Rapid Wien overturned a 1-2 defeat from their first leg Europa League qualifier to win 3-0 against Greek side PAOK Saloniki. Security concerns after crowd trouble during the match in Greece meant that the Hütteldorf side could only sell 16,000 tickets as the club ceded the whole eastern stand to a few hundred Saloniki supporters […]
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Rapid Vienna have been handed a fine and will face playing a Europa League match behind closed doors following a flair fight between fans and pitch invasions by supporters last week at the first leg of the game in Greece between Rapid and PAOK Salonika. The first leg of the Europa League play-off was won […]
Austria Wien beat British Premier League team West Ham 3-1 in a pre season friendly opener on Saturday in Vienna. A record 7150 fans came to the Generali Arena to watch Austria Wien take on the Premier League giants in the extreme hot temperatures in Vienna at the weekend. West Ham opened the scoring when […]
An Austrian man was left in a serious condition after a Bavarian curling game got out of hand during a tournament in Liebenfels, Austria. Police are investigating allegations that the curler aged 43 who was not named for legal reasons had been heckling his rivals when he was reportedly pushed by an opposing player – […]
Vienna gets its first ever laser tag game this weekend when Europe’s biggest LaserMaxx arena opens its doors tomorrow (Friday) at a 3,500 sqm battle arena in the 23th district. Founded in 1995, LaserMaxx is the European market leader of professional laser game equipment and LaserMaxx CEO Marcel Rohrs said: “We have 135 arenas in […]
Bulls bruised in Vienna
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Red Bull Salzburg (RBS) coach Ricardo Moniz is under enormous pressure after his team suffered a humiliating 2-4 defeat in Vienna yesterday (Sun). The Bulls stood no chance against 32-time league champs Rapid Vienna in front of 17,500 fans at the sold-out Gerhard Hanappi Stadium. Rapid were the better side from the very start. Looking […]
Eto’o scores for mum
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Samuel Etoo has revealed why he celebrates almost all of his goals comparably reluctantly.The Cameroonian national team star told the Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper: “I always think of my mum after Ive scored. She had to work hard to feed her family. Im fighting as she did. You have to invest a lot if you want […]
Islamophobic shooter game triggers trial
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A right-wing politician could be jailed for two years over a controversial computer game.Styrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) chief Gerhard Kurzmann will be in court later this year for putting “Moschee ba ba” (Bye, bye mosque) online ahead of last years provincial election, it was announced today (Thurs). Prosecutors in Graz accuse the councillor of agitation […]
Loss-making JoWooD seeks investor
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Struggling computer games producer JoWooD Entertainment AG (JoWooD) has started looking for an investor.The Viennese company, which has been quoted on the Vienna Stock Exchange (WBAG) since 2000, said today (Thurs) its operative losses soared by 1.655 million Euros to 14.304 million Euros year on year in the first nine months of 2010.The firm […]
Police are investigating after the walls of Austrias most important pilgrimage site were defaced with anti-Islamic statements.Police in Mariazell, Styria, said today (Mon) the graffiti on the outside wall of the Mariazell Basilica was 30 metres long and one metre high. The slogans read “Der Koran ist dem Teufel seine Bibel” (Koran is the bible […]