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Noisy vuvuzela gets FIFA nod
July 18, 2009, Saturday
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NEXT year's World Cup promises to be a loud affair after FIFA rejected calls to ban the noisy vuvuzela, a plastic trumpet, from the event in South Africa.
The instrument's incessant drone drew protests at last month's Confederations Cup in South Africa, with broadcasters complaining it was drowning out their commentary and some players saying they could not communicate over it. "That would mean one would have to take away the cow bells from Swiss fans and ban English fans from singing," Hans Klaus, FIFA's director of communications said yesterday.
The instrument's incessant drone drew protests at last month's Confederations Cup in South Africa, with broadcasters complaining it was drowning out their commentary and some players saying they could not communicate over it. "That would mean one would have to take away the cow bells from Swiss fans and ban English fans from singing," Hans Klaus, FIFA's director of communications said yesterday.
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