| 12/3/2023 | Elina Tzengko takes the first place in the European Cup in javelin throwing, held in Leiria, Portugal. The European champion sent the javelin to 63.65m to win the gold medal. The throw was the fourth best of her career, following her 65.81m and personal best in 2022, as well as a 65.40m and a 63.96m throw , both accomplished in the same year. Marija Vussenovic (Serbia) came second with 60.65m, with her compatriot Adriana Vilagos taking the bronze medal following a 59.83m throw. |
| 12/3/2022 | 21-year-old Giorgos Kougioumtzidis defeats Georgian Evsem Svelitze 16-9 (he was losing 8-2) and wins the gold medal at the 79 kg final at the U23 European Boxing Championship in Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| 12/3/2005 | Olympiacos volleyball team beat Ortec Nesselande from the Netherlands with 3-0 sets in Peace & Friendship Stadium winning the Top Teams Cup title for the second time in their long history. Markos Milinkovic is voted MVP and best server, Vassilis Kournetas best setter, Costas Christofidelis best receiver and best blocker, Joost van der Hoek of Nesselande best libero and Kay van Dijk of Omniworld Almere best attacker and scorer |
| 12/3/2000 | Russian shot putter Alexander Klimenko dies aged 29. He was European Champion 1994 (Helsinki), 3d at the 1991 World Championships (Tokyo) |
| 12/3/2000 | Yugoslavian coach Alexander Nikolic dies of cancer aged 76. He coached the yugoslavian basketball team in numerous competitions winning 2 gold medals (1977 European Championship, 1978 World Championship), 2 silver (1963, 1965 European Championships) and 2 bronze (1961 European Championship, 1963 World Championship). As coach of Ignis Varese during the period 1970-73 he won 3 Italian championships, 3 European championships, 3 Italian Cups and 2 Intercontinental Cups. He entered the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998 |
| 12/3/2000 | Panathinaikos lose to Perugia 3-0 in women's volleyball European Cup Winners Cup final |
| 12/3/2000 | Glyfada conquer women's European Champions Cup after beating Skif Moscow 7-5. They become the first female greek water polo team to achieve such distinction |
| 12/3/1995 | Lambros Papakostas wins the silver medal in high jump at the 5th World Indoors Championships in Barcelona |
| 12/3/1995 | Paniliakos coach Antonis Georgiadis is seriously injured in a car accident. He will have to remain two months in intensive care |
| 12/3/1993 | Messaggero become european volleyball champions after beating Maxicono Parma at Peace and Friendship Stadium. Olympiacos rank third and Maes Pils forth |
| 12/3/1991 | Wendy Toms becomes the first female substitute referee in a football league game (Bournemouth - Reading) |
| 12/3/1985 | Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics scores a record 60 points against the Atlanta Hawks (126-116) |
| 12/3/1983 | Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean, known as ''Fred Astair and Ginger Rogers of ice skating'', win the gold medal at the World Championships in Helsinki scoring all 6.0's for artistic merit for the first time in competition history |
| 12/3/1966 | Jockey John Longden on ''George Royal'' wins his last race at Santa Anita Park before retiring after 40 years (6.032 wins) |
| 12/3/1939 | The first scheduled assembly of the Hellenic Tennis Federation (EFOA) takes place with the participation of 13 clubs and Ioannis Ketseas is elected president. He will soon be replaced by Konstantinos Nikolopoulos since he couldn’t hold this position along with that of the general secretary of the Hellenic Olympic Committee |
| 12/3/1938 | BBC's first telecast of an athletics meeting. Oxford - Cambridge from White City |
| 12/3/1912 | Captain Albert Berry performs the first parachute jump from an aeroplane |
| 12/3/1889 | Test cricket is played for the first time in South Africa. South Africa vs England at St George's Park in Port Elizabeth |
