It may have ruined your World Cup, but YouTube Thursday embraced the controversial vuvuzela with a dedicated button on its video player -- sparking a blogging revolt. The whining noise can be played ...

The controversial noise-maker's incessant drone almost got it officially banned. JOHANNESBURG, June 4, 2010 -- Millions of soccer fans will be watching the World Cup in South Africa starting next week ...

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Oh, vuvuzela. We hardly knew ye. It's a word most people in the world had never heard until early June, when people started Googling the word en masse in conjunction with the first days of the 2010 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Four years ago, the vuvuzela was having a moment. An “instrument of torture” alone, a “swarm of angry bees” in a pack, the South African plastic horn droned endlessly in the background of World Cup ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Already criticized by some for being too noisy, the vuvuzela could also be spreading colds and flu germs, according to a London doctor. The vuvuzela, a long plastic horn as common ...

SAO PAULO – The 2014 World Cup has an answer to the infernal vuvuzela that tortured eardrums four years ago – and it has somehow managed to become even more controversial than its droning predecessor.

Noisemaker's sound is intense enough to increase risk for hearing loss. June 17, 2010 -- If you can imagine what it sounds like to be surrounded by thousands of jackhammers for about 90 minutes ...

Your teams on the go or at home. Personalize SI with our new App. Install on iOS or Android. The only thing more annoying than a vuvuzela at a sporting event is a ...

According to health experts, Vuvuzelas - the horns used by football fans celebrating last year's World Cup - not only cause noise pollution but may also spread diseases. According to a new study ...