Organisers of the Vienna Chess Open have announced there has been a real boom in the number of people applying to take part. The event takes place for the 18th time at Vienna City Hall from August 17th to August 25th. Johann Pöcksteiner, from the Vienna Chess Association said: “Players will not only find optimal […]
A number of Austria’s emerging golfing stars will be heading for Scotland next month to challenge for honours in Europe’s premier junior tournament. Clemens Bauer-Mitterlehner (12) from Vienna will be one of those joining hundreds of young golfers from around the globe at the U.S. Kids Golf European Championship. The tournament, now in its fifth […]
By John Leo-Moberg Petticoats, the roaring of engines and a whole lot of nostalgia: in Reith im Alpbachtal, fans of the 50s, 60s and 70s are about to gather at the event “Rolling Oldies” in May to listen to live music from the time during a long week end. Period cars, clothes and dreams of […]
Austria’s world champion ballplayer Jasmin Ouschan has helped fund an international billiard centre in her homeland. The 26-year-old who has almost superstar status for her skills in America and Asia but is less well-known in her ski loving homeland said that she hoped to make the sport more attractive to her Austrian countrymen. She started […]
Football legend Franz Beckenbauer has harshly criticised Red Bull Salzburg’s (RBS) strategy. The ex-Germany captain told the Salzburger Nachrichten on Saturday: “A team have to find each other and ‘grow’, but there have been too many changes going on at Red Bull (Salzburg). Every year, there is another wave of new players. How is that […]
Red Bull Salzburg (RBS) are eyeing up a versatile striker currently playing for UEFA Champions League winners FC Barcelona, it has emerged. The Austrian Bundesliga vice champions are about to sign Jonathan Soriano who netted 32 times for Barca’s second team in Spain’s Segunda Division last year, according to sport newspapers. No other player scored […]
A disputed Austrian footballer has made an English newspaper’s top unwanted list. Marko Arnautovic is among the 26 players listed by The Guardian in its new “Europe’s most unwanted” chart. The 22-year-old joined German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen for around seven million Euros after Italian giants Inter decided not to keep him for longer after […]
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 […]
Former Rapid Vienna manager Vlatko Markovic has been fined 10,000 Euros for claiming that he “never met a gay person as only healthy people play football.”The 74-year-old president of the Croatian Football Association played for Viennese team Wiener Sportklub in 1965 before coaching 32-time Bundesliga champs Rapid in the 1985/1986 season.He also angered activists and […]
Austrian football bosses have won Franz Beckenbauer to front a new initiative aiming to boost talented players.Federal Football Federation (ÖFB) chief Leo Windtner proudly presented the German football icon as ambassador of the new “Projekt12” campaign yesterday (Thurs). ÖFB officials hope that the project will give young talent a kick start in Austrian football before […]