- Former boss of Ankaragücü, Faruk Koca has been sentenced to 3 years and 7 months of jail. In December 2023 he punched referee Halil Umut Meler in the face, who went to the ground and has there been kicked by other people standing around. The Süper Lig was suspended for a while afterwards. https://sport.orf.at/#/stories/3134432/ 15 comments soccer
- Red Bull Salzburg hasn't scored a goal in 3 consecutive Bundesliga games. The last time this happened was 14 years ago during August-September 2010. https://sport.orf.at/stories/3134399/ 13 comments soccer
- Ralf Rangnick on Red Bull Salzburg: "0:12 goals in the three games would not have been higher even with four or five Austrians and with Alexander Schlager in goal - if not less high". They should consider ”if the squad planning for this season was really so perfect down to the last detail”. https://sport.orf.at/stories/3133360/ 22 comments soccer
- The hard core of LASK fans wants to boycott Linz's European Cup home games this season due to the ticket prices. While LASK charges 68 euros per game for a seat on the long side, SK Rapid, for example, which also plays in the Conference League, charges almost half that. https://sport.orf.at/#/stories/3132994/ 8 comments soccer
- Jens Lehmann convicted in the “chainsaw trial”. The Munich II Regional Court has sentenced Lehmann to a fine of 135k euros. He had used a chainsaw to saw a roof beam in his neighbor's garage. According to the indictment, he is also said to have evaded the bill in a parking garage at Munich airport. https://sport.orf.at/#/stories/3132874/ 36 comments soccer
- Barcelona fans cause uproar with "Flick Heil" banner in game vs Monaco. The slogan “Sieg heil” was a common greeting of the Nazis. https://sport.orf.at/#/stories/3132691/ 255 comments soccer
- Paul Wanner is still undecided as to whether he will play for the German or Austrian national team in the future. He can “clearly say that my decision is still open. I haven't decided anything yet,” the 18-year-old from 1. FC Heidenheim told the ‘Süddeutsche Zeitung’. https://sport.orf.at/#/stories/3132418/ 19 comments soccer
- Marco Friedl on not being called up to the NT: "No one communicates with me, no one talks to me. That's why I've actually already checked off the topic. I'm very angry. I've already said so much about this and I don't want to say anything more, otherwise I'll get extremely angry again. It's a shame" https://sport.orf.at/#/stories/3132000/ 6 comments soccer
- Austria has 3 clubs in the UEFA Youth League for the first time. After the country for the 1st time has brought 2 participants (Sturm Graz, Salzburg) into the main stage of the UEFA Champions League, it is now represented vy Rapid Wien, Sturm Graz and Salzburg in the UEFA Youth League. https://sport.orf.at/#/stories/3131802/ 3 comments soccer
- In summer 2025 SCR Cashpoint Altach will lose its main sponsor and namesake of their stadium after 20 years, the betting company Cashpoint. Altach also needs to change their logo because Cashpoint is integrated in that as well https://sport.orf.at/#/stories/3129023/ 5 comments soccer
- Belgium runs out of defenders. Axel Witsel was unable to train with the team on Friday due to muscular problems. Veteran Jan Vertonghen is suffering from pain in his groin and Arthur Theate has injured his ankle. Thomas Meunier is still missing completely because of an injury. https://sport.orf.at/#/stories/3126767/ 15 comments soccer
- [ORF] Rangnick organized tickets for the Austrian team to visit Rod Stewart concert 2 days before 1st Euros game vs France. Baumgartner: "It's not quite my generation now, I have to be honest. [...] It's great to clear your head a bit before things really get going. We are looking forward to it." https://sport.orf.at/#/stories/3126430/ 18 comments soccer
- Austrian Bundesliga Season Awards: Otar Kiteishvili is Player of the Season ahead of Alexander Prass and Marco Grüll, Top-Goalkeeper Alexander Schlager (Lawal 2nd, Sallinger 3rd), Top-Manager Christian Ilzer (Schopp 2nd, Pacult 3rd), Top-Newcomer Karim Konaté (Querfeld 2nd, Gloukh 3rd). https://sport.orf.at/stories/3125649/ 2 comments soccer
