In ancient Egypt and Babylon, and to a lesser extent in Crete, sports was intended more for the enjoyment of the participating athletes and the public than an exercise in body drill. Such intentions are manifest even today in the spectacles of the…
The Olympic Games of Tokyo 1964 were the first ever to be held in Asia (Far East) and Japan did not lose the opportunity to organize the Games using the latest technology, thus fulfilling the words of Pierre de Coubertin who had said in 1893 that the…
The Olympic Games of Tokyo 1964 were the first ever to be held in Asia (Far East) and Japan did not lose the opportunity to organize the Games using the latest technology, thus fulfilling the words of Pierre de Coubertin who had said in 1893 that the…