Wolves sign Austrian defender Georg Margreitter

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UK championship league club Wolverhampton Wanderers have completed the signing of defender Georg Margreitter for an undisclosed fee from FK Austria Wien. The 23-year-old, capped 11 times by Austria’s Under-21 side, has agreed a four-year contract at Molineux. “We have been searching for a central defender and Georg fits the billing,” said Wolves manager Stale […]

Austrian clubs reach for EBEL glory

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Two Austrians teams are at the ready to fight for this year’s EBEL Hockey League title. Black Wings Linz beat Slovenian team Ljubljana while KAC – who play their home matches in Klagenfurt – prevailed against Zagreb in the semi final series which ended yesterday (Thurs). The best of seven final series will start next […]

Rapid win Vienna derby

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Rapid Vienna have retained their chances to win the league for a 33rd time.The team managed by former 1860 Munich boss Peter Pacult beat city rivals Austria Vienna 1-0 away from home yesterday (Sun). It was the first defeat Austria Vienna suffered in the Bundesliga since losing to Rapid last November. Ex-SV Ried star Hamdi […]

National team ticket trio a top seller

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Special ticket packages for Austria’s 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 […]

Bayern fans angered by Knasmüllner’s Schalke dreams

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Up-and-coming footballer Christoph Knasmüllner has angered supporters of his club Bayern Munich by revealing he was dreaming of playing for a rival club.Asked which other club would be an option for him, the talented 18-year-old midfielder – who is regarded as one of the biggest promises of Austrian football – said in a newspaper interview […]

Austria en route for Euro2012

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The Austrian national team have retained their chance to compete in the Euro2012 by reaching a 4-4 draw against Belgium away from home last night (Tues).Franz Schiemer (14’, 62’), Marko Arnautovic (29’) and Martin Harnik (93’) scored for the squad coached by ex-Mainz 05 boss Dietmar Constantini at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.Paul Scharner […]

Rapid kick out Jelavic after ‘shock’ statement

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Rapid Vienna star Nikica Jelavic has “shocked” club bosses by making clear he does not want to play for the side any longer.Rapid President Rudolf Edlinger said he agreed with the coaching squad to suspend the player after his controversial announcement – made only hours before the team’s most important match so far in the […]

No offers for Jelavic, Rapid say

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Rapid Vienna bosses have once more claimed they received no specific offer for Nikica Jelavic, while Scottish media claim Glasgow Rangers are about to snatch the striker.Rapid executive manager Alfred Hörtnagl said today (Thurs): “There’s no tangible offer on our desk – nothing we can negotiate about.”The Croat scored twice in Tuesday’s 3-0 win over […]

More than 80,000 watched World Cup on mobiles

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Mobile communications provider 3 said today (Tues) 86,000 customers watched World Cup live coverage on their mobiles.The company said last Sunday’s final between Spain and the Netherlands (1-0) received the biggest hits, with all of the matches of the German national team recording good market shares as well.The firm added that customers watched on average […]

Most singles don’t want future girlfriends to love football

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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 […]