| 13/3/2021 | Formula 1 commentary legend Murray Walker dies aged 97 A war veteran and former motorcycle racer and trials champion, Walker’s broadcasting career began in 1948 at the Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb, going on to cover a whole gamut of motorsports, from touring cars to truck racing to rallycross. But it was in Formula 1 where Walker really came to prominence, becoming the BBC’s full-time commentator from 1978. He would only call time on his career after the 2001. |
| 13/3/2020 | Greece's Olympic Committee suspends the remainder of the seven-day 2020 Tokyo Olympics torch relay through the country over coronavirus concerns. The passing of the flame to the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee in Athens is still set to take place on March 19. |
| 13/3/2018 | Former American professional basketball player Henry William, nicknamed, "Hi-Fly", dies of kidney disease at the age of 47 years. He spent the majority of his professional career in Europe. During his 10-year overseas career, Williams played for Italian teams Scaligera Verona, Treviso, and Roma, winning an Italian League Championship in 1997, and posting a career scoring average in the Italian League, of 21.7 points per game. He was the Italian League MVP in 1996. |
| 13/3/2014 | 62-year-old Ulrich "Uli" Hoenes, former president of Bayern Munich FC, is found guilty of seven serious counts of tax evasion and is sentenced to three and a half years in prison. Hoenes also played as a forward for Bayern and represented Germany at one World Cup and two European Championships, winning one tournament in each competition. |
| 13/3/2005 | SportDay, the daily sports newspaper, is first published. |
| 13/3/1999 | 20 year-old Irini Kosta of Aris Salonica smashes Evita Paraskeuopoulou's 50m free style record (26.70, 13/8/1988) with 26.45 |
| 13/3/1994 | Kostas Koukodimos sets new indoors greek record in long jump with 8.09m in France |
| 13/3/1993 | 15-year-old Oksana Bayl from Ukraine becomes the youngest to win the Ice Skating World Championship |
| 13/3/1991 | Ronnie O'Sullivan becomes the youngest snooker player (15 years and 98 days old) to score a maximum 147 break |
| 13/3/1990 | Knorr Bologna win their first european title (European Cup Winners Cup) as they beat Real Madrid 79-74 in Florence |
| 13/3/1989 | AEK striker Thomas Mavros becomes all-time top scorer of the Greek league with 234 goals. He was Europe's second top scorer with 31 goals in the 1978-79 season |
| 13/3/1976 | 42-year-old Labis Manthos with a score of 600/600 equals the world record in shooting by achieving the absolute, a deed he will repeat on 14/3/1977. The International Shooting Federation will be forced to shorten the targets not only in Rifle Prone and Rifle 3 Positions but also in sports pistols. |
| 13/3/1971 | The 2nd European Indoor Athletics Championships begin in Sofia with the participation of 181 men and 117 women athletes from 23 nations. Greece participate with 6 athletes, but only Vassilis Papageorgopoulos will distinct by winning the 5th place in the 60m competition with 6”8. |
| 13/3/1969 | Midfielder Kostas Eleftherakis makes his debut with the National Team of Greece at the friendly match against Israel (3-3). In his career, he will be capped 34 times, will score 5 goals and will be captain 6 times |
| 13/3/1967 | Sir Frank Worrel dies. The greatest captain ever of West Indies took part in 51 test matches and hit 3.860 runs. In recognition of his achievements a trophy was instituded for contests between the teams of West Indies and Australia |
| 13/3/1906 | Nikolaos Thon, adjutant of king Otto, IOC member and Panellinios president, dies at the age of 58. Ernst Ziller built him a villa at his estate at the corner of Kifissias Avenue and Alexandra Avenue, which will be blown up in 1944. |
| 13/3/1906 | Apollon competes against the strong “English Club Bournova”, in the context of the qualifying matches for the selection of a representative Smyrna team for participation in the 1906 Inter-Olympics, but they will be defeated and eliminated (Panionios will qualify to the final). This is the first recorded mention for the club in the Smyrnaean press in the newspaper "Amalthia". |
| 13/3/1894 | English J.J. Johnstone invents horse racing starting gate |
| 13/3/1879 | German chess master Adolf Anderssen dies at the age of 60. He became famous for his brilliant sacrificial attacking play, particularly in the “Immortal Game” (21/6/1851 and “Evergreen Game” (1852). He’s considered to have been the world leading player from 1851 to 1858 and 1861 to 1866. He was “dethroned” in 1858 by Paul Morphy and permanently in 1866 by Wilhelm Steinitz, who, in 1886, became the first official world chess champion. |
| 13/3/1878 | First intercollegiate golf match, Oxford defeats Cambridge |
| 13/3/1873 | The Scottish Football Association is founded by delegates of 8 clubs at Dewar's hotel in Glasgow |
