| 17/3/2020 | Following the COVID-19 pandemic, UEFA postpones EURO 2020 by 12 months |
| 17/3/2019 | Milwaukee Bucks lose to Philadelphia 76ers 125-130 but the "Greek Freak" Giannis Antetokounmpo finishes with a career-high 52 points and 16 rebounds |
| 17/3/2018 | Lefteris Petrounias wins the gold medal in the rings competition with 15,333 points in the World Gymnastics Cup held in Baku. This is the 8th consecutive gold won by the Greek Olympic Champion and World Champion in the last 22 months! Turk Ibrahim Tolak with 15,100p.is ranked second and Chinese Singh Lan with 14,866p. third. Konstantinos Konstantinidis ranked fourth with 14,700 points. |
| 17/3/2008 | The first issue of the weekly magazine “Sport +” circulates as a slip in “Kathimerini” newspaper. |
| 17/3/2006 | Journalist Giorgos Pagiotelis dies aged 71. He was one of the first to deal with statistics in the sport filed keeping results and data for many many years |
| 17/3/1992 | A week after completing 700 football games David O' Leary of Arsenal is sent off for the first time in his career |
| 17/3/1992 | PAOK lose to Real Madrid 63-65 at the European Cup Winners Cup final in Nantes as Ricky Brown scores a last second 2-pointer |
| 17/3/1991 | Diego Maradona is arrested in Italy for cocaine use after a Campionato match (Napoli - Bari 1-0, Maradona) and is punished by FIFA with a 15-month ban |
| 17/3/1988 | Nikolas Asimos, composer, lyricist and Greek rock singer, commits suicide at his house, at the age of 39. His real surname was Asimopoulos, and before leaving his birthplace, Kozani, he was a high jump athlete, he played basketball and football as a goalkeeper at the local team, with which he refused to issue a player ID. Writer and SEGAS president, Dimitris Bageris, will publish his biography, titled “The Famous Nikolas Asimos”, in the same year he will publish the biography of Vassilis Syllis. |
| 17/3/1988 | Larissa's fans seal off the city for 36 hours and block the National Highway in protest for the deduction of 4 points due to Tsingov doping scandal. Larissa will be given those points back to win the Greek league |
| 17/3/1971 | A mass brawl involving the players of Boca Juniors and Sporting Cristal forces the referee to expel 19 out of the 22 players |
| 17/3/1968 | Takis Loukanidis makes his last appearance with Panathinaikos against Egaleo (0-0) at the ground of Alexandra Avenue |
| 17/3/1963 | The construction of the Egaleo football ground starts in an area close to the center of the city, bought in 1961 for 3.000.000 drachmas |
| 17/3/1947 | Rocky Marciano knocks down Lee Esterson in his first fight starting a series of 49 wins. He is the only world boxing champion who retired undefeated |
| 17/3/1946 | The Greek Football Federation announces that, before the start of the matches that will be played on the national holiday of March 25, all players are obliged to round up at the center of the ground and sing the National Anthem |
| 17/3/1917 | First women's bowling tournament held in St Louis, USA (100 participants) |
| 17/3/1888 | ''Kincsem'', the hungarian mare who won all 54 races she took part in her 3-year career (1876-1879), dies on her birthday aged 14 |
| 17/3/1884 | Jon Joseph Montgomery makes the first glider flight in Otay, California |
| 17/3/1876 | Marshall Jones Brooks sets the first record in high jump (over 6 feet) |
| 17/3/1871 | National Association of Professional Baseball Players established |
