| 20/3/2025 | Eddie Jordan, the legendary F1 team owner, has passed away at the age of 76. By the end of the ‘70s, Jordan had set up his own, eponymous outfit on the single-seater scene, steadily rising the ranks until he secured an entry on the F1 grid for 1991. Jordan famously gave Michael Schumacher his F1 debut during that ’91 campaign, with many other big-name drivers – including the likes of Rubens Barrichello, Martin Brundle, Damon Hill and Jean Alesi – racing for the squad over the years. Jordan sold his team in early 2005 and since 2009 he was a pundit for TV F1 coverage. |
| 20/3/2023 | Anna Maria Trifylli wins the gold medal at the 48 kg category along with the title of the top athlete of the competition, Ioanna Kantzari the silver medal at 54 kg while Danai Zenunllari (60 kg), Thomas Boditsopoulos (54 kg) and Nikos Kalyvakis (60 kg) ) win the bronze medal at the Youth World Boxing Cup held in Budva, Montenegro. |
| 20/3/2022 | Venezuela’s world and Olympic triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas improves her own world indoor and outright records to 15.74m with her sixth and last effort at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade. |
| 20/3/2022 | Olympic champion Mondo Duplantis from Sweden breaks his own pole vault world record with a 6.20-meter clearance at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade. |
| 20/3/2020 | Legendary Borislav Stankovic passes away at the age of 94 in his home at Belgrade, Serbia. His enormous contribution to basketball throughout his life was well-recognized and included his Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame induction in 1991. Apart from being FIBA’s Secretary General between 1976 and 2002, Stankovic further served basketball as a member of the International Olympic Committee, the Yugoslav Basketball Committee, and the Board of Trustees at the Basketball Hall of Fame. |
| 20/3/2016 | Voula Papachristou earns Greece’s second medal at the World Indoor Track & Field Championships in Portland, US, finishing third at the triple-jump final with 14.15 meters in the only attempt of hers that counted in the final. |
| 20/3/2012 | Lionel Messi scores three goals against Granada becoming Barcelona’s leading goal scorer of all time surpassing club legend Cesar Rodriguez who held the record of 232 goals |
| 20/3/2006 | ERT’s first digital channel, Prisma+, starts its operation. Cine+ will follow on 25/4 and Sport+ on 29/5. |
| 20/3/1993 | First Rhythmic Gymnastics Meeting held in Kalamata |
| 20/3/1990 | LA Lakers retire Kareem Abdul Jabbar's No33 |
| 20/3/1990 | Legendary Russian goalkeeper Lev Yashin dies at the age of 60. He retired on February 1, 1970. He played in 3 World Cups (83 caps for USSR). In 1986 a knee injury led to an amputation of his leg |
| 20/3/1985 | Larissa, reaching the quarter final stage of the European Cup Winners Cup, having eliminated Siofoki Banyasz of Hungary (1-1, 2-0) and Servette of Switzerland (2-1, 1-0) is defeated by Dynamo Moscow in Tiflida with 1-0 and is eliminated since on 6/3 the two teams tied (0-0) in the first match |
| 20/3/1978 | A football friendly match between Actors and Journalists (5-3) is played in front of 40.000 spectators in Nea Filadelfia field. Actor Thanassis Veggos plays in the second half and scores 2 goals. The referee is forced to end the match when the popular actor is replaced as 5.000 fans enter the field. |
| 20/3/1974 | PAOK are eliminated from the European Cup Winners Cup semifinal after drawing with Milan 2-2. Before succumbing to the Italians (3-0, 2-2) PAOK had disposed of Legia Warsaw (1-1, 0-1) and Olympique Lyonnais (3-3, 0-4). Coach Lesh Shanon had managed to forge a very strong team with players like Koudas, Sarafis, Paridis Aslanidis, Terzanidis, Fountoukidis and Matzourakis |
| 20/3/1968 | Wilt Chamberlain of Philadelphia becomes the first center in NBA history with more than 700 assists (702 - 8.6 per game) |
| 20/3/1929 | AEK Thessaloniki is merged with PAOK and the new team’s emblem is the two-headed eagle with closed wings, expressing the bereavement of leaving the homeland |
| 20/3/1914 | First international ice skating championship in New Haven, USA |
| 20/3/1897 | First intercollegiate basketball game 5x5. Yale beat Pennsylvania 32-10 in New Haven, USA |
