the official anthem Dar Um Jeito alongside Brazil's Alexandre Pires.

Local superstar Ivete Sangalo will perform a medley of well-known Brazilian songs, while there will be a Samba performance by students from a school in Rio.



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Shakira performed the official song of the 2010 World Cup - Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) - which is reportedly the biggest-selling World Cup song of all time.