World Cup 2010 Shenanigans

as cited by the M&G's Faranaaz Parker in Top local news controversies of 2010

The 2010 Soccer World Cup was widely hailed as a success, but it was not without its controversies. There were questions about the long-term sustainability of the stadiums; fear-mongering from European companies looking to sell stab-proof vests to tourists; a security worker strike in the middle of the competition; a controversial new ball that frustrated free-kick specialists; a call for goal-line technology after an English goal was denied; a continent-wide uproar when a Uruguayan handball denied Ghana entry into the semifinals; and a generally derided yet dance-worthy Afro-pop theme tune sung by a Colombian belly-dancer. Yet arguably the biggest controversy of the tournament was the vuvuzela, which deafened football fans around the world and later entered the Oxford Dictionary.

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