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 ...

Despite what it may sound like, teams in the 2010 World Cup have not been competing inside a giant bee hive. That buzzing comes from a South African horn called the vuvuzela, and its constant drone in ...

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 ...

MULTIPLE CITIES: The term “vuvuzela” went from obscurity to ignominy in record time during the opening week of the World Cup. The single-note droning horns immediately became the defining sound of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Its name in Zulu roughly translates to “making a lot of noise” — and it does. Nothing represents the exuberance of South African fans better than the “vuvuzela,” the ...

Supporters made the horns out of discarded tin cans, and the use spread wildly, to the joy of many and the irritation of some: South African writer Jon Qwelane wrote in 2007 that “Nowadays, there is ...

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 ...