Sports
21. 05. 13 - 12:48
Spanish Riding School for everyone
The riding centre of Heldenberg, district of Hollabrunn (Lower Austria) is now offering exclusive courses: professional riders of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna teach interested riders.
State secretary denies interfering over Baumgartner taxes
The extreme sportsman Felix Baumgartner stated that the Ministry of Finance spared him additional taxation by political intervention. The former Finan [...]
Triathlete Hannes Hempel steps down after doping test positi
Triathlete Hannes Hempel renounced doing the B-test after his positive doping test result in a training control on 8 March. He also announced his imme [...]
The second edition of the six-kilometre Vienna zoo run will take place on June, 11 in Schönbrunn. [...]
Another base jumper dies - body recovered as snow melts
A Styrian extreme sportsman, who has been missing in Switzerland since the beginning of March, was found dead. The 29-year-old man from Graz fell in a [...]
Red Bull Ring Opens for 2013 season!
The Red Bull Ring in Spielberg has opened its doors kicking off the 2013 season! [...]
Fees for Vienna Marathon organiser increase
The city of Vienna supports the Vienna City Marathon. However, the fees for roadblocks have been increased significantly. The organiser Wolfgang Konra [...]
Giants looking for new talents in Graz
The Graz Giants Amercian Football team is looking for young cheerleaders and football players. Anybody who would like to join in can take part in the [...]
Vienna City Marathon creates 80.000 overnight stays
Runners from 118 countries will take part in the 30th Vienna City Marathon on Sunday. The event creates 80,000 overnight stays for the tourism industr [...]
Injured ski star American Lindsey Vonn has spoken of sharing golf and skiing with Tiger Woods and says that although her private life is great at the [...]
Austria’s 2 Best Junior Golfers Heading To Scotland
Young golfers from around the world will be competing for honours in the 2013 U.S. Kids Golf European Championship – including 2 young hopefuls, Namu [...]
Registration record for Vienna City Marathon
40,957 runners from 118 nations have registered for the 30th Vienna City Marathon on 14 April, which is a new record. There will also b e a festival f [...]
Hinteregger suffers head injury in football match
Red Bull Salzburg defender Martin Hinteregger has been left with concussion and a broken nose after clashing heads with a player in a game between Sal [...]
Ski season extended by a week in Lower Austria
Due to new snowfalls and good winter conditions many ski resorts have extended their season by a week. [...]
Survey on intoxicated skiers hotly debated
The board of trustees for traffic safety shocked the public with a new study last week. Apparently, every twentieth person who does wintersports has a [...]
Ski tours are becoming more popular
Ski touring is increasingly becoming a popular sport in Styria, which can be shown by increased sales of tour skis. While ski touring was considered t [...]
British Army Rugby Team vs Austria [match report]
The Austrian rugby union team was soundly beaten by the BAGs (British army rugby Germany) over the weekend. [...]
The number of sportsmen and sportswomen who ski off-piste is increasing. Only every fourth person is prepared well, stated the board of trustees for t [...]
Oslo: 49th World Cup victory for Schlierenzauer
Gregor Schlierenzauer celebrated his 49th success in the World Cup yesterday (Sun) at the Holmenkollen in Oslo. The 23-year-old ski jumper improved fr [...]
Cold snap means avalanches in north Styria
There are high risks of avalanches is northern Styria in the coming week, experts warn. [...]
Frauenlauf expects a surge in participants
30,000 starting places are available for the 26th Austrian "Frauenlauf" (women’s run) in the Vienna Prater. The online registration for a place begins [...]
Wireless activation of avalanche airbags fails to work
Only several days ago, the Austrian Alpine Association warned of using certain via ferrata sets. There is now another product warning for avalanche ai [...]
Fewer accidents on the slopes – but more fatal crashes
There have been fewer accidents and fewer injured on Austrian ski slopes in the current season but crashes tend to have more fatal consequences. [...]
Masters Of Dirt: FMX driver Eigo Sato died
The Japanese Freestyle Motocross driver Eigo Sato died a few days after his performance at the event "Masters of Dirt" in the Vienna City Hall. [...]
Ischgl: Two days in the team of sport celebrities
Former ski stars and celebrities like Marc Girardelli or DJ Bobo will compete against each other for charity from 12 to 14 April 2013 in the “Third Is [...]
