Even though I haven’t been overwhelmingly optimistic about success on the sports side of the Indian tennis team at the Davis Cup in Lillehammer in September 2022, I was really looking forward to my trip to Norway. One key reason…
Beijing 2022 – No Flyctory.com Medal Count, Just Thoughts…
The Winter Olympic Games 2022 are finished. I have to say, I am relieved. It may have been the two worst weeks for sports history since 86 years, likely. You would typically see the Flyctory.com alternative medal count in here.…
Sports Museum of Finland (Helsinki)
Paavo Nurmi, Matti Nykänen, Mika Häkkinen or the Floorball National Team – there have been various globally well-known Finnish athletes, who wrote sports history. They are honored in the Urheilumuseo – or: Sports Museum of Finland. As I am a…
Watching Helsinki from the Olympic Stadium Tower
Even though it hosted the Olympic Summer Games of 1952, Helsinki Olympic Stadium is still in use, e.g. for home matches of the Finnish soccer national team. Thus, the area around the stadium is still somehow vibrant. One of the…
Tokyo 2020 – My Thoughts By Sports (… and some more)
The Summer Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo are over. Two weeks of intense sports coverage are lying behind us. Definitely special games, especially due to the impact of Covid-19 and the lack of spectators. I initially wanted to post about…
The Flyctory.com-Style Medal Count of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics
After the 2018 PyoengChang Olympic Winter Games, I already felt urged to do my very own medal count of the event: I wanted to see which is the most versatile country in the Olympic programme. One motivation was that the…
Rafa Nadal Museum XPerience
The Big Three of Tennis – Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal – dominate their sports since ages. Hard to imagine how the sports will be without them – I did a posting about their exceptional position in tennis…
Bud Spencer Museum Berlin
If you know the name Carlo Pedersoli by heart, then you are likely ready to head to Berlin since 27th June 2021. He is most famous as Bud Spencer acting in Italo-Western movies, often side by side with Mario Girotti –…