Ex-Rapid Vienna coach Peter Pacult is accused of having seriously insulted a fan of the opponents’ team. The former Austrian national team striker – who currently coaches Red Bull-funded RB Leipzig in the fourth-highest German league – called a St Pauli fan a “gay pig” after his team’s 2-1 win over the Hamburg-based club on […]
The nomination of Marcel Koller as new manager of the football national team has sparked mixed reactions. The Federal Football Association (ÖFB) and the former Swiss international agreed on a two-year contract. Koller was officially presented to the press and public in Oberwart, Burgenland, yesterday afternoon (Tues). The team currently prepare for the remaining two […]
After it seemed certain that Franco Foda, 45, coach of Styrian football club Sturm Graz would become the new coach of the Austrian national football team, the Austrian Soccer Federation (ÖFB) held talks with two more candidates. After former national team coach Dietmar Constantini resigned earlier this September and Foda seemed to be his chosen […]
Austria will not compete in next year’s European Football Championship in Poland and Ukraine after failing to beat Turkey last night (Tues). The team of Dietmar Constantini only reached a goalless draw against the squad managed by former Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink at the sold-out Ernst Happel Stadium. Around one third of the 47,000 fans […]
Austria’s national football team coach Didi Constantini has had a change of heart and given a late call-up to controversial striker Marko Arnautovic for the Euro 2012 qualifiers against Germany and Turkey. The 22-year-old, dropped earlier this year after a loss of form and problems at his German club Werder Bremen, had originally been left […]
A coach was kept from continuing driving for having one wheel too few on Tuesday. The Czech passengers continued their journey back home in a replacement vehicle, traffic police said today (Thurs). The driver was fined after they found out the six-wheel coach lacked a back wheel. He argued having been incapable of fixing a […]
A Serbian coach driver had to hand over his licence for speeding.Police in Ansfelden, Upper Austria, said today (Weds) the man was caught going too fast in a 100 kilometre per hour (kph) limit zone on the A1 motorway on Monday. They did not say how fast the coach driver went, but revealed he was […]
A Polish travel company has revealed plans to offer cut-price coach trips to Austria.PolskiBus announced it will launch a new budget travelling programme connecting 16 cities within the country later this month. The company added that it aimed at expanding the service across the continent. Polish newspapers report today (Fri) that Austrian capital Vienna, the […]
More than a dozen passengers had a narrow escape when a coach was at risk of plunging down a descent and into a river yesterday (Mon).The 52-year-old driver of the vehicle came off the bendy mountain pass road in the Carinthian district of Spittal an der Drau for unclear reasons. He told the 13 passengers […]
Dozens of Austrian pilgrims had a narrow escape as their coach crashed on a motorway in Croatia.Local police announced today (Thurs) no one was injured when the vehicle ploughed into a fence erected alongside a motorway near Sestanovac yesterday.Officials told the Croatian Times online newspaper that the group consisting of 47 Austrians were […]