| 3/2/2024 | The greatest success in the history of artistic swimming in Greece is achieved by Evangelia Plataniotis in Doha. The 30-year-old athlete wins the gold medal at the 21st World Aquatic Championships, collecting 272.9633 points in the final of the technical program of the solo competition. |
| 3/2/2010 | Superleague and SKAI pay tribute to the best lineups of the past 50 years, since the foundation of the 1st Division during the period 1959-60, at a ceremony held at the Athens Concert Hall. Following a poll via the Internet, 5 lineups were selected, one per decade, while there were other 4 awards handed to Mimis Domazos, for the most participations, Thomas Mavros, for the most goals scored, Krzysztof Warzycha, for the most participations and most goals scored as a foreign player, and Dusan Bajevic for the most games and wins as a coach. |
| 3/2/2009 | Kobe Bryant scores 61 points in Madison Square Garden as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the New York Knicks 126-117, breaking the Madison Square Garden opponent record of 55 points, held by Michael Jordan. |
| 3/2/2007 | Three weeks before his 80th birthday, Florencio Campomanes, honorary president and longtime FIDE president (1982-1995), is badly injured in a car accident on his way to Antalya airport in Turkey. Despite his advanced age and the heavy injuries, he will recover and celebrate his birthday with a game of chess |
| 3/2/2002 | Russian pole vaulter Svetlana Feofanova smashes Stacy Dragila's world record with 4.71m in Stuttgart |
| 3/2/2000 | A Spanish court gives turkish basketball player Shanon Certan Mili the right to play in Europe regardless of his citizenship |
| 3/2/1999 | Manchester United is the world's richest club according to statistics. Barcelona, Real Madrid, Juventus and Bayern follow. Flamengo is the richest club in South America |
| 3/2/1993 | The first issue of "SERVICE(V)", the official newsletter of CEV, the European Volleyball Confederation, is published in Athens by Galanis Sports Data, edited by Constantine Dimaras |
| 3/2/1990 | Willie Shoemaker runs his last race (40.350th) at Santa Anita Racetrack. He finishes 4th |
| 3/2/1972 | The 11th Winter Olympics open in Sapporo, Japan (the first to be held in Asia). 1.015 men and 217 women from 35 countries take part in 35 events. The subject of amateurism is raised during the games when Austrian champion Karl Schranz is banned for receiving payment from ski product manufacturers |
| 3/2/1959 | Jiles Perry Richardson Jr., former defender of the football team of Royal Purple, but best known as a disk jockey with the nickname “Jape” and “The Big Bopper” is killed during one of the most popular airplane crashes, since along with him in the plane there were Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens. In 1971, Don MacLean will record “American Pie”, inspired, as believed, by that day, which is known in history as “the day the music died” |
| 3/2/1956 | Toni Sailer becomes the first to sweep the 3 alpine events in the Cortina d' Ampezzo 1956 Winter Olympics |
| 3/2/1908 | The Football Club of Athens, which will be renamed to Panathinaikos Athletic Club on 31/7/1922, is founded. The foundation date will be presented, 100 years later, in the sports newspaper Derby of Antonis Delatollas, by the journalist Vangelis Melekoglou, who will reveal the official report of the Hellenic Association of Amateur Athletics. |
| 3/2/1876 | Albert Spalding and his brother set up with their savings a sportswear firm. They fabricate the first official balls for basketball, baseball, tennis, golf and american football |
