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19/3/2023The National Ensemble team (Elpida Englesou, Kalomira Karoki, Irini Konisti, Christina Riga, Marietta Topollai) win the third place and the bronze medal in the final of the program with 3 ribbons / 2 balls at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Faliro Olympic Indoor Hall
19/3/2023After four exciting matches against Iceland, Kazakhstan, Spain, and Uzbekistan, Apostolis Telikostoglou wins the bronze medal in the Olympic - 80 kg category in tae kwon do at the G2 Belgian Open 2023
19/3/2020The former Cardiff and Aston Villa midfielder Peter Whittingham dies at the age of 35. Whittingham had an accidental fall at a Barry pub on 7 March and had been in hospital with head injuries. He started his career at Villa before joining Cardiff in 2007, playing 457 times and scoring 96 goals for the club. He finished his career at Blackburn, whom he left in August 2018.
19/3/2019Former president of Panathinaikos basketball and volleyball club Thanassis Giannakopoulos dies at 88 after being in the hospital for 2 months with a stroke. Along with his brother Pavlos he was the owner of the pharmaceutical company VIANEX. He was the president of Panathinaikos basketball club from 2002 to 2012.
19/3/2004Nikos Alefantos is appointed coach of Olympiacos for the third time replacing Oleg Protasov. The first time he succeeded Thanassis Bebis (1/12/83-12/3/84) while the second Costas Polychroniou (27/01/94-16/9/94)
19/3/2000The 5th World Aquatics Championships close in Athens. USA took first place with 774 points overcoming Britain (614 points) and Germany (514 points). Greece ranked 15th (115 points). Katia Sarakatsani set Greek 200m mixed record with 2:17.24
19/3/1995Bonny Blair (5 gold, 1 silver olympic medals) announces her retirement from ice skating one day after she becomes 31
19/3/1995After 17 months as a profesional baseball player with the White Sox, Michael Jordan returns to NBA and leads Chicago to victory over Indiana (103-97)
19/3/1990First world ice hockey tournament for women held in Ottawa, Canada
19/3/1989The PSAK is founded
19/3/1983Tzortzis Athanasiadis, editor of “Vradyni” newspaper, close friend of Konstantinos Karamanlis, founder and first president of OPAP and president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee is murdered in his office.
19/3/1972LA Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors 162-99, the largest win in NBA history
19/3/1956The Minneapolis Lakers beat the St. Louis Hawks 133-75. It is the largest scoring difference (58 points) in a play-off game
19/3/1954Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round 7 in the first coloured TV broadcast of a boxing match
19/3/1949Jockey Willie Shoemaker makes his debut riding ''Waxahachie'' at Golden Gate Fields. He finishes fifth
19/3/1947First away victory for the greek national basketball team (Turkey - Greece 30-34)
19/3/1938BBC's first telecast of a rugby game. England beat Scotland 16-21 at Twickenhan for Calcutta Cup

 

             
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