The life time football ban imposed upon player Dominique Taboga by the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) in February for match-fixing has been extended by FIFA today to include worldwide activities. Austrian former top league player Taboga was sanctioned by ÖFB following allegations he had been involved in match manipulation. Taboga used to play for Salzburg […]
The manager of the football team SV Scholz Grödig (Salzburg state), which will be promoted the Austrian Premier League, will have to go to court this week. He is accused of tax evasion and of having cooperated with the architect Markus Voglreiter. The proceedings will continue tomorrow (Wed). The former football star from Austria Salzburg […]
The director of Red Bull Salzburg football team has been replaced just half a year after taking up his position. Peter Vogl will be replaced by 40-year-old Jochen Sauer from German Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg from September. Vogl will however in the future continue to work as an advisor and lawyer, Red Bull confirmed. Sauer […]
UK Premiere League winners Manchester City are coming to Austria where they will be training at the Hotel Klosterbräu in Seefeld from 8-20 July. Some of the Manchester City players will be resting after the Euro 2012 competition, as a keen team will be required to defend the Premiership title when the season gets going […]
Austrians are in football fever despite not qualifying for the Euro 2012 tournament in Poland and Ukraine, a new study has shown. The research by a Linz market research institute shows that 47 per cent of Austrians are interested in the football – that figure is only 10 per cent less than in 2008 when […]
Red Bull Salzburg (RBS) have reached the ÖFB Cup final. The Bundesliga leaders beat second-league side Hartberg 1-0 yesterday (Tues). SV Ried, who won the ÖFB Cup last season, face FK Austria Vienna tonight (kickoff: 8.30pm). The final is scheduled for 20 May. Austrian Football Federation (ÖFB) officials have not yet decided where the match […]
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 Schladming ski resort in Styria will host the Ski World Cup Men’s Night Slalom tonight (Tuesday). The Planai mountain in Schladming in the Liezen district is a well known ski region and has a ski world cup slope that has been prepared for the event. Over 30,000 tickets have been sold in advance, the […]
Neymar da Silva Santos Junior (Neymar) has revealed a national team colleague as his biggest idol. The striker told Red Bulletin magazine: “I still consider myself a fan now and then. Especially Robinho is my hero.” Robinho currently plays for AC Milan in Italy’s Serie A league. The ex-Real Madrid star, 27, and Neymar could […]
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 […]