World Cup or­gan­is­ers promise a high-tech clos­ing cer­e­mo­ny fea­tur­ing pop star Shaki­ra, com­pared to the more tra­di­tion­al­ly African cer­e­mo­ny which opened the tour­na­ment. Or­gan­is­ing com­mit­tee spokesman Jer­maine Craig says Sun­day's show at Soc­cer City will be "more youth­ful and a bit more tech­no­log­i­cal­ly ad­vanced" than the June 11 open­ing cer­e­mo­ny. Craig says the night­time event has "nice light­ing ef­fects and spe­cial ef­fects planned."

The clos­ing cer­e­mo­ny is sched­uled to start at 6.30 pm, two hours be­fore the fi­nal match kicks off. Colom­bian star Shaki­ra will per­form the of­fi­cial tour­na­ment an­them Wa­ka Wa­ka (This Time for Africa). Shaki­ra al­so per­formed the song at a June 10 World Cup con­cert in Sowe­to.