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 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 […]
Oliver Marach has celebrated his 11th ATP doubles tournament career title. The 31-year-old Styrian and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi beat German duo Michael Kohlmann / Alexander Waske in a thriller in the final of the ATP hard court event in Bangkok, the federal capital of Thailand, yesterday (Sun). Marach and Qureshi had to go […]
Former tennis player Lance Lumsden has died of cancer. The Jamaican passed away aged 70 in his homeland at the weekend, Austrian sport newspapers reported today (Mon). Lumsden had a huge fan base in Austria as a player as well as after his career when he tried himself as an actor, singer and entertainer. He […]
Austrian teenage sensation David Alaba has penned a two year contract extension at Bayern Munich. The new deal will keep the 18-year-old at the German giants until June 2015. The young starlet spent the second half of last season on loan at Hoffenheim also in Germany where he made 17 appearances – scoring twice. Bayern […]
A wayward tennis player accused by colleagues of “terrorising” them has been banned for life from the sport.The international ATP Tours Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) committee informed Daniel Köllerer yesterday (Tues) that he must not perform as a player anymore in his life. Köllerer was also banned from working as a coach.The former Davis Cup […]
An overheated DVD player caught fire in a hotel room last night (Sun).The manager of the resort in Kirchberg near Kitzbühel in Tyrol suffered minor injuries when he threw burning mattresses from the balcony. A neighbour had informed him about the smoke coming out of a window.Fire-fighters found out that an overheated DVD player started […]
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 […]
Police in Vienna have set up security levels similar to those for a state visit, as an international poker tournament begins in the city.Poker stars from all over the world are competing in the six-day European Poker Tour (EPT) at the Kursalon Hübner palace in the capital which starts today (Tues).Vienna polices special WEGA unit […]
Styrian window producer Stabil hopes to become a main player in former Yugoslavian countries after teaming up with a Slovenian competitor.Stabil boss Dieter Manz said today (Thurs) his firm would closely cooperate with MIK who sell around 100,000 of its products in Slovenia and Croatia every year.Manz said the partnership would give Stabil the chance […]