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Shakira Dazzles with Belly Dance in World Cup Video

The star-studded music video for Shakira's official World Cup song features an array of top footballers.The Hips Don't Lie singer, 49, released the video for ne...

Shakira Dazzles with Belly Dance in World Cup Video
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The star-studded music video for 's official World Cup song features an array of top footballers.

The Hips Don't Lie singer, 49, released the video for new record Dai Dai with Burna Boy on Saturday and it's full of familiar sporting faces. 

, ,  and Kylian Mbappé are among the famous cameos.

The video also features the singer dancing with children from Ghetto Kids Uganda - a dance and music group based in the Katwe slums of Kampala.

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Shakira will perform the catchy hit at the World Cup final's half-time show at 's MetLife Stadium on July 19.

The music video release comes just after Shakira said she has no 'time or space in her life' for love, four years on from her very public split from Gerard Piqué. 

The Colombian pop superstar and Spanish footballer, 39, who share sons Sasha, 11, and Milan, 13, confirmed they had separated in June 2022, after she learnt he had

The star-studded music video for Shakira's official World Cup song features an array of top footballers

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The Hips Don't Lie singer, 49, released the video for new record Dai Dai with Burna Boy on Saturday and it's full of familiar sporting faces (Messi seen) 

While Gerard swiftly went on to date , 27, for three years, Shakira has remained single and said she is enjoying time with her kids and focusing on her career.

She told The Times: 'No romance for me for now. There's no space or time in my life for that. My plate is quite full. My kids are my priority. And my career. Strangely enough, I'm in love with my career like I've never been in my life. I'm enjoying my time alone as well'.

In her rare comment about her split she reflected on going through the 'darkest moment' which happened the same time as her father William was hospitalised following a severe fall, but she ultimately feels stronger for her experiences.

She said: '[I was living through] the darkest moment - when I saw the dissolution of my family. The family that I had dreamt to keep forever. I've been through so much pain, but it has made me perhaps in an unforeseen way a wiser person - or stronger, at least.

'They say that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger and it is true. It's amazing to learn that humans have a resilience that we can resort to at any moment in our lives.'

Shakira went on to say that she believed there are always lessons to learn from hardship.

And the star will always be grateful to her ex for the impact he had on her life, saying: 'I will always have that gratitude in my heart for the father of my kids, and [for] turning me into the mother that I am today.'

In 2022 amid rumours of him , Shakira announced her and the couple were breaking up, she has since gone on to brand him 'Voldemort' among other digs in her music.

'In the end, the truth or what happens or occurs is not told in the way it was. I cannot control this,' Gerard told CNN, via AS at the time.

Shakira will perform the catchy hit at the World Cup final's half-time show at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium on July 19

Harry Kane, Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé (seen) are among the famous cameos

Dai Dai marks the second time Shakira has been tapped for an official FIFA World Cup song, following the global hit Waka Waka (Kane is seen)

Haaland also appears in the new music video

 fired a parting shot at the Spanish government last Monday evening after an exhaustive tax-fraud case ended with the Colombian star winning an enormous €55million refund.

The singer has been cleared of alleged fraud relating to a 2011 tax return following a lengthy legal dispute with Spanish authorities that began in 2023. 

She will now be awarded a €55million refund and celebrated the victory by sharing one of 's best known lyrics alongside a series of new photos on social media. 

Taking to Instagram, Shakira accompanied her latest posts with a snippet from the Bajan singer's 2015 single, B***h Better Have My Money - a less than subtle reference to her incoming refund - while . 

Shakira had previously confessed to six tax fraud crimes at a Barcelona courthouse in 2023, . 

She admitted to wrongdoing for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 on the first day of a scheduled trial as part of a plea bargain deal, despite accusing the Spanish Treasury of 'publicly burning her at the stake' like a witch during the Inquisition in a subsequent no-holds-barred attack from her new home in Miami.

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