International television viewers say they're turning off the sound and in some cases turning off the Cup to get away from the buzzing sound of vuvuzela horns, but most Africans cherish the plastic ...

Love it or hate it, the vuvuzela is the voice of South African soccer fans and will be on display at the 2010 World Cup. Jon Hrusa / epa / Corbis Players taking to the pitch for the World Cup games in ...

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA -- Of all the South African sights and sounds that will make the 2010 World Cup http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/worldcup ...

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Soccer fans may be sick of hearing the sound of the vuvuzela, but a small business in Birmingham, Ala., is cashing in on the popularity of the noisemaker. Last year they predicted the horns would be a ...

To the Editor: What kind of a sports fan sits in a stadium for 90 minutes and screams a redundant “USA!! USA!! USA!!” throughout the entire contest? What about the perpetual humming noise at all ...

As the hour draws near to the start of the World Cup, South Africa faces one concern that could possibly be greater than the journalist robberies: What to do with the vuvuzela? Beloved in South Africa ...

The World Cup breakout stars in 2010 include Puyol, Donovan, Mueller, and The Psychic Octopus. But there’s no bigger phenomenon in South Africa this summer than that obnoxious plastic horn, the ...

Well, that was fast. Even before the fourth day of World Cup play had commenced, mobs were forming around the globe aiming to get rid of what’s thus far been this tournament’s most noticeable and ...