| 2/4/2015 | Greek coach Stergios Koufos, the first European coach in Qatar, won the Qatar Basketball League title with Al Rayyan after defeating El Jaish with 78-74 (2-1 in the final series). Koufos took over the team last June, along with Thanassis Yaples and trainer Vassilis Mitsopoulos, while this is the second title of the year, after the gold medal in the Arab Club Championship. |
| 2/4/2005 | Pope John Paul II dies at the age of 84 at the Vatican City. The Italian Olympic Committee announces, through their president Giovanni Petrucci, that all athletic activity of the weekend is postponed |
| 2/4/2000 | The new PAOK indoor stadium opens with the Greek Cup final four. AEK win the title (their first basketball title in 19 years) by defeating Panathinaikos 59-57 |
| 2/4/1998 | The daily sports paper ''Protathlitis'' is first published |
| 2/4/1995 | The costliest strike in professional baseball history (234 days) ends when the owners agree to let players play without contracts |
| 2/4/1981 | Otto Rehhagel, following the car accident of Kuno Kloetzer, coach of Werder Bremen, is asked to take over. He will hold this position until June 10, 1995, making him the coach with the longest service in the history of the team |
| 2/4/1977 | “Red Rum” gallops into racing history by winning the Grand National for a record third time, surprising those who were concerned that at 12 the horse was too old for an event widely regarded as the most dangerous on the jumping circuit. The steeple chaser won the race in 1973 and 1974 and came home second in the following two years |
| 2/4/1955 | Pancho Gonzales keeps his tennis title after winning a tournament under ping pong rules |
| 2/4/1936 | BBC's first telecast of Oxford - Cambridge rowing race (a race dating from 1829) |
| 2/4/1935 | Mary Hirsch becomes the first woman to obtain a horse trainer license |
| 2/4/1843 | First official skiing games in Tremso, Norway |
