| 17/2/2024 | Elizavet Teltsidou defeats Kim Poling of the Netherlands by decision and wins the bronze medal at the Judo Grand Slam in Baku |
| 17/2/2021 | Voula Papachristou scores this year’s top triple jump performance in the world during the WA indoor Tour in Torun with 14.60, improving her individual record in the indoor, which was 14.50 from the European Championship in Glasgow. This performance is the third best of all time in Greece after Devetzi (14.84) and Tsiamita (14.63). |
| 17/2/2019 | AEK wins the 2019 FIBA Intercontinental Cup after defeating host Flamengo at Rio de Janeiro with an 86-70 score, in the tournament’s final. AEK wins the trophy for the first time in its history to become the third Greek club after Panathinaikos and Olympiakos to reach for the global throne. Jordan Theodore stood out among the AEK players with 22 points winning the MVP title. |
| 17/2/2019 | Team LeBron defeats Team Giannis 178-164 during the 2019 NBA all Star Game played in Charlotte, North Carolina. Giannis Antetokounmpo led all scorers with 38 points, while Middleton and Paul George added 20 points for Team Giannis. Warriors forward Kevin Durant was named All-Star Game MVP after finishing with 31 points and seven rebounds. |
| 17/2/2018 | Marit Bjoergen makes history with 13th career medal at 2018 Winter Olympics wining the gold medal at the women’s cross country 4x5-kilometer team relay of the PyeongChang Olympic Games, tying her with former Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen for the most by any Winter Olympian |
| 17/2/2012 | Thieves invade the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Olympia and remove 65 exhibits. Among them is a gold ring - seal of the Mycenaean period which depicts a bull fighting performance and a bronze runner figurine. |
| 17/2/2005 | Argentinian 69-year-old Enrique Omar Sivori dies of cancer in a hospital in Buenos Aires. He started his football career in 1954 with River Plate and some years later he moved to Juventus, winning 3 championships and 2 Italian cups. In 1961 he was voted “European Footballer of the year” and in 1965 he moved to Napoli. He also played for the Italian national team, scoring 9 goals from 9 matches. He went on to coach Argentina in the 1974 World Cup and later returned to work for Juventus as a scout in South America |
| 17/2/1999 | Australian Suzan O'Neil smashes Mary Meagher's 18-year old world record (2:05.65) in butterfly style with 2:05.37 |
| 17/2/1999 | Manchester Utd's largest away win (over Nottingham Forest 1-8) |
| 17/2/1999 | Nikos Polychronopoulos wins the gold medal at the European Juniors Billiard Championship in Murcia, Spain |
| 17/2/1992 | 39 year-old Raisa Smetanina becomes the oldest champion and the first athlete to win a medal in 5 consecutive Olympics after winning the gold medal in 20km relay cross-country race with Russia |
| 17/2/1972 | Panathinaikos – Slavia Prague 74-74 and the Greek team qualifies to the best “4” of European Championship Winners Cup, having won the first match in Athens with 99-73. Coach Costas Mourouzis uses the same line up for 40 minutes consisting of Apostolos Kontos (23p), Peppas (14), Kerckland (15), Kefalos (8) and Iordanidis (18) |
| 17/2/1968 | Jean Claude Killy wins 3 olympic gold medals in Grenoble. This triple success was achieved so far by only one athlete, Austrian Toni Sailer in 1956 |
| 17/2/1968 | The Basketball Hall of Fame opens in Springfield, Massachusetts |
| 17/2/1931 | A baseball game is the first telecast of a sporting event in Japan |
| 17/2/1926 | Suzanne Lenglen beats Helen Wils in their unique confrontation for the world title in Cannes |
