Vuvuzelas

South Africans today began marking one year since the death of Nelson Mandela with services, blasting of vuvuzelas and a cricket match to honour his enormous legacy as an anti-apartheid icon and global beacon of hope.

The new instrument, a rattle called the caxirola, creates sound pressure levels similar to normal conversation, according to researchers from the Federal University of Santa Maria in Brazil.

If you hear the sound of the vuvuzela, it might just be 'Made in Punjab'! The monotone bugle and other high-selling sports merchandise is making its way from the state to the Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Delhi thanks to entrepreneur Manpreet Singh Walia.The 32-year-old entrepreneur from Mohali town, 10 km from here, got the idea of selling vuvuzelas...

The vuvuzela trumpets that became the droning soundtrack to the football World Cup in South Africa are to make a comeback at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

Major sporting events, including tennis major Wimbledon, made it a point to ban vuvuzela but the organisers of the Commonwealth Games are keen to introduce the noisy plastic horn during the mega event.

The vuvuzela, the horn instrument which became the sound of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, has won an entry in the latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary due to be published Thursday.The dictionary, which is based on how language is really used, defines the horn as a long plastic instrument, in the shape of a trumpet, that makes ...

"Vuvuzela" has been voted the word of the World Cup by global linguists who said on Monday the tournament will be best remember for the name of South Africa's deafening trumpet.

"Vuvuzela" has been voted the word of the World Cup by global linguists who said on Monday the tournament will be best remember for the name of South Africa's d

The vuvuzela, the plastic trumpet made famous by the football World Cup in South Africa, is in trouble in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the authorities here have issued a fatwa against it.

The vuvuzela, the plastic trumpet made famous by the football World Cup in South Africa, is in trouble in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the authorities here

Their deafening, droning din might be the soundtrack of the football World Cup, but Wimbledon chiefs will not have vuvuzelas making a racket at the tennis championships.

Their deafening, droning din might be the soundtrack of the football World Cup, but Wimbledon chiefs will not have vuvuzelas making a racket at the tennis champ

Wimbledon Organizers are making sure there will be no racket from vuvuzelas at the Wimbledon tennis championships.

The BBC is examining whether it could transmit a "vuvuzela free" version of its World Cup coverage after a flood of complaints from viewers about the controversial instruments, a paper reported today. The news came amid continued controversy over the instruments, which have also been criticised by fellow broadcasters and some players. But despite a...

South Africans today began marking one year since the death of Nelson Mandela with services, blasting of vuvuzelas and a cricket match to honour his enormous legacy as an anti-apartheid icon and global beacon of hope.

The new instrument, a rattle called the caxirola, creates sound pressure levels similar to normal conversation, according to researchers from the Federal University of Santa Maria in Brazil.

If you hear the sound of the vuvuzela, it might just be 'Made in Punjab'! The monotone bugle and other high-selling sports merchandise is making its way from the state to the Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Delhi thanks to entrepreneur Manpreet Singh Walia.The 32-year-old entrepreneur from Mohali town, 10 km from here, got the idea of selling vuvuzelas...

The vuvuzela trumpets that became the droning soundtrack to the football World Cup in South Africa are to make a comeback at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

Major sporting events, including tennis major Wimbledon, made it a point to ban vuvuzela but the organisers of the Commonwealth Games are keen to introduce the noisy plastic horn during the mega event.

The vuvuzela, the horn instrument which became the sound of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, has won an entry in the latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary due to be published Thursday.The dictionary, which is based on how language is really used, defines the horn as a long plastic instrument, in the shape of a trumpet, that makes ...

"Vuvuzela" has been voted the word of the World Cup by global linguists who said on Monday the tournament will be best remember for the name of South Africa's deafening trumpet.

"Vuvuzela" has been voted the word of the World Cup by global linguists who said on Monday the tournament will be best remember for the name of South Africa's d

The vuvuzela, the plastic trumpet made famous by the football World Cup in South Africa, is in trouble in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the authorities here have issued a fatwa against it.

The vuvuzela, the plastic trumpet made famous by the football World Cup in South Africa, is in trouble in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the authorities here

Their deafening, droning din might be the soundtrack of the football World Cup, but Wimbledon chiefs will not have vuvuzelas making a racket at the tennis championships.

Their deafening, droning din might be the soundtrack of the football World Cup, but Wimbledon chiefs will not have vuvuzelas making a racket at the tennis champ

Wimbledon Organizers are making sure there will be no racket from vuvuzelas at the Wimbledon tennis championships.

The BBC is examining whether it could transmit a "vuvuzela free" version of its World Cup coverage after a flood of complaints from viewers about the controversial instruments, a paper reported today. The news came amid continued controversy over the instruments, which have also been criticised by fellow broadcasters and some players. But despite a...