LASK Linz loses Austrian league lead for team training
Austrian league leader LASK Linz has been deducted six points for conducting team training sessions in violation of pandemic restrictions, a decision that could have a big impact on the title race. The points deduction means LASK slipped from first place to second, three points behind defending champion Salzburg. There are 10 rounds left to More...
Olympic ski champion Anna Veith retires
Olympic ski champion Anna Veith has twice returned to the top from serious knee injuries. A year after blowing out her knee for the third time, the 2014 super-G gold medalist from Austria is leaving the sport. Veith More...
Kevin Harvick beat Alex Bowman as NASCAR returns to racing
This was a 400-mile drive unlike any other in modern day NASCAR. The grandstands were completely empty. There wasn’t a single tailgate inside the track. Everyone wore face coverings — some with the team More...
LASK Linz accused of illicit training session
Austrian soccer league leader LASK Linz faces a charge of breaking rules on training during the coronavirus pandemic, the league said Thursday. Clubs in Austria are only supposed to hold training for small More...
UFC 249 ushers in fan-free, mask-filled era of sports
Kicks, punches and grunts echoed through the empty arena. Coaches, commentators and camera clicks resonated like never before. Blood, sweat, swollen eyelids and face masks signaled the return of UFC, the first More...
Another coronavirus case in German soccer before key meeting
Second-division German soccer club Erzgebirge Aue put its entire squad in home isolation on Tuesday after a member of staff tested positive for the coronavirus. It was the first confirmed case in the German More...
F1 hopes to start season with double-header in Austria
Formula One hopes to finally start the season with a double-header in the naturally isolated environment around the venue for the Austrian Grand Prix. Despite the first 10 races having been canceled or postponed More...
3 people at German club Cologne test positive for virus
Three people at German soccer club Cologne have tested positive for the coronavirus in the latest blow to the Bundesliga’s hopes of resuming this month. In a statement on Friday, Cologne didn’t name More...
Hirscher’s former coach to lead Austrian giant slalom team
The Austrian ski federation has turned to the former coach of record eight-time overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher to get its giant slalom team back on track next season. Michael Pircher was appointed on More...
4-time Olympic biathlon medalist Landertinger retires
Four-time Olympic biathlon medalist Dominik Landertinger of Austria retired Monday at the age of 32. Landertinger said on the Austrian Ski Federation’s website that he retired because he wanted to look after More...
