| 11/3/2006 |
| 36-year-old Indian cricketer Anil Kumble, known as “Jumbo”, member of the Indian cricket team since 1990, takes his 500th Test wicket. One year after, on 30/3/2007, he will announce his retirement and with his 547 test wickets he will take the fourth place after passing Courtney Walsh (520 wickets on June 11, 2006) |
| 11/3/1992 |
| ESAK founding congress held |
| 11/3/1991 |
| The trial concerning the Bank of Crete scandal begins. The owner of the bank and president of Olympiacos George Koskotas is directly involved in the case |
| 11/3/1990 |
| Jennifer Capriati becomes the youngest female tennis player (13 years and 347 days old) to play in a professional tournament final. She loses to Gabriela Sabatini 4-6, 5-7 in Virginia Slims final in Florida |
| 11/3/1988 |
| 80 people lose their lives in Kathmandu, Nepal when fans attempt to flee from a hailstorm inside a stadium |
| 11/3/1973 |
| The football match Olympiacos – Panathinaikos is televised by EIRT (later ERT). In 83’, while