Someone briefly described Serbia as a country where Novak Djokovic does not want to live. In other words, the progressive regime chased away the best tennis player of all time, who moved with his family to Greece, which, with all his projects and jobs, accepted him wholeheartedly. It is not difficult to guess what dissuaded Nolet from returning to Belgrade.
After that Novak Đoković the president of the state supported the students Aleksandar Vučić read a boy's letter instead of "I'm watching the world tennis champion Novak Djokovic," which was clearly written on the paper recorded by the camera, in the live program he read it as "I train basketball and watch the Euroleague and I love Nikola Jokić. "
Also, editor-in-chief of Informer Dragan J. Vučićević he said of Novak Djokovic that he was a "failed tennis player", which caused outrage, ridicule and condemnation from the public.
The attitude of the current regime towards the best tennis player of all time changed in 2021, when Djokovic supported the protests against Rio Tinto with a message on Instagram. In May 2023, the Tennis Center "Novak" was also closed, about which Djokovic spoke with great enthusiasm only a few weeks before, and as Saša Ozmo wrote for "Radar", the reasons - it is an open secret - were of a political nature.
Photo: AP Photo/Manu FernandezThe best tennis player in the world, Novak Djokovic - Gold medal at the 2024 Olympic Games.
It was not enough for the regime for Novak to be only a "blockade" and a "failed tennis player", but the main regime tabloid "Informer" after March 15, when Djokovic shared a video from Slavia, wrote "Serbs are outraged by all this, because Novak and Jelena supported hooligans, people who want to destroy Serbia like Kurti and Ustaše."
Also, Zorana Mihajlović, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, stated that Novak Djokovic is "taking the side of those who perpetrate violence and who want an independent Kosovo", joining the attacks on the best tennis player in the world.
Aware that his ratings would be harmed if Zoran Mihajlovic and obscure tabloids say what Zoran Mihajlovic and obscure tabloids say about Novak Djokovic, Vučić hastened to defend himself on "Informer" saying that he spoke with Novak just the night before he supported the blockaders and that he would not comment on anything, but that he would defeat those views easily and without problems.
We have our own god.
"Dejan Bodiroga, the former celebrated basketball ace who was the pride of the nation, today is a shame and the embodiment of a shameless traitor to his people and his country" - write "Večernje Novosti".
Campaign against Dejan Bodiroga is taken daily on "Informer". Vučić also spoke out comparing himself and Bodirog. Bodiroga was a great player, said the President of the Republic, while he is only an amateur, but as far as education and politics are concerned, that's another matter.
Vučić's intolerance towards Dejan Bodiroga has been going on ever since "Informer" "exclusively found out" in 2024 that the "Djilas people" will run for Dejan Bodiroga for mayor of Belgrade as an opponent to Aleksandar Šapić.
The President of Serbia then stated that Bodiroga had spoken out several times against the SNS, but that he "does not have the capacity to engage in politics." Nevertheless, Dejan Bodiroga enjoys great popularity among the citizens, as evidenced by videos from social networks when students and citizens shout at him famously: "We have our own god, his name is Bodiroga."
And it is also possible that the famous basketball player is running for president of Serbia, which could mess up Aleksandar Vucic.
Criminal intimidation of Nemanja Vidić
Nemanja Vidic, a legend of Serbian football and the Premier League, nicknamed "The Rock", has been targeted by the regime ever since he returned to Serbia after his playing career in England in 2023 and ran for president of the Football Association of Serbia (FSS).
At the time, he told the media that his motives were purely patriotic and that he hoped that the delegates who supported him "will not succumb to the pressure they are facing." However, the day before the Assembly scheduled for March 2023, Vidić withdrew his candidacy, making him the only remaining candidate Dragan Dzajic elected president.
CRY: Kokeza hired criminals to intimidate Nemanja Vidić
As revealed by KRIK this Tuesday (June 30) by looking at Sky messages, Slavisa Kokeza, the former president of the Football Association of Serbia and a prominent member of the SNS, hired criminals to threaten and physically attack the famous football player.
Vidić, who lived in Milan at the time, was placed with a tracking device on the car, and Kokeza asked to be told that if he spoke again, "he would go to the cemetery."
Vidić commented on this case: "When you put a street person in a position, he sees it as a street person and then messages like this are not surprising at all. Intimidation, fear, beatings, maybe more than that are methods, and basically I was saying that the system is not working."
Arrest of Vladimir Štimac
Former basketball national team member Vladimir Štimac he has been targeted by the regime since the student and civil protests began, and "Informer" calls him a "failed basketball player and blockade thug" in daily articles.
Source: FoNetVladimir Štimac has been targeted by the regime since the student protests began, and Informer calls him a "failed basketball player and blockade thug" every day.
Štimac was arrested in November 2025 during a protest in front of the Serbian Parliament. He was detained by order of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office on suspicion of calling for a violent change in the constitutional order.
After his release from custody, Vladimir Štimac publicly confessed that his former teammates from the national team and colleagues from the world of basketball deeply disappointed him because none of them provided him with public support during his arrest.
Duško Vujošević and Željko Obradović
Legendary Partizan coach Dusko Vujosevic who died in April of this year, and who left an indelible mark in the history of Yugoslav and Serbian basketball, often said that he had to leave Partizan because of politics.
In numerous public appearances, Vujošević criticized the current regime, and in 2024 he spoke openly about the "war" with Aleksandar Vučić in the program "360 Degrees", pointing out that during a meeting with the current president of the country, he realized that he wanted to overthrow Partizan through the fans.
Photo: FoNet/Zoran MrđaDuško Vujošević spoke openly about the "war" with Aleksandar Vučić
Less than two months after the death of Vujošević, Aleksandar Vučić claimed that the legendary coach of Partizan agreed to be a guest on the president's podcast, which he had not started until now, to which the public reacted violently.
After being another legendary coach of Partizan and Serbian and Yugoslav basketball Zeljko Obradovic supported the students, the president of Serbia stated that he was against it every time SNS and pointed out that there is "nothing secret and new", as well as that Obradović, along with other public figures, is "part of the same circle of people who previously supported and protested against lithium".
The relationship between Željko Obradović and Aleksandar Vučić has been marked by many years of tensions and conflicts in the public eye. Back in 2024, Obradović publicly denied the allegations that Partizan was a "state project" and called for the public disclosure of financial reports, and the president of the state responded by calling Obradović's statement a "disgusting attack on the state" and making claims about multimillion-dollar state investments in the Partizan Basketball Club.
Source: FoNet/EuroleagueŽeljko Obradović - long-time coach of Partizan
The regime against the giants of Serbian sport
Certainly, this is not the entire list of our respected and famous athletes who opposed the regime of Aleksandar Vučić and the Serbian Progressive Party, there are Serbian water polo players who left the national team together because Slobodan Soro, a close cadre, was appointed the head of the Water Polo Association Aleksandar Šapić.
There are also basketball players Vladimir Lučić, Bogdan Bogdanović and Vanja Marinković who publicly supported the student protests.
All of them were the target of attacks by the regime's media in the past months, which shows that the regime is dealing not only with citizens and students, but also with the giants of Serbian sports.
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