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• 180,000 tickets sold for Alpine Skiing World Championship
  180,000 tickets have been sold two days before the start of the Alpine Skiing World Championships in Schladming, Salzburg. The organisers estimate that 400,000 people in total will attend the eleven competitions.
• Eybl ladies ski day
  The third editon of the Eybl Ladies Ski Day is due to take place on Thursday 21st February in Semmering.
• Ladies ski training cancelled due to heavy snow falls
  Heavy snow fall in St Anton has lead to today's planned ski training for the world cup competition tomorrow to be cancelled.
• Viennese one step in front again
  The UPC Vienna Capitals and Medvescak Zagreb have confirmed their position as top-teams of the Erste Bank Hockey League on Tuesday during the playoff games of the 31st round. The Capitals retained their lead with a 3:2 win (1:0, 2:1, 0:1) at home against HC Orli Znojmo.

• Vienna in Summer Olympics bid
  Vienna is set to hold a referendum to ask its residents what they think of Vienna bidding to host the summer Olympic games in 2024 or 2028 according to local media reports today (Tuesday).
• Winter sports fans warned about piste safety
  Winter sport enthusiasts are being warned about the dangers of speeding and out of control behaviour on the ski slopes this winter.
• Zettel wins slalom gold in Aspen
  Kathrin Zettel held off her Austrian teammate and training partner Marlies Schild to win a World Cup slalom Sunday, skiing a blazing second run on a course on which she is much at home.
• Judit Polgar plays 25 chess rivals at same time in Vienna
  The world's greatest ever female chess player Judit Polgar has triumphed over 25 others at a simultaneous chess tournament in Vienna.

• Boxer narrowly misses out on title
  Marcos Nader failed in his first title bid after an undecided 12-round battle against Spanish titleholder Roberto Santos.
• Herminating world record attempt
  An Austrian ski school has set a new world record in "Herminating" after 840 people joined former world champion Hermann Maier to copy his ski racing position on a snow-covered field at Saalfelden.
• Face off as camera drone follows climbers to 6251 meter high peak
  A Swiss sporting goods company has managed to produce spectacular video footage of a claim of the 6,251m Nameless Tower in Pakistan by using a specially made drone camera.
• Mayor almost dies after graveyard accident
  Austrian Burgermeister Johann Quehenberger ended up in intensive care during a harvest festival Thanksgiving when a gravestone in a local cemetery fell on him at Abtenau in Tennengau.

• Top horse riders take their places for Vienna Masters
  The Rathausplatz becomes the focus of the riding world when the "Global Champions Tour – Vienna Masters" the most prestigious show jumping series in the world takes place from the 20th to the 23rd September.
• Athletes offered world class training in Salzburg
  The "Ironman World Championship" triathlon is set to take place on the 13th October in Hawaii. But closer to home in Fuschl am See in Salzburg potential athletes can join a training-weekend hosted by star athletes.
• Austria gears up for match against Germany
  Austria coach Marcel Koller is expected to name a Bundesliga-heavy line-up as they gear up for the visit of their near neighbours, in their first World Cup qualifying match.
• Jakob Jantscher to move to Dynamo Moskau
  Red Bull Salzburg Jakob Jantscher is set to move to Dynamo Moskau on a one-year loan basis.

• 20,000 people to take part in Business Run
  More than 20,000 runners are set to take part in the Vienna Energy Business Run.
• Austrian ice-hockey stars become gladiators
  An Austrian ice hockey team will get to become gladiators when matches are played inside one of the best preserved Roman arenas in the world later this month.
• First gold medal for Austria at last
  Austria finally got a reason to be proud of their athletes at the Paralympics in London after the Austrian zero-medal-disaster at the Olympics this year.
• St. Pölten to host Body Building WM
  The Lower Austrian capital of St Pölten is to host the body building world championships next year it has been announced.

• Rapid beat PAOK Saloniki 3-0 in Europa League qualifier
  Rapid Wien overturned a 1-2 defeat from their first leg Europa League qualifier to win 3-0 against Greek side PAOK Saloniki.
• Mountainbike WM begins
  The Mountain Bike World Championships opened in Saalfelden in Pinzgau last night (Weds).
• Rapid fined for riots at Europa League game
  Rapid Vienna have been handed a fine and will face playing a Europa League match behind closed doors following a flair fight between fans and pitch invasions by supporters last week at the first leg of the game in Greece between Rapid and PAOK Salonika.
• Wolves sign Austrian defender Georg Margreitter
  UK Premier league club Wolverhampton Wanderers have completed the signing of defender Georg Margreitter for an undisclosed fee from FK Austria Wien.

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