13/2/2016 | 17-year-old Emmanouil Karalis breaks the Junior World Record in pole vault, clearing 5.53 meters in his first attempt at the national indoor championship 2016 that takes place at the Peace & Friendship Stadium, in Piraeus, Greece. Karalis beat a record that was almost 12 years old (5.51 since May 2004), and finished third in the national championship behind champion Costas Filippidis, who cleared 5.70 m. and Dimitris Patsoukakis, who also made 5.53 m. |
13/2/1999 | One of the leading basketball players of his time Croatian Dragan Kovasic dies in Zagreb. He was capped 104 times (807 points) |
13/2/1999 | Arsenal-Sheffield 2-1. Sheffield players kick the ball out of play so that their injured teammate Lee Morris could get treatment and expect Arsenal to throw them the ball back. Instead, Kanu who misunderstood the procedure chases after the ball and crosses for Overmars to score. Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger and vice president David Dane call for the game to be replayed. In an unprecedented move the English Federation allows it. Arsenal win again by 2-1 |
13/2/1991 | North and South Korea decide to present one athletic delegation. Yet at the Barcelona 1992 Olympics they will appear separated |
13/2/1988 | The 15th Winter Olympic Games open in Calgary, Canada. 1.113 men and 315 women from 57 countries take part in 46 events |
13/2/1983 | The World Boxing Council cuts boxing from 15 to 12 rounds |
13/2/1977 | Nikos Kabanis, president of Aris Thesaloniki and director/editor of the newspaper “Athlitika Nea” dies. Under his initiative, the covered seats at Harilaou Stadium were constructed |
13/2/1923 | ''Renaissance'', the first professional basketball team exclusively consisting of black players, is established |
13/2/1909 | Grimsby Town goalkeeper Walter Scott catches 3 penalty kicks in the match against Barnley. Nevertheless Barnley win by 2-0 (one goal scored with penalty kick) |