Vuvuzelas To Be Banned from This Year's Wimbeldon Tournament

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That is the annoying sound you hear in the background of every World Cup game. The instrument causing the noise is called a vuvuzela.

It has been compared to a swarm of bees, and the fans, team, and coaches all have opinions about the horns. They are tuneless, and block out any music or singing from the fans.

Tennis fans that hope to take vuvuzelas to Wimbledon will be upset as they have been banned.

If one vuvuzela is blown in one court, it could disrupt many matches.

These plastic horns have grown in popularity across the globe with football fans, and have been selling fast across Britain in the last week.

The All England Club has insisted they would be banned.

"The message is not to bring them," they said."We have a list of prohibited items, including rattles and klaxons and vuvuzelas will fall into that category so the message is not to bring them."

There are fears that these South African horns could spoil other summer sporting events like the Henley Royal Regatta and the test series against Bangladesh and Pakistan.  

Shops across England have sold tens of thousands of England-branded horns, which might become as popular with other sports fans as they have been with football fans.

Unfortunately, the popularity of the vuvuzelas with certain members of the football community means that they may stick around for the start of next season.

We may not just hear them for a month in South Africa but for many more months back home.

"Nothing in our rules specifically prohibits musical instruments from being brought into grounds as such matters are dealt with at club level," a Premier League spokesman said. "It will be down to stadium managers, in consultation with supporter groups, to determine what is appropriate."