The Indianapolis Colts suffered their fifth defeat in the eighth game of the season with Austrian export Bernhard Raimann and thus suffered a setback in the fight for the NFL playoffs. The Colts were defeated 27:38 against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday in front of their home crowd with offensive tackle Raimann in the … Read more
Although it wasn’t enough to achieve the victory he had hoped for, Dominic Thiem was certainly not dissatisfied with his performance after his first-round defeat at the Erste Bank Open against Stefanos Tsitsipas. If the former world number three and 2020 US Open winner had played like this more often in the past season, in … Read more
The word “supercoach” is on everyone’s lips again in the tennis scene: Boris Becker, who is flying in on Tuesday for a short visit to the Vienna Stadthallen tournament, has announced his commitment to the Dane Holger Rune. The German legend had also worked successfully with Novak Djokovic for several years. Herwig Straka, Dominic Thiem’s … Read more
The Chicago Bears (1-4) get their first win of the season in week five of the NFL. Head Coach Matt Eberflus’ team clearly defeated the Washington Commanders (2-3) 40:20 in the Thursday Night Game. The standout on the victorious Bears’ side is wide receiver DJ Moore, who produced an incredible 230 receiving yards and also … Read more
After the first match on the final day, the decision for the sixth edition of the Tennis Laver Cup was made. Captain John McEnroe’s Team World, which had already led 10-2 after the second day, closed the bag in the opening doubles in Vancouver. Ben Shelton/Frances Tiafoe (USA) defeated Hubert Hurkacz/Andrej Rublew (POL/RUS) from Team … Read more
Week 2 of the NFL doesn’t end without a serious injury to a star player. The Cleveland Browns not only lost the Monday Night Game at the Pittsburgh Steelers 22:26, but also lost Nick Chubb for the rest of the season with a serious knee injury. The 27-year-old was injured in the second quarter when … Read more
The Vienna Vikings can look forward to a magnificent backdrop next Saturday in the ELF semi-final against Stuttgart Surge (2:30 p.m.)! As the Viennese announced in a broadcast on Wednesday, over 6,000 tickets have already been sold for the duel with the Baden-Württemberg team in the Generali Arena. In order to accommodate the still large … Read more
For Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler, the first round of the ATP 250 doubles competition in Winston Salem is the end of the line. In the last preparatory tournament before the US Open, the top Austrian duo was clearly beaten by the number three seeded duo Hugo Nys/Jan Zielinski from Poland 2:6, 4:6. The change … Read more
Cyclist Lukas Pöstlberger broke his right collarbone in a fall in the one-day Cyclassics race in Hamburg on Sunday. According to his team Jayco, the 31-year-old from Upper Austria has to undergo an operation and will be out for at least several weeks. The Dane Mads Pedersen secured victory in the classification over 205.4 kilometers. … Read more
Great performance by Austria’s national flag football team! The red-white-red men’s team is crowned Vice European Champion. The home team won silver at the European Championships in Ireland after a 28:36 final defeat by Germany. The Austrian women’s selection took fifth place in the title fights of the contactless version of American football in Limerick. … Read more