| 29/3/2022 | Giorgos Kougioumtsidis wins the gold medal, the first gold for Greece in 14 years, in the 79 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest after defeating Asfar Asirov 7-6 from Azerbaijan in the final |
| 29/3/2010 | 62-year-old Giorgos Moshous, first cousin of the rally driver of the same name and former player of Panathinaikos basketball team along with Politis, Kolokithas, Panagiotarakos, Iordanidis, Haikalis, Kyritsis and Peppas dies |
| 29/3/2008 | The first issue of the sports newspaper “Exedra ton Spor” is published by Lambrakis Press S.A. |
| 29/3/2007 | 25-year-old Mihalis Filopoulos is killed by a knife at Peania, during conflicts at a pre-arranged encounter among the fans of the two teams, just before the start of the women volleyball match Panathinaikos - Olympiacos for the Greek Cup. The next day, the state will postpone all matches of team sports for two weeks |
| 29/3/1989 | The first Russian hockey players are allowed to play in NHL |
| 29/3/1988 | Lloyd Honeygham becomes the first boxer after Ted ''Kid'' Lewis (1917) to win the world lightweight title by knocking out in round 3 Jorge Vaca at Wembley |
| 29/3/1981 | The first London Marathon is held. American Dick Beardsley and Norwegian Inge Simonsen share first place (2:11.48) while British Joyce Smith wins the women's race (2:29.56). Participation is huge (6700 athletes) and the race starts at Greenwich Park, south-east London, ending at the Buckingham Palace |
| 29/3/1980 | Brazilian F1 pilot Nelson Piquet wins his first of 23 Grand Prix at the US Grand Prix West. He captured the world championship in 1981, 1983 and 1987 |
| 29/3/1979 | Panionios goalkeeper, the “Tampere Hero”, Nikos Pentzaropoulos dies of cancer aged 52. In his career he had 11 caps with the national football team and he was tested for Inter in summer 1952 |
| 29/3/1971 | Olympiacos president Nikos Goulandris offers 225.000 drachmas to the players of Panathinaikos, as a present for their qualification against Everton. The offer will not be accepted because of the “bad” behavior of the manager during the game between the two teams at Karaiskaki stadium |
| 29/3/1969 | Diane Crump on ''Easy Lime'' becomes the first female jockey to win a stakes race (Spring Fiesta Cup at Fair Grounds) |
| 29/3/1927 | Major Henry Seagrave exceeds 200 m/h (203) driving the Sunbeam (1.100hp) at Daytona Beach |
| 29/3/1917 | ''Man O' War'', one of the most famous stallions, is born in Lexington. He will ran his first race on June 6, 1919, and 16 months later he will retired after 20 wins in 21 races. He will die on the 1st of November 1947 aged 30 |
| 29/3/1896 | Spyros Louis is the winner of Marathon race on the 5th day of the Olympics (10/4 according to the Gregorian Calendar) after covering 40km in 2 hours, 58 minutes and 50 seconds. 4 foreigners and 10 Greeks took part in that event. Another Greek, Harilaos Vassilakos finishes second (3 hours and 6 minutes) |
| 29/3/1890 | Blackburn Rovers crush Sheffield Wednesday 6-1, with William Townley scoring the first hat-trick in the English FA Cup |
