https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Austrian prosecutors said Wednesday they are investigating the national football federation head over a payment made at the time of the disgraced Sepp Blatter's re-election as Fifa president in 2015. https://www.thelocal.at/20180110/austria-investigates-football-chief-for-alleged-corruption Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:40:20 +0100 austria-investigates-football-chief-for-alleged-corruption With Austria not known for excelling in international tournaments - excluding Eurovision and skiing of course - when the national football team qualified for Euro 2016 last year it was cause for much celebration. https://www.thelocal.at/20160518/where-to-watch-euro-2016-in-vienna-austria-public-viewing-football Wed, 18 May 2016 13:46:27 +0200 where-to-watch-euro-2016-in-vienna-austria-public-viewing-football In a surprise upset, Austria defeated Sweden 4:1 in an historic game, confirming their place in the European Championship in France in 2016. https://www.thelocal.at/20150908/austria-dashes-swedens-uefa-hopes Wed, 09 Sep 2015 01:19:21 +0200 austria-dashes-swedens-uefa-hopes UEFA president Michel Platini on Tuesday warned of a return to the "dark days" of hooliganism in Europe fired by a rise in nationalism and extremism. https://www.thelocal.at/20150324/uefa-president-warns-over-european-hooliganism Tue, 24 Mar 2015 21:10:56 +0100 uefa-president-warns-over-european-hooliganism FIFA president Sepp Blatter will face some of his harshest critics on Tuesday at the UEFA annual congress in Vienna - most of whom will be voting to remove him from office when the Swiss stands for re-election in May. https://www.thelocal.at/20150324/blatter-faces-critics-at-uefa-congress-in-vienna Tue, 24 Mar 2015 09:19:22 +0100 blatter-faces-critics-at-uefa-congress-in-vienna Public prosecutors in Austria have opened an investigation into an alleged attempt to fix the result of a football match involving SV Ried in the 2007-08 season. https://www.thelocal.at/20150219/prosecutors-investigate-match-fixing-claim Thu, 19 Feb 2015 11:31:35 +0100 prosecutors-investigate-match-fixing-claim Second-division German side Erzgebirge Aue has apologised to RB Leipzig and Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz after Aue fans displayed a banner showing the Austrian entrepreneur in Nazi uniform. https://www.thelocal.at/20150209/germanys-aue-apologise-to-red-bull-boss-for-nazi-slur Mon, 09 Feb 2015 12:31:00 +0100 germanys-aue-apologise-to-red-bull-boss-for-nazi-slur The top American-style football clubs in Europe are getting together in 2015 to fight for the European grid-iron championship in July, with Austria taking a leading position. https://www.thelocal.at/20150109/austria-leads-big-six-american-football-in-europe Fri, 09 Jan 2015 14:30:00 +0100 austria-leads-big-six-american-football-in-europe Austria took control at the top of Group G with a surprising win over Russia in a Euro 2016 qualifier on Saturday evening. https://www.thelocal.at/20141116/austria-through-to-next-round Sun, 16 Nov 2014 10:02:00 +0100 austria-through-to-next-round FC Bayern Munich star David Alaba was voted Austria's Sportsman of the Year for the second year running on Thursday evening. https://www.thelocal.at/20141031/top-austrian-footballer-wins-accolade-second-time Fri, 31 Oct 2014 02:19:00 +0100 top-austrian-footballer-wins-accolade-second-time An upcoming football fixture between former world champion Brazil and minnows Austria sold out all 48,500 tickets within 28 hours of going on sale. https://www.thelocal.at/20141021/brazil-v-austria-tickets-sell-out-fast Tue, 21 Oct 2014 13:12:00 +0200 brazil-v-austria-tickets-sell-out-fast Police in Vienna had to quell a riot in Ottakring when Serbia’s Euro 2016 qualifying match against Albania in Belgrade was abandoned after fighting broke out between players on Tuesday evening. https://www.thelocal.at/20141015/serbs-and-albanians-brawl-in-vienna-after-football Wed, 15 Oct 2014 11:05:00 +0200 serbs-and-albanians-brawl-in-vienna-after-football The trial for Austria's biggest football betting scandal came to a dramatic end in Graz on Friday when one of the players was sentenced to five years in prison. https://www.thelocal.at/20141006/football-cheat-sentenced-to-five-years Mon, 06 Oct 2014 18:59:00 +0200 football-cheat-sentenced-to-five-years Eighteen SK Rapid football fans have been found guilty of rioting after a friendly match against 1. FC Nürnberg in Vienna’s Hanappi Stadium on September 7th. https://www.thelocal.at/20140922/18-rapid-vienna-fans-found-guilty-after-riot Mon, 22 Sep 2014 17:52:21 +0200 18-rapid-vienna-fans-found-guilty-after-riot An Austrian footballer has been handed a record 70-match ban for assaulting a referee, the Tyrolean Football Federation confirmed. https://www.thelocal.at/20140905/austrian-footballer-handed-70-match-ban Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:07:26 +0200 austrian-footballer-handed-70-match-ban The trial against former Austrian footballers Dominique Taboga, Sanel Kuljic, Thomas Zündel and seven other people who are charged over allegations of match-fixing started on Friday in Graz. https://www.thelocal.at/20140808/match-fixing-trial-begins-friday-in-graz Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:12:00 +0200 match-fixing-trial-begins-friday-in-graz An Austrian policeman attending a match in uniform at a football club in Vienna was caught dancing on camera. https://www.thelocal.at/20140807/austrian-policeman-dancing-goes-viral Thu, 07 Aug 2014 22:23:00 +0200 austrian-policeman-dancing-goes-viral After pro-Palestinian protesters stormed a football match between Israeli club Maccabi Haifa and French team Lille in Bischofshofen on Wednesday 20 men of Turkish origin who are resident in the state of Salzburg have been reported to the police. https://www.thelocal.at/20140725/turkish-men-investigated-after-attack-on-israeli-team Fri, 25 Jul 2014 13:24:00 +0200 turkish-men-investigated-after-attack-on-israeli-team Pro-Palestinian protesters have disrupted a football match in Bischofshofen, Austria between the Israeli club, Maccabi Haifa, and French team, Lille. https://www.thelocal.at/20140724/israeli-players-attacked-during-training-match Thu, 24 Jul 2014 11:22:00 +0200 israeli-players-attacked-during-training-match FIFA, the international federation of football associations presently meeting in Brazil, extended the bans for two Austrian players in a press release on Monday. https://www.thelocal.at/20140702/fifa-confirms-bans-on-austrian-footballers Wed, 02 Jul 2014 14:34:00 +0200 fifa-confirms-bans-on-austrian-footballers