Bryan Ferry delighted his fans with a superb show at the Vienna State Opera on Sunday. The Roxy Music legend performed at the prestigious venue as part of the Jazz Fest Vienna 2011. Opening his set with “I put a spell on you,” Ferry played all the hits of his career spanning across the decades […]
Austrian football fans were left frustrated once more as their team suffered a bitter home defeat against old rivals Germany on Friday.The Austrian national team performed extraordinarily well after Germany controlled the scenery only for the first 10 minutes in the sold-out Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna. Austrias squad showed a lot of effort in […]
German GTI fans had a lucky escape after capsizing in a motorboat on a lake in Austria.The group of four men in the southern province of Carinthia to visit the annual Volkswagen (VW) Golf GTI meeting made it to the shore after their boat sank at Wörther Lake (Wörther See) yesterday evening (Tues).The […]
At least 40 people are facing legal action after around 200 hooligans invaded the pitch in a Football Bundesliga match at the weekend.Vienna police said today (Weds) 40 people will be prosecuted over the incidents in which two police officers were injured. They added that not all of the offenders who stormed the green 26 […]
Officials at Austrias most popular football club are pressurised to be more stringent after hundreds of hooligans invaded the pitch during a crucial league match at the weekend.Around 200 Rapid Vienna supporters stormed on the green from the west stand at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium in Vienna-Penzing yesterday afternoon (Sun) after Austria Vienna midfielder Zlatko […]
Sienna Miller has been spotted making out with her new boyfriend in Vienna.The 29-year-old model and actress a main target of paparazzi across the globe was snapped as she kissed and cuddled Tom Sturridge in the Austrian capitals hip Neubau district at the weekend. The English actor starred in “Wastewater,” a stage production […]
Rapid Vienna fans were left frustrated as their team suffered a bitter home defeat against Red Bull Salzburg (RBS) yesterday (Sun).Neither of the teams who clashed in front of 17,500 supporters among them former Rapid star Erwin Hoffer, Austrian national team coach Dietmar Constantini and ORF presenter Armin Assinger at the sold-out Gerhard […]
Tens of thousands of runners and fans are at the ready for this Sundays Linz Marathon (start: 9am).More than 15,000 professional and hobby athletes will compete in the event (www.linz-marathon.at) which has developed into one of Austrias biggest sports competitions. Around 250 paramedics will be on the ground to look after injured and exhausted runners.Organisers […]
Rapid Vienna officials face fresh pressure over revelations they paid for the flight tickets for two violent fans last week.The Birmingham Mail newspaper claims Rapid decided to cough up the cost of the air transfer of a pair of hooligans who missed their scheduled flight after being put in custody for assaulting a steward at […]
Rapid Viennas chances to enter the UEFA Europa Leagues group stage shrank last night (Thurs) as the 32-time Austrian league champs failed to beat Aston Villa.The English Premier League club held Rapid to a 1-1 draw in front of 17,500 fans at sold out Gerhard Hanappi Stadium in Vienna. Villa who rested some of […]