- [ORF] The German goalkeeper Georg Koch, who also played seven games for Rapid Wien in the 2008/09 season, is terminally ill with cancer, according to his own statement. ‘I will die. But God has not yet decided when he will take me,’ the 52-year-old told Bild am Sonntag. https://sport.orf.at/#/stories/3125232/ 2 comments soccer
- Sturm Graz wins the Austrian Uniqa-ÖFB-Cup with 2 - 1 against Rapid https://sport.orf.at/fussball/match/2438946 6 comments soccer
- Rapid Wien does not accept player bans (up to 6 games): "They took part in a homophobic song, but do not have a homophobic attitude" https://sport.orf.at/stories/3123036/ 43 comments soccer
- [ORF] Rapid Wien receive suspensions by the league association after homophobic chants and insults: Managing director Steffen Hofmann banned for 1 month, Asistant Coach Kulovits for 2 months, the Players Burgstaller and Grüll for 3 games, Schick for 2, Niklas Hedl and Maxi Hofmann for 1 game. https://sport.orf.at/stories/3123017/ 10 comments soccer
- This Austrian news article includes a few interesting quotes. https://sport.orf.at/stories/3122614/ 14 comments formula1
- [ORF] Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz (2nd Division of Austria) are fined 25,000 Euros and 3 points deducted for fielding 3 Brazilians without a work permission and not paying them directly by the club as revealed by club president Thomas Fricke in an interview with the "Vorarlberger Nachrichten". https://sport.orf.at/#/stories/3121276/ 6 comments soccer
- [ORF] A German court has sentenced Jens Lehmann to a heavy fine. On Friday, the Starnberg district court imposed 210 daily sentences of 2,000 euros each for damage to property, insult and attempted fraud. Judge Tanja Walter: "Lehmann has consistently staged himself as a victim of the justice system" https://sport.orf.at/#/stories/3120463/ 20 comments soccer
- [ORF] Sturm Graz's goalkeeper Kjell Scherpen will miss the remainder of the season due to an ACL tear he suffered in training in summer 2023. https://sport.orf.at/#/stories/3120195/ 6 comments soccer
- [ORF] Andreas Ulmer is sick and will probably miss the important game vs Benfica tomorrow. His replacement Aleksa Terzic is injured, the 2nd replacement Daouda Guindo is doing fine replacing him in the league but isn't nominated for the CL, Amar Dedic may play LB and 19 y/o Leandro Morgalla RB. https://sport.orf.at/#/stories/3120005/ 2 comments soccer
- Genoa still owes Sturm money for K. Yeboah. "We have received the transfer fee, but not the contractually agreed bonus payments," business manager Thomas Tebbich was quoted as saying. Sturm had already called in FIFA and UEFA in this matter. "They have proven us right." CAS is also dealing with it. https://sport.orf.at/#/stories/3118098/ 4 comments soccer
- [Adi Hüttter] "There were 2 offers from Saudi Arabia, 1 from Abu Dhabi, it wasn't an option for me because I still wanted to be active in European football." "I already had a very, very good offer from the island [PL] in the autumn [2022] and it wasn't Crystal Palace but I didn't feel ready." https://sport.orf.at/newsroom/segment/15492462/Star-Coach-Adi-H%C3%BCtter 9 comments soccer
- [ORF] Salzburg have a 20% sell-on clause on Dominik Szoboszlai and will get 14 million euros for Leipzig's sale to Liverpool https://sport.orf.at/stories/3113634/ 123 comments soccer
- [ORF] Lothar Matthäus, Frank Achaempong and Oliver König buy Accra Lions, a club in the Ghanaian 1st division. Loddar: “We want to bring young players to Europe. In a serious way and already well trained. That's why we're also investing in the training ground here." https://sport.orf.at/#/stories/3111983/ 11 comments soccer
