| 7/3/2021 | Team LeBron coasts to a 170-150 victory over Team Durant for the 2021 All-Star Game played in Atlanta. Giannis Antetokounmpo wins the the NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award after scoring 35 points on perfect 16-of-16 shooting and becomes the first Greek as well the first European to win such an award. |
| 7/3/2012 | APOEL wins Lyon 1-0 and levels the first match score which remained the same during extra time, leading the match to penalty shoot out. Dionyssis Hiotis makes two saves and APOEL qualify to the UEFA Champions League quarter finals for the first time in the club’s history. |
| 7/3/2012 | Lionel Messi scores 5 goals in the win 7-1 of Barcelona over Bayern 04 Leverkusen for the Round of 16 and becomes the first ever to score five goals in an UEFA Champions League match. Barcelona wins 10-2 on aggregate. |
| 7/3/2007 | Bayern Munchen striker Roy Makaay scores the opening goal in the match against Real Madrid after just 10 seconds, recording the fastest goal ever in Champions League |
| 7/3/2004 | Basketball coach Giannis Ioannidis and sports journalist Dimitris Konstantaras are elected to the Greek Parliament with the party of Nea Dimocratia |
| 7/3/1997 | The World Indoor Championships open in Paris. Haris Papadias wins the 60m race with 6.50 and Katerina Koffa the 200m race with 22.76. Lambros Papakostas wins the silver medal in high jump with 2.32m |
| 7/3/1994 | Sports journalist Christos Motsias dies |
| 7/3/1990 | Lindford Christie sets new european record in 60m with 6.51 at the 4th Indoors Meeting ''ATHINA" (Peace and Friendship Stadium) |
| 7/3/1987 | Mike Tyson beats James Smith to win the WBA heavyweight title in Las Vegas |
| 7/3/1986 | Wayne Gretzky breaks his own NHL season record with 136 assists |
| 7/3/1960 | Esperos Kallithea defeats Dafni Athens 4-3 for the A2 football division. 18-year-old Fedon Konstantoudakis writes his first article for the sports newspaper “FOS TON SPOR”. Fedon will continue to send hand-written articles for the next 50 years until the new millennium, when he will start to use new technologies and will become the most prolific sports journalist in Greece. |
| 7/3/1955 | Vassilis Diamantopoulos is invited, by both the federations of Hungary and Austria, to be the referee of the game between the two national teams. This game, which is held every year, is considered to be the most important football event in Europe |
| 7/3/1954 | USSR win the world title in their first international hockey competition by defeating Canada 7-2 in Stockholm |
| 7/3/1953 | First women's World Basketball Championship held, in Santiago, Chile |
| 7/3/1930 | Chicago's Georgetown High beat Homer 1-0, the lowest score in basketball history |
| 7/3/1910 | The first assembly of Panellinios Football Club, later Panathinaikos, takes place at the residence of 20-year-old Giorgos Kalafatis, with the presence of 35 members. The resolution of the Athens Football Club (December 1909) and the founding assembly (January 1910) have preceded, while the second assembly will take place 9 months later on 5/12/1910 |
