Red Bull Racing leaves favourite drink at home

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Red Bull has decided to switch to other beverages at this weekend’s Formula One (F1) Grand Prix of Yeongam as the company’s trademark energy drink has not yet been introduced in South Korea.Red Bull Racing announced today (Fri) crew members and drivers – Australian Mark Webber and German Sebastian Vettel – will not be served […]

‘Red Bull Stratos’ grounded by lawsuit

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An Austrian extreme sports athlete’s attempt to jump out of a balloon in from an altitude of 36 kilometres has been postponed after a businessman claimed he was robbed of his idea.Daniel Hogan launched legal action against Red Bull. The American entrepreneur claims he approached the Austrian energy drink producer with the idea of breaking […]

Romanian harmed in Red Bull flying contest

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A Romanian woman broke her back in a freak accident at the Red Bull Flugtag competition in Bucharest yesterday (Sun).The 26-year-old was part of a team who made a piano-like flying machine which was pushed off a six-metre drop above the Dambovita River running through the Romanian capital.Her back was fractured after the object failed […]

Mainz 05 target Austrian green keeper

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A German Bundesliga team already employing two Austrians have set their sights on another fellow countryman – the green keeper of the Salzburg town where they held their pre-season training camp this summer.Mainz 05 coach Thomas Tuchel has complained for weeks about the state of the pitch at the club’s home ground. Now  a German […]

Bulls leave Breitner gutted

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German football legend Paul Breitner has launched a stinging attack on Red Bull Salzburg.The former Bayern Munich and Real Madrid midfielder said today (Weds): “I just don’t understand why Salzburg failed in the final playoff stage for the Champions League. I saw some knockout matches, but hardly any of the teams were better than Salzburg.”Speaking […]

Vienna derby sold out

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The 294th edition of the legendary Viennese derby is sold out six weeks before it is set to get underway.Rapid Vienna officials announced today (Mon) that all tickets for the team’s clash with arch-rivals Austria Vienna on Sunday have sold out.State-owned broadcaster ORF will screen the eagerly awaited match live (kickoff: 4pm).Rapid won the most […]

Mössner goes to Germany

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Former SV Mattersburg star Lukas Mössner has joined Eintracht Trier.The 26-year-old striker announced today (Fri) he agreed with bosses at the German third league side on a one-year contract.Mössner played for Mattersburg and Austria Vienna’s amateur team among other clubs before joining SKN St. Pölten last year. Trier snapped up the striker without paying a […]

Bad day for Viennese Bundesliga clubs

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Rapid Vienna failed to narrow the gap to leaders SV Ried yesterday (Sun).Peter Pacult’s team embarrassed themselves losing against struggling LASK Linz 0-1. It was the first victory for the side managed by Helmut Kraft this season.Austria Vienna could not manage to take advantage from their rivals’ slipup. Karl Daxbacher’s squad were crushed by newly-promoted […]

Sturm present two new players

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Sturm Graz have signed two players shortly before the end of the summer transfer period.Club’s executive manager Oliver Kreuzer announced today (Thurs) he had agreed with bosses at German Bundesliga giants Werder Bremen on a loan deal for left-back Timo Perthel.Kreuzer – a former Bayern Munich defender – added that the squad would also be […]

Neil Armstrong on TV tonight

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Culture

Legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong visited Austria last week to take part in a TV chat show aired tonight (Thurs), it emerged.Private broadcaster ServusTV revealed only today that Armstrong – the first man on the moon – took an invitation to a special edition of the “Talk im Hangar-7” show produced at Salzburg Airport to mark […]