Vuvuzelas silenced for basketball world championships
August 02, 2010 10:29 AM
Vuvuzelas will be silenced at the world basketball championships.
Basketball's governing body said Monday the horns that provided an earsplitting buzz at soccer's World Cup soccer games will be banned from its tournament. The organizers say the vuvuzelas could harm fans' hearing if used indoors.
FIBA secretary-general Patrick Baumann says the vuvuzela is "simply not appropriate in a confined space such as a basketball arena." The instruments will be confiscated by security and the ban will be enforced at all of FIBA's indoor tournaments.
The world championships begin Aug. 28 in four cities in Turkey.
