Karel Bruckner

Austria: two more players out through injury

Austria lost two more players for Wednesday's friendly against Turkey as striker Marc Janko and defender Emanuel Pogatetz both pulled out with injuries on Monday. Salzburg's Janko, who scored 25 goals in 18 domestic league...

Austria coach Bruckner drops 3 strikers

Austria coach Karel Bruckner dropped three strikers from his 19-man squad for next week's friendly against Turkey. Rapid Vienna's Erwin Hoffer and Stefan Maierhofer and Helsingborg's Roman Kienast were all missing in the...

Teenager Necid asked to fill Koller-sized gap

SK Slavia Praha starlet Tomáš Necid, 19, may be asked to fill the mighty boots of Jan Koller, with Czech Republic coach Petr Rada keen to try out the forward in next week's FIFA World Cup qualifier against San Marino.