Special ticket packages for Austrias upcoming Euro2012 qualification home matches are selling like hot cakes, it has been reported.More than 35,000 of the sets of tickets which give fans the chance to watch the team play against Belgium (25 March), Germany (3 June) and Turkey (6 September) have already been sold, the Austrian Football Association […]
Austrian football officials are carefully examining the career of an Austrian-born teen in the Croatian top-flight league.Mateo Kovacic, who was born in the Upper Austrian city of Linz, is regarded as one of the biggest promises of Croatian football. The talented midfielder became the youngest player ever to score in the countrys HNL league on […]
A public discussion over gay people in Croatian football sparked by controversial quotes of a Rapid Vienna legend has worsened as the vice president of a top-flight club said homosexuals “are for ballet”.Zdravko Mamic, vice president of champion team Dinamo Zagreb, said today (Weds): “I wouldnt want gay people in my team either.”His statement, made […]
A Rapid Vienna fan favourite has caused outrage among homosexuals by claiming that there were only “normal people” on his team.Croatian Football Federation President Vlatko Markovic, who played for Wiener Sportklub in the 1960s before managing Rapid in the 1985/1986 season, said in a newspaper interview: “As long as I head the football federation, there […]
British comedy legend John Cleese has said his countrys culture was in decline since Rupert Murdoch became active in its newspaper industry.The 70-year-old “A Fish Called Wanda” star told Austrian newspaper Die Presse: “England changed much more than I did. We used to have some sort of middle class culture with an adequate amount of […]
Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz has revealed plans to make Red Bull Salzburg (RBS) the Under-21s team of his companys football ambitions.The entrepreneur said today (Fri) he was convinced that RB Leipzig who are currently competing in Germanys fourth-highest league will soon play a vital role in European football.”Red Bull Salzburg will be […]
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 […]
Austrian soccer fans are getting a real taste of world class football as 10 of the 32 teams qualified for the upcoming Football World Cup chose Austria to prepare for the biggest sports event of the year.All eyes will be on the England squad when they test against Japan on Sunday. Coach Fabio Capello is […]
Upper Austrian windows and doors producer Josko is to remain the main sponsor of Bundesliga side SV Ried, it was announced today (Fri).The company, based in Koping im Innkreis, has financially supported the football club for eleven seasons.Oberösterreichische Versicherung insurance company meanwhile said it will also stay on board as SV Ried sponsor.The team, currently […]
Red Bull Salzburg has revealed plans to replace the stadiums artificial grass pitch with natural soil in a bid to host national team matches.Dietmar Beiersdorfer, head of energy drink producer Red Bulls football department, said today (Thurs): “We like the idea of our stadium being the venue of matches of the national team in the […]