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Top 2010 World Cup controversies

VUVUZELAS: Worldwide audiences and soccer stars 鈥� including Portugal鈥檚 Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentina鈥檚 Lionel Messi 鈥� have complained about the incessant high-pitched whine of the long plastic horns, called vuvuzelas, seen here at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. That reignited calls to ban the vuvuzela, but FIFA chief Sepp Blatter put an end to that discussion early in the tournament. A Cape Town businessman has touted his design for a slightly quieter vuvuzela that reduces the tuneless horn's sound output from a deafening 134 decibels to a more manageable 121 decibels. That sounds good.