Austrian football fans were left frustrated once more as their team suffered a bitter home defeat against old rivals Germany on Friday.The Austrian national team performed extraordinarily well after Germany controlled the scenery only for the first 10 minutes in the sold-out Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna. Austrias squad showed a lot of effort in […]
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 […]
SV Ried fans are looking forward to see their team aiming for European glory next season after Austria Lustenau were beaten in the ÖFB Cup final yesterday (Sun).The second-league side performed well in front of 14,500 fans at Viennas Ernst Happel Stadium, but it was Ried who found the net. Markus Hammerer is tipped to […]
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 […]
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 […]
At least 40 people are facing legal action after around 200 hooligans invaded the pitch in a Football Bundesliga match at the weekend.Vienna police said today (Weds) 40 people will be prosecuted over the incidents in which two police officers were injured. They added that not all of the offenders who stormed the green 26 […]
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 […]
Officials at Austrias most popular football club are pressurised to be more stringent after hundreds of hooligans invaded the pitch during a crucial league match at the weekend.Around 200 Rapid Vienna supporters stormed on the green from the west stand at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium in Vienna-Penzing yesterday afternoon (Sun) after Austria Vienna midfielder Zlatko […]
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 […]