No red card for horns despite impact on the ears

VUVUZELA horns will continue to drone on at World Cup matches despite warnings from experts that they can cause permanent hearing damage.

FIFA, the world governing body, refused to give the tuneless trumpets the red card, saying they are a potent symbol of the tournament in South Africa.

Its president, Sepp Blatter, said Africa was all about dance and music and moaning about the instrument bordered on discrimination.