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With World Cup fever spreading absolutely everywhere it’s not surprising that it has bled into the world of video games. And no, we’re not talking about the actual FIFA World Cup video game. We’re talking about the vuvuzela in Doom’s game. Watch the video below to see how powerful weapon is vuvuzela.
What’s plastic, a metre long, brightly coloured and sounds like an elephant? It’s the vuvuzela, the noise-making trumpet of South African football fans, and it’s come to symbolise the sport in the country. It’s an instrument, but not always a musical one. Describing the atmosphere in a stadium packed with thousands of fans blowing their vuvuzelas is difficult. Up close it’s an elephant, sure, but en masse the sound is more like a massive swarm of very angry bees. It’s [...]
Dozens of fans of rival Greek hanball teams PAOK Salonika and AEK Athens have attacked each other with petrol bombs and knives, leaving at least 14 people hurt. PAOK fans apparently attacked a local fan club of AEK in the central town of Lamia, where they were due to play a cup match. AEK fans responded, and battles ensued in the streets and the venue.







