| 28/3/2025 | At 37 years and 10 months, Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic defeats American Sebastian Korda with 6-3, 7-6 at the quarter finals of the Miami Open and becomes the oldest player ever to reach an ATP Masters 1000 semifinal, breaking Roger Federer's record of 37 years and 7 months. |
| 28/3/2023 | 14-year-old Maria Stratoudaki wins the silver medal in the beam with 86 kg and the bronze in the all-around lifting 152 kg in the 49k category at the Girls World Weightlifting Championship held in Durrės, Albania. At the arache, she lifted 66 kg. |
| 28/3/2012 | Transport for London (TfL) unveiles a special Olympic Legends Underground Map to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic Games. The names of 361 tube station stops have been changed to the names of Olympic athletes. Each line is dedicated to a Summer Olympic sporting discipline such as athletics, basketball, boxing and sailing.
American swimming star Michael Phelps, the most successful Olympian of all-time with 14 gold medals, has received the ultimate honour of being the main London 2012 Olympic stop of Stratford. |
| 28/3/2004 | After a period of 8 years, Panathinaikos is crowned volleyball champion. Plamen Constantinov becomes the first player to win 4 titles with 4 different teams (Aris, Iraklis, Olympiacos and PAO) |
| 28/3/2001 | 31-year-old Diego Simeone becomes the first Argentinian to complete 100 caps surpassing Ruggeri (96) and Maradona (91) in a match against Venezuela (5-0) |
| 28/3/1990 | One of the lowest attendances in the history of the national football team, 1105, is recorded at the friendly match Greece-Israel (2-1) at OAKA. Defender Stelios Manolas scores the two greek goals |
| 28/3/1990 | Michael Jordan sets a record for Chicago Bulls when he scores 69 points in a match, against Cleveland Cavaliers. After the end of the match (113-117), Stacey King states that "there was no way we could not win today since Michael Jordan and I scored 70 points". |
| 28/3/1982 | Louisiana Tech win the first NCAA women's basketball title after defeating Cheyney State 76-62 |
| 28/3/1972 | Wilt Chamberlain plays his last basketball game. He played 1.045 games in 14 years without ever getting fouled out |
| 28/3/1966 | The missing Jules Rimet trophy is accidentally found in London by David Corbett and his dog ''Pickles''. The trophy had been stolen from Westminster's Central Hall a few days earlier. Corbett received a 6.000 pound reward. The trophy was made of gold and its worth was estimated up to 3.000 pounds |
| 28/3/1957 | First American curling championship held |
| 28/3/1953 | Jim Thorpe dies of heart attack in California. On January 27, 1913 he was deprived of his olympic medals (in pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics). By decision of the International Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch will give back the medals to his family on January 18, 1983 |
| 28/3/1891 | First amateur weightlifting world championship held in London |
| 28/3/1873 | First chess match Oxford vs Cambridge |
