(DPA)

The half-time break during the World Cup final on Sunday is to last longer than the usual 15 minutes due to the first-ever half-time show, media reports have said.

FIFA has reportedly said that the show will last 11 minutes at the stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey but the half-time break is expected to extend beyond the 15 minutes.

Madonna, Shakira, Justin Bieber, Coldplay and K-Pop stars BTS are among the performers announced a few weeks ago.

The rules set by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) stipulate that players are entitled to a half-time break of no more than 15 minutes. Accordingly, the duration of the break may only be changed with the referee's permission.

Michael Gietzen, the chief executive officer of global events company Identity, told the Press Association that “FIFA is right to extend half-time and the people complaining are missing the point.

"Football has its own rhythm and its own rules and of course that matters. But a World Cup final isn't 'most of the time'. It happens once every four years, in front of the biggest audience any single sporting event can pull. Treating it like a normal weekend fixture is the mistake, not the half-time show.

"A good half-time show isn't a distraction from the football. It's part of the reason people remember exactly where they were when they watched it. A few extra minutes to get that right isn't a compromise, it's FIFA recognising that the final is a cultural event as much as a sporting one.

"Purists may call that a dilution. I'd call it FIFA catching up to what a decent proportion of audiences have wanted for years. A final like this round comes once every four years. Play it safe and you waste the moment," he told DPA.

Ahead of the final, there will also be a closing ceremony with performances from Laura Pausini, Nicole Scherzinger, and Robbie Williams as well as YouTuber IShowSpeed.

Actor Tom Cruise will also make an appearance. FIFA said that the show at the East Rutherford, New Jersey, stadium will look back at the 48-team event in the US, Mexico, and Canada which started on June 11.