SV Ried fans are looking forward to see their team aiming for European glory next season after Austria Lustenau were beaten in the ÖFB Cup final yesterday (Sun).The second-league side performed well in front of 14,500 fans at Viennas Ernst Happel Stadium, but it was Ried who found the net. Markus Hammerer is tipped to […]
Rapid Vienna are perilously close to failing to qualify for Europe after garnering just one point against Kapfenberg.The team of Zoran Barisic remain in fifth place after their 1-1 in Kapfenberg on Saturday as chances to reach the Europa League are dwindling. Rapid were more often in possession of the ball against the struggling side […]
Arsenal striker Robin van Persie and Manchester City midfielder Nigel de Jong may make a comeback in the Dutch national team against Austria.The Premiership stars were called up by manager Bert van Marwijk for the match against Dietmar Constantini’s team. The friendly is set to take place in Rotterdam next Wednesday (9 February).The 22-member squad […]
Bungling event managers reported a pricey sound system as stolen several weeks after the theft probably happened.Police in Lower Austria said today (Weds) organisers of a party realised the 23,000-Euro high-end sound appliance had been nicked after they used the rented device at an after-race party last month.Managers of the event said the sound […]
Siemens AG, the German IT and electronics firm headed by an Austrian, has been knocked down two spots in the ranking of the worlds biggest brands.The company which is headquartered in Munich, Berlin and Erlangen made 49th place in analysis agency Interbrands Best Global Brands 2010 list.Interbrand said today (Fri) Siemens current brand […]
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 dont 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 […]
More than one million Austrians tuned in as Germany proceeded in the Football World Cup last night (Weds).Official figures presented today show that 873,000 Austrians followed national broadcaster ORFs live coverage of the final group D matches Germany vs. Ghana (1-0) and Australia vs. Serbia (2-1).Around 223,000 Austrian TV consumers meanwhile watched German station ARDs […]
German 1990 World Cup winner Andreas Brehme has praised his countrys performance against Australia in the 2010 World Cup.The 49-year-old retired defender said: “Germanys performance (in the 4-0 win over Australia) was certainly the strongest seen in the tournament so far.”Speaking about todays (Fri) clash against Serbia, he told Austrian online sports newspaper: “I cannot […]
Less than two in ten single men want their future partners to share their passion for football, according to new research.Online partner agency Parship said today (Thurs) 15 per cent of interviewed men said they would appreciate their girlfriends to be as mad about the sport as they were.The company which spoke to 4,670 […]
More than 80 Styrian companies do business in Football World Cup host country South Africa, economy officials have announced.Wolfgang Köstinger of the Austrian foreign trade departments representation in Johannesburg said today (Thurs): “South Africa has a strong automobile industry. Especially Styrian firms are strongly engaged.”Köstinger mentioned Magna and AVL as leading companies doing business in […]