A star-studded Spanish football team have set their sights on a wayward Austrian talent.Villareal CF are interested in snatching Marko Arnautovic, according to sport newspapers. Reports have it that the team who finished last season in fourth place are ready to pay more for the 22-year-old than his current club Werder Bremen forked […]
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 […]
A Styrian woman had the shock of her life when she was informed by her internet provider that she amassed a 150,000-Euro bill in two days.The 53-year-old from Bad Aussee decided to inform the police who assigned a team of internet fraud experts to examine the issue. An investigator said today (Thurs) that felons based […]
Sturm Graz have won the Austrian Football Bundesliga for a third time in the clubs history.The team managed by German Franco Foda beat Wacker Innsbruck 2-1 last night (Weds). Red Bull Salzburg (RBS), who won the league last season, overtook Austria Vienna to claim second place in the final standings. The squad of Ricardo Moniz […]
The federal coalition has vowed to take drastic steps after the “derby disgrace” of Vienna.Around 200 fans many of them masked stormed the pitch at the sold-out Gerhard Hanappi Stadium 26 minutes after kick-off on Sunday. Moments earlier, Austria Vienna star Zlatko Junuzovic had made it 2-0 for the away side. His strike […]
Peter Schöttel has been named new Rapid Vienna manager.The former defender, who currently coaches league rivals Magna Wiener Neustadt, agreed with Rapid bosses a two-year deal, it was confirmed today (Mon). Schöttel was hotly tipped to take over at the Green-Whites for weeks.He will succeed Peter Pacult who was fired last month amid accusations he […]
Rapid Vienna fans were left frustrated as their team suffered a bitter home defeat against Red Bull Salzburg (RBS) yesterday (Sun).Neither of the teams who clashed in front of 17,500 supporters among them former Rapid star Erwin Hoffer, Austrian national team coach Dietmar Constantini and ORF presenter Armin Assinger at the sold-out Gerhard […]
Fans and officials of a Viennese football club are bemoaning the death of an up-and-coming player.Versatile striker Filip Mendes, his brother and three cousins passed away in a traffic accident in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rennweger SV announced today (Tues). Sport newspapers report that the 23-year-old Croat planned to marry his pregnant girlfriend.Rennweger SV who […]
Austrians are putting the most trust in the Greens when it comes to how badly political parties are infiltrated by corrupting networks.Public opinion company Karmasin found that 31 per cent of Austrians think that the Green Party was the least corrupt political force in the country. The agency said the Social Democrats (SPÖ) came second […]
Arsenal may not hold their pre-season training camp in Austria for the first time in 10 years.British media report today (Thurs) that the Premier League giants were expected to go on a lucrative tour across Asia. Arsenal officials think that such a venture will boost the London teams popularity in emerging markets and pour […]