Danes to use sign language to overcome vuvuzelas

Fans at the finals in South Africa have taken to the vuvuzela, with tens of thousands blasting their plastic instruments throughout matches to spur their teams on.

But players have spoken against the vuvuzela, deemed by one global hearing foundation as the loudest of all fan instruments. The problem is especially acute for goalkeepers, who need to scream instructions to defenders, especially at set pieces.

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