Young golfers from Austria are being urged to test their skills against some of the worlds top talent at a major junior golf tournament this summer.Around 500 players from 30 countries are expected to descend on Scotland for the 2011 U.S. Kids Golf European Championships Europes premier tournament to showcase the next generation of […]
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Vienna debut for WPT
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A World Poker Tour (WPT) is taking place in Vienna for the first time.Cardplayer.com reports today (Thurs) that the 3,500-Euro buy-in tournament at the Montesino Casino in the citys Simmering district starts today. The online games news platform added that four more events will take place at the venue until 30 March.The WPT will then […]
Haider-Maurer set for Salzburg
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BA Trophy finalist Andreas Haider-Maurer will compete in this years ATP Salzburg Indoors, it has emerged.The 23-year-old, who was beaten by fellow Lower Austrian Jürgen Melzer in the Vienna tournaments final on Sunday, is ready to participate in the tournament which will take place at the Salzburgarena between 13 and 21 November.Organisers of the event […]
Franz Markus Popetschnig was best Austrian as 26th in Viennas European Poker Tour (EPT) competition which ended yesterday (Sun).Organisers of the six-day event said 587 players, including Canadian poker star Daniel Negreanu and German tennis legend Boris Becker, participated in the tournament.Winner Michael Eiler, from Munich in Germany, bagged 700,000 Euros. Second-placed Czech Martin Hruby […]
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 […]
Poker face Becker to gamble in Vienna
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Tennis legend Boris Becker will compete in a poker tournament in Austria next week, it has been announced.European Poker Tour (EPT) officials said today (Fri) the three-time Wimbledon champion will participate in the 500,000 Euro event taking place at the Kursalon Hübner palace in the centre of Vienna between 26 and 31 October.Organisers stressed they […]
Ivanovic on her way back to the top
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Former number one in the world Ana Ivanovic won her first WTA Tour title in two years in Linz yesterday (Sun).The 22-year-old Serb beat Swiss ace Patty Schnyder in straight sets (6-1, 6-2) in the final of the 220,000 US dollar Generali Ladies tournament.Ivanovic, who also triumphed in the 2008 edition of the event, was […]
Melzer crushes Nadal
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Jürgen Melzer sensationally beat the world’s number tennis player yesterday (Thurs).The Lower Austrian – currently number 13 in the ATP ranking – reached the semi final of the 3.24 million US dollar tournament in Shanghai by defeating Rafael Nadal in three sets (6-1, 3-6, 6-3).This remarkable achievement comes after Melzer, who will compete in Viennas […]
Austrian advertisement watchdogs revealed plans to ban a betting companys poster ad over fears it could spark violence among football fans.The campaign shows a crew-cut man wearing a white shirt head-butting a car-park attendants chest, a scene carrying striking resemblance to Zinedine Zidanes attack against Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup final.The French midfielder […]
Austria’s men’s tennis number one Jürgen Melzer said Thomas Muster was not making himself a laughing stock by deciding to stage a comeback.The former number one in the world sensationally announced yesterday (Weds) that he will compete on the ATP tour again. Critics claimed Muster, 42, was undermining his own monument and already compared his […]