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Sport, politics, and business have represented an indivisible trinity ever since the ancient times and the organization of the original Olympic Games. The reason for the organization of the ancient Olympic Games reflected to a much greater extent the political and business aims than sport motives. This ancient legacy was "nurtured" by the modern Olympic Games. This paper aims to provide a chronological account of the most obvious examples of the connection between sport, politics, and business and to outline the incessant desire of politicians to use sport to achieve political goals, of businessmen to make a profit, and of athletes to use their abilities to achieve fame. In this struggle for status, sport often loses its positive attributes and the sport playground becomes a battlefield for the political conflicts and disputes of powerful multinational companies. A critical view of the dark side of sport can demystify sport, demythologize it, and, finally, lead to an understanding of sport and its role in modern society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the mediaeval Serbia we could find a big number of foreigners, living there either temporarily or permanently. The foreigners were mostly engaged in trade and mining, but some of them were the King's (Tsar's) noblemen or servants and some were mercenaries in the army. All those persons that Serbian rulers call „my royal (or imperial) noblemen" were not always Serbs. Among the noblemen there were different nations, such as Greeks (Byzantines), Germans, Albanians, Latins (Roman-catholics from maritime towns). The trade in the mediaeval Serbia was controlled by Ragusans (Dubrovčani), who obtained privileges from Serbian rulers since the year 1186. The miners in Serbia were from German (Saxon) origin and that is the reason why people called them Sasi (Saxons). It is very well known that the Serbian rulers had the mercenary army, but about the legal status of those soldiers we do not know anything for certain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]