Annual FSME toll clocks 20

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Twenty people have suffered from FSME (tick-borne encephalitis) so far this year after being bitten by ticks across Austria, it has been announced.ARGE Gesundheitsvorsorge said today (Weds) all cases could have been avoided since none of the affected people were vaccinated against the dangerous disease. The healthcare body added two of the victims were children […]

Wolves say Maierhofer is for sale

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Sports

National team star Stefan Maierhofer is expected to leave Wolverhampton Wanderers ahead of the upcoming season after coach Mick McCarthy revealed there is interest in the striker from other clubs.The former Ireland manager said today (Weds): “Stefan is for sale. (…) I tell the players if they can go and then I guess they tell […]

Coaches tip ‘Bulls’ to defend title

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Four in ten Austrian Bundesliga club bosses said champions Red Bull Salzburg were favourites to win the 2010/2011 title.Sturm Graz coach Franco Foda, Magna Wiener Neustadt’s Peter Schöttel, Kapfenberg manager Werner Gregoritsch as well as “Bulls” boss Huub Stevens said today (Tues) they tipped last season’s champs to win the trophy once more.Red Bull won […]

Okotie scores hat-trick for new club

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Rubin Okotie is on his way to making his new team’s starting eleven after scoring three goals for 1. FC Nürnberg in a friendly yesterday (Sun).The national team striker – who joined the German Bundesliga team from Austrian vice champions Austria Vienna – scored the 2-0, 3-0 and 8-0 in the side’s 15-0 victory over […]

Doping row sidelines Keisse at Austria Tour

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Belgium Team Quick Step withdrew Iljo Keisse from the Austria Tour after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) repealed his acquittal from doping.The Belgium cycling ace was found guilty of doping two years ago, but his country’s anti-doping agency overruled the ban.Now his team decided to take him out of the currently ongoing Austria […]

Court keeps €100mn Meinl bailout

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Finance

The Vienna criminal court has said it will not repay 100 million Euros paid out in bail last year for Julius Meinl V.The British businessman was freed after one and a half days in custody in Vienna after legal officials received the record 100-million-Euro bailout.Herbert Eichenseder, a member of the entrepreneur’s team of legal advisors, […]

Rapid Vienna ‘will not relocate’

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Sports

Rapid Vienna bosses have rubbished claims they plan to relocate to a new stadium.Rumours that the club might leave the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium in Penzing district increased after a member of the city parliament suggested the team would be better off somewhere else than in the crammed housing estate the 17,500-seat arena is located.Vienna newspapers […]

Jelavic departure nears as Rovers send scouts

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Sports

Blackburn Rovers are closing in on signing Rapid Vienna star Nikica Jelavic.British press reported earlier this week that the English Premiership giants were interested in producing the striker’s services.Now Rovers boss Sam Allardyce said: “The (current Football) World Cup (in South Africa) means a price hike on the international transfer market. We are checking out […]

Rovers eye Rapid’s Jelavic

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Blackburn Rovers have set their sights on Rapid Vienna star Nikica Jelavic, according to British press reports.Newspapers report today (Mon) that the club managed by former Newcastle United boss Sam Allardyce were ready to challenge Benfica in signing the Croat striker. The Portuguese sent scouts to several Rapid matches in the final weeks of last […]

Piták leaves ‘Bulls’ for Czech club

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Red Bull Salzburg midfielder Karel Piták said he agreed with FK Jablonec bosses on a two-year contract.The 30-year-old Czech midfielder suffered a cruciate ligament rupture around one year ago and only performed in one league match for the Austrian champions last season.He joined the “Bulls” – who recently signed Argentine Gonzalo Zarate from Grashoppers Zurich […]