Exactly 37 years ago, one of my articles named “The Meaning of the Olympic Ideals, or an Aestheticized Meaninglessness” was published in the only youth magazine published in Turkey at the time, called Yeni Olgu (The New Phenomenon). In fact, it was rather a ‘fancy’ article written with all the excitement of my youth, and the introduction part also included ...
By Ljubodrag Simonovic Drama is the form in which sport, in a structural sense, most closely resembles art. Speaking of the relation between sport and acting, Christopher Lasch says: “By submitting without reservation to the rules and conventions of the game, the players (as well as the spectators) cooperate in creating an illusion of reality. In that way the ...
By Cüneyt Akalın The Tokyo Olympics (for the year 2020) ended on August 10 after 16 days of intense competitions. The US made huge gains on the last day and took first place in the overall medal count. China came in second followed by Japan and the UK. Russia, accepted to the Tokyo Olympics under the banner of Russia Olympic ...
Last week, the Turkish public agenda has been busy with three main topics. The first topic was Defense Minister Hulusi Akar’s visit to the Pakistani Chief of Army General Qamar Javed Bajwa. The second was the new Olympic record for the Turkish athletes in numbers of medals brought home, surpassing the previous record in 1948. The third was the ongoing ...
by Ljubodrag Simonović The following text is an excerpt from the book “The Olympic Deceit of the ‘Divine Baron’ – Pierre de Coubertin” by Ljubodrag Simonović. To contact the author: ducidrag@gmail.com As early as 1929, at the time of the great recession, “father” of the modern Olympic Games Pierre de Coubertin expressed his inclination towards authoritarian regimes, namely his ...
By Ljubodrag Duci Simonović Lubodrag Simonovic (72) was a member of the Yugoslav national basketball team, which won the world championship in 1970. Several times he played for the national team along with Sergei and Alexander Belov. He was a participant in the Olympic Games in Munich. In protest against the cover-up of a doping scam with Puerto Rico, he ...