When the English writer J.K.Rowling published 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' in 1997, the first novel of the saga of Harry Potter, would not have perhaps imagined that in the future the Quidditch, magical game that takes place on horseback of flying broom handles, described there for the first time, would become a true sports discipline.

In June 2017, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee approved the programme for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, confirming the line taken recently by the committee itself: to make the next Olympics a more "young" sporting event with a more "urban" appeal.