| 1/3/2025 | Stefanos Tsitsipas wins his first ATP 500 title at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, defeating Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-3. This victory marks Tsitsipas’s 12th career title and a return to the world’s Top 10, as well as his first ATP 500 win. |
| 1/3/2024 | Dora Gundura defeats France's Sarah Balzer in the final to win the gold medal in the Women's Epee Grand Prix. This is her fourth consecutive medal in international events (three in World Cups and one in Grand Prix), and ninth medal in total in a major event. |
| 1/3/2012 | Lucio Dalla, the Italian singer, song writer and musician, dies of heart attack at the age of 69. His most famous song was perhaps “Caruso”, composed in 1985, versions of which were sung by Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Maria Farantouri, etc. He was also a great fan of Bologna and was often seen in the stands of the Stadio Dall’Ara alongside fellow singer and Honorary President of “Rossoblu” Gianni Morandi. Three days later, on March 4th, exactly on his 69th birthday, just before the match against Novara, fans will honour the singer standing and applauding while his songs are heard and Marco Di Vaio will leave a flower on his seat next to a Bologna shirt with his name “Lucio” and his birthdate 4-3-43. |
| 1/3/2006 | English forward of Chelsea, Peter Osgood dies at the afe of 59. Seven months later, on October 1st, his ashes are going to be laid to rest under the penalty spot at the Shed end of Stanford Bridge |
| 1/3/1995 | Journalist Giorgos Venetoulias dies aged 62. He was president of Ethnikos FC for a short spell |
| 1/3/1973 | Robyn Smith on ''North Sea'' becomes the first female jockey to win a major Stakes race after winning Paumonok Handicap at Aqueduct Raceway in Queens, New York. Later she will quit the races to marry Fred Astair |
| 1/3/1959 | Football pools PROPO is launched in Greece |
| 1/3/1949 | Heavyweight word champion Joe Louis announces his retirement from boxing. Louis managed to hold the world title for 11 years, 8 months and 7 days, longer than any man in boxing history |
| 1/3/1941 | Elmer Layden becomes the first NFL commissar |
| 1/3/1934 | Primo Carnera beats Tommy Loughran in 15 rounds to retain the world heavyweight boxing championship |
| 1/3/1920 | The Greek Athletes Union, under its president, Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos, silver medallist of the 1st Olympic Games, demands that “Panathenian Games” are organized on the 30 and 31 of March. This demand is not granted by the Minister of Education and the Union will be gradually driven to dissolution |
| 1/3/1913 | Twelve National Associations attend a General Conference in Paris at which International Lawn Tennis Federation (ITF) is founded by thirteen members, as Spain can not attend but send their approval |
| 1/3/1849 | Nathaniel Cook registers his design of chess pieces at the Patent Office. Howard Staunton will advertise this set on his column of “The Illustrated London News” on 8/9/1849. The set will become famous under the name “Staunton Chess Set” and quickly will become a standard. “Jaques of London”, the oldest family company, who manufacture sports and games equipment, will buy the manufacturing rights |
