| 31/1/2021 | At the home game against Olympiacos for the 20th matchday of Superleague Apollon Smyrni manager, Giorgos Paraschos, reaches 900 games both as a coach (586) and a player (314) |
| 31/1/2020 | The Internet chess platform, Chesscube, which was launched by Mark Levitt in 2007 in South Africa, is shutting down after 14 years of operation and 1 million registered users globally |
| 31/1/2014 | 25-year-old Greek international striker Kostas Mitroglou signs a four and a half year contract with Premier League club Fulham for a club-record fee of 15,2 million euros, becoming the most expensive Greek player, the most expensive transfer in the history of the club, and the third most expensive transfer in the overall winter transfer period in England, behind Mata who moved from Chelsea to Manchester for 45 million and Matic who moved from Benfica to Chelsea for 25 million. On 12/02/2014, he will play for the first time in the Fulham U21 – Arsenal U21 (5-3) game where he will score 2 goals. |
| 31/1/2011 | After six weeks of voting and thousands of submissions, United fans have crowned Ryan Giggs, the player with the most appearances in the United's history, as the club’s greatest ever player, topping a poll held by the club’s official magazine, Inside United, and ManUtd.com. Second place in the poll went to Eric Cantona, who fractionally edged George Best into third position. |
| 31/1/1989 | Loyola Marymount beat the US International University 181-150 setting records for most points by one team and combined score |
| 31/1/1987 | Adrian Sprott of Hamilton breaks Rangers goalkeeper Chris Wood clean sheet record (1.196 minutes, from 29/11/1986 to 24/1/1987) |
| 31/1/1983 | Wearing seat-belts becomes compulsory for most drivers and front-seat passengers in vehicles with an unladen weight of less than 3 tons in the United Kingdom after the findings of a research which shows that 30.000 die every year in car crashes. In 1991, wearing rear seatbelts will also become compulsory for adults |
| 31/1/1978 | During a match for the Tanzania football championship the referee sends off the goalkeeper after noticing that he was drinking from a bottle of whiskey he had hidden near the post |
| 31/1/1971 | Vassilis Goumas scores 41 points at a friendly match (where Christos Iordanidis of Panathinaikos makes his debut) against Germany B’ and Greece wins with 113-68 at Hagen. This score is a personal record of Goumas who will play with the national basketball team for another four years until 15/6/1975 (Eurobasket at Beograd) and will score an overall of 1641 points in 114 matches |
| 31/1/1934 | Jim Londos (Christos Theofilou) beats Joe Savoldi in a one-fall match in Chicago. The crowd of 20.000 is one of the largest crowds to watch a boxing match |
