| 9/1/2017 | Cristiano Ronaldo is crowned the world’s best player at the inaugural Fifa ‘The Best’ Awards in Zurich. Claudio Ranieri, the Leicester City manager, wins the coach of the year title in recognition for leading his side to their improbable Premier League triumph. American Carli Lloyd wins the Best FIFA Women;s Player Award, Silvia NEID the Best FIFA Women’s coach award, Malaysian Mohd Faiz bin Subri the Puskas Award, Atletico Nacional win the FIFA Fair Play Award as they awarded the Copa Sudamericana title to Chapecoense, Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool supporters win the FIFA Fan Award. Finally, the 11 stars that earned a place in the FIFA FIFPro World11 2016 are: Manuel Neuer, Dani Alves, Gerard Pique, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Luka Modric, Toni Kroos, Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Cristiano Ronaldo. |
| 9/1/2015 | American professional basketball player Roy James Tarpley dies at the age of 50 years, after being hospitalized in «Arlington Health Memorial Hospital» in Dallas with liver problems. He played as a power forward and center, earning an NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in 1988. Despite his talent, Tarpley became notable during his career for being banned from the NBA because of his drug and alcohol abuse. In the summer of 1992, he moved to Aris Thessaloniki and end of the season in 1993, Aris won the European Cup in Turin against Efes Pilsen. In the Greek league he was the first rebounder with 17.2 avg and the first in steals with 2.2 avg. On 21/10/1992, Roy Tarpley was evaluated with 1,941 tendex points at the Aris-Piraikos game. This performance was the best for 17.5 years, until 29/5/2010 when Dimitris Mavroidis gathered 1,991 points. During the season 1993-94, he played with Olympiacos where he won both Championship and Cup titles. Next year, he moved to NBA but again he was banned because of drug abuse and in 1995-96 he returned to Greece, to Iraklis. |
| 9/1/2012 | Atos, the international IT services company and worldwide IT Partner for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, announces that it will acquire a 50% stake in MSL Group, provider of real-time results and information systems for major sports events. The deal which is expected to close by 31st March 2012 also includes an option for Atos to acquire the full company of MSL Group. |
| 9/1/1996 | The Toronto Raptors set NBA record when they miss all free throws (0/3) in a game against the Charlotte Hornets (91-92) |
| 9/1/1989 | ''Diki tis Defteras'' (Monday trial) is first broadcast by ET3 |
| 9/1/1985 | Nikos Anastopoulos and Savvas Kofidis are the scorers of the Greek national football team in Haifa in a friendly match against Israel (0-2) |
| 9/1/1979 | Greek television becomes coloured due to the French system SECAM, which will later be replaced by the german PAL |
| 9/1/1968 | ''Cannot run anymore'' writes Japanese runner Kokichi Tsuburaya (bronze medal in marathon at the Tokyo Olympics) and committs suicide because injury forces him to lose the Mexico Olympics |
| 9/1/1968 | First ABA All-Star game in Indiana. East beats West 126-120 |
| 9/1/1962 | The NFL prohibits grabbing of face masks |
| 9/1/1954 | Oscar Robertson outscores the opposition with 56 points as Cincinnati beat Seton Hall 118-54 |
| 9/1/1953 | Bevo Francis of Rio Grande College scores 116 points in the basketball game against Ashland Junior College (150-85) |
| 9/1/1900 | Lazio, the oldest roman football club, is founded. The club's colors (blue and white) emanate from the greek flag and symbolize the Olympic ideal |
| 9/1/1811 | First women's golf tournament held |
