India, July 14 -- The FIFA World Cup 2026 will conclude with a star-studded closing ceremony at New York New Jersey Stadium on Sunday, 19 July (Monday, July 20 - IST), setting the stage for the tournament final after more than a month of the competition across Canada, Mexico and the United States. Scheduled to begin at 1:30 PM local time (11 PM IST), 90 minutes before kick-off, the ceremony will celebrate the journey of all 48 participating nations and mark the culmination of the first expanded FIFA World Cup, which was hosted across three countries and 16 cities.

Music will take centre stage before the final, with performances from Italian singer Laura Pausini, former Pussycat Dolls frontwoman Nicole Scherzinger, British pop star Robbie...