A Styrian triathlete has been fined nearly 200 Euros for speeding. The athlete went 63 kilometres per hour (kph) on his bicycle during a training session in Illmitz, Burgenland. He revealed today (Weds) police ordered him to cough up 193 Euros for ignoring the 50 kph limit, overtaking slower cars and failing to pull over […]
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Artistic critics wanted
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We are expanding our coverage of arts, culture and lifestyle and are looking for reviewers and correspondents not just in Vienna but around the country interested in contributing articles in this area.Editor David Rogers said: “Austria is the cultural heartland of Europe – and it is only proper that the country’s cultural heritage is properly […]
Mainz 05 target Austrian green keeper
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A German Bundesliga team already employing two Austrians have set their sights on another fellow countryman the green keeper of the Salzburg town where they held their pre-season training camp this summer.Mainz 05 coach Thomas Tuchel has complained for weeks about the state of the pitch at the clubs home ground. Now a German […]
Austria drop in FIFA ranking
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Austria suffered four places in the FIFA world ranking released today (Weds).The team, which has been coached by former Mainz 05 manager Dietmar Constantini for around one year, fell from 64th to 68th place.Brazil lead the ranking ahead of Euro2008 winners Spain who will arrive in the western Austrian province of Vorarlberg for a […]
By Kathryn QuinnOlympic fever has had people the world over fixed to their TV screens this winter and inspired people to don their skis, dust off the ice skates and head to the mountains.Austria, the alpine nation is blessed with some of the best ski resorts in Europe and outstanding winter sport facilities, but this […]
England will play their final test match ahead of this summers World Cup in Graz, it has emerged.Organisers of the national teams training camp in Styria announced today (Thurs) that the star-studded squad would play against Japan at UPC Arena in Graz on 30 May.The friendly would be broadcast live in Japan, they added, but […]