Vuvuzelas

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  South Africa Marks One Year Since Death of Nelson Mandela

  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.

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  FIFA 2014 World Cup noisemakers quieter than vuvuzelas

  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.

• Vuvuzelas for CWG, but with Punjabi tadka

  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...

• Block your ears as India embraces the vuvuzela

  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.

• Vuvuzela may make its India debut at CWG

  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.

• Vuvuzela gets entry in Oxford Dictionary

  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' voted word of the World Cup

  "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.

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  'Vuvuzela' voted word of the World Cup

  "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

• Fatwa issued against vuvuzela

  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.

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  Fatwa issued against vuvuzela

  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

• Vuvuzelas banned from making Wimbledon racket

  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.

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  Vuvuzelas banned from making Wimbledon racket

  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

• No racket from vuvuzelas at Wimbledon

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

• BBC examines 'vuvuzela free' World Cup coverage

  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...