| 22/2/2025 | Olympic bronze medallist Emmanouil Karalis breaks the Greek national record in pole vault clearing 6.01 at the Greek Indoor Championships at Peace & Friendship Stadium |
| 22/2/2022 | Christos Agourakis from Heraklion, one of the 3 Greeks of the Paralympic Games (1976) in Greece's inaugural participation, dies at the age of 70. In total he participated in 6 Olympic Events with 4 Medals (0-1-3) and 2 World Records. In 1996 he was a Flag Bearer while in 2005 he was named most valued athlete with a disability. His main competitions are archery and javelin throwing. Chaidari Gym bears his name. |
| 22/2/2022 | Dusan Vlahovic scores for Juventus against Billareal just after 32 seconds and becomes the scorer of the fastest debut goal in Champions League history, as well as the earliest goal scored in the knockout phase of the competition since David Alaba took 24 seconds to find the net from range in Bayern Munich's 2-0 quarterfinal first leg against Juventus in 2012-13. |
| 22/2/2012 | Kostas Douvalidis breaks the national record in the 60m race with 7.63 during the 26th National Indoor Athletics Championships in Peace & Friendship Stadium |
| 22/2/2009 | Panathinaikos wins his 12th Greek Cup title by defeating Olympiacos with 80-70 at the final at Ellinikon. Dimitris Diamantidis, captain, succeeding Fragiskos Alvertis, with three 3-point goals at the fourth period, is the top scorer (16 points) and MVP of the final. |
| 22/2/2004 | Sveltana Feofanova from Russia breaks the pole vault world record with 4.85 during the indoor meeting “ATHINA” at Peania, Athens |
| 22/2/2000 | Panathinaikos qualify for women's European Volleyball Cup final four for the second time in their history after beating Sherkashi 3-0 |
| 22/2/1998 | Czech Republic win their first olympic medal in hockey after beating Russia 1-0 at the Nagano Winter Olympics, where NHL players are accepted for the first time |
| 22/2/1996 | IFFHS announces that the Greek football league is no15 in the world ranking. The italian Campionato is no1 |
| 22/2/1988 | The 18th Winter Olympics close in Nagano, Japan. The games begun on 7/2 with the participation of 2176 athletes from 72 countries in 68 events. Hockey on ice is introduced for the first time in the women’s competition schedule. Germany is placed first in the medals table with 29 (12-9-8), Norway second with 25 (10-10-5) and the Russian Federation third with 17 (9-6-3) |
| 22/2/1985 | Giorgos Sideris is released from prison after 2 ˝ months having been accused for illegal exchange export |
| 22/2/1979 | Inverness Thirstie face Falkirk in a match that was postponed 29 times because of the bad weather |
| 22/2/1969 | Barbara Jo Rubin on ''Cohesian'' becomes the first female jockey to win a race at a major US flat track |
| 22/2/1959 | Daytona International Speedway hosts the first Daytona 500. 59 cars take the green flag for the start of the 200 lap race in front of a crowd of 41.000. Johnny Beauchamp was initially thought to be the winner, but Lee Petty will prove to be the winner by a few feet using a photo finish camera three days later. The track was built in 1958 and opened on 9/1/1959. |
| 22/2/1958 | First basketball game for the European Champions Cup. Royal IV beat Etzella Ettelbruck 82-43. Etzella's Ben Meyers scores the maiden basket of the tournament |
| 22/2/1956 | First league match under lights in England. Newcastle beat Portsmouth 2-0 |
| 22/2/1920 | First artificial rabbit used at a dog race track in Emeryville, California |
| 22/2/1904 | American Skiing Federation founded in Ishpeming, Michigan |
| 22/2/1888 | John Reid from Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans in Yonkers, New York |
| 22/2/1860 | First baseball game held in San Fransisco |