- spusu SKN St Pölten's women's team have lost 1-0 and ended their streak of 69 consecutive wins in home league games. Overall it was their first league defeat since almost 5 years ago. The title race is still on now because Sturm Graz came back to win after trailing 2-0 in the 86th minute. https://sport.orf.at/stories/3111912/ 2 comments soccer
- Managers in Austria about the halving of points: Hartberg coach Schopp: "Sporting fair? - no", Altach coach Schmidt: "For the spectators it's attractive, for those directly involved it's a maximum mental strain", WAC coach Schmid: "From a sporting point of view, it is certainly not fair." https://sport.orf.at/stories/3110020/ 16 comments soccer
- [ORF.at] Sebastian Prödl announces the end of his career https://sport.orf.at/stories/3096266/ 3 comments soccer
- FC Wacker Innsbruck terminates its professional football operations and will be relegated, future of the club's amateur and women's teams is uncertain [source in German] https://sport.orf.at/stories/3095101 4 comments soccer
- Masi no longer on FIA organization chart [German] https://sport.orf.at/stories/3089192/ 10 comments formula1
- Austria to start WC qualification against Scotland without players from Bundesliga https://sport.orf.at/stories/3074560/ 28 comments soccer
- Marco Rossi's health problems are under control, however not expected to return to USA till March. https://sport.orf.at/stories/3072441/ 27 comments hockey
- LASK parts ways with Valerien Ismael, new manager will be Austria's Women-NT manager Dominik Thalhammer! https://sport.orf.at/stories/3064595/ 4 comments soccer
- Spectators in Spielberg conceivable for Marko https://sport.orf.at/stories/3062729/ 25 comments formula1
- LASK, Manchester United's Europa League opponent, loses two players due to torn ACLs within one week. After Potzmann tore his ACL last weekend, Austrian-NT player Goiginger suffered the same injury this weekend. https://sport.orf.at/stories/3060595/ 22 comments soccer
- LASK-Fans threw fishes against Rapid-Goalkeeper Richard Strebinger: "Sadly I only eat vegan during the season. Two trouts were thrown at my back. A nice gift, but I can't use it." https://sport.orf.at/#/stories/3056552/ 34 comments soccer
- Austrian Sports Personality of the Year Award renamed to "Niki" (Translation in Comments) https://sport.orf.at/stories/3054654/ 7 comments formula1
- Austrian Bundesliga match between Rapid Wien and Hartberg has seen one single shot on goal, but a scoreline of 2:2 so far. There have been three own goals. [link in german] https://sport.orf.at/fussball/match/1053883 10 comments soccer
- Austria squad for the matches against Poland and Israel https://sport.orf.at/stories/3046225/ 9 comments soccer
- Austrian 3rd league player Elsneg comes on pitch with a torn ACL. Scores two goals, leaves pitch again. https://sport.orf.at/fussball/match/1028526 37 comments soccer
- President of Iran Hassan Rouhani approves removal of ban for women in stadiums [source in German] http://sport.orf.at/m/stories/2299053/ 27 comments soccer
- Napoli offers €10m for Stefan Lainer, Salzburg not willing to sell for <€12m [source in German] http://sport.orf.at/stories/2297750/ 2 comments soccer
- New Zealand Women's coach Andreas Heraf accused of threatening his players [source in German] http://sport.orf.at/stories/2296447/ 12 comments soccer
- Thiem to return in Monte Carlo http://sport.orf.at/m/stories/2292258/ 14 comments tennis
- [orf.at] Franco Foda appointed as new Austria head coach http://sport.orf.at/stories/2282425/ 25 comments soccer
- Jonatan Soriano signs for Beijing Sinobo Guoan (link in german) http://sport.orf.at/stories/2269268/2269269/ 5 comments soccer
- Austria: EURO 23-man squad http://sport.orf.at/stories/2252033/2252032/ 63 comments soccer
- Ex-Barca Striker Jonathan Soriano scored a hattrick in the second half today for Red Bull Salzburg - after he came to the stadium during the first half, straight from the birth of his third child. (report in German) http://sport.orf.at/stories/2177926/2177925/ 16 comments soccer
- FYI: most podium runs in a row http://sport.orf.at/stories/2065592/2065600/ 3 comments formula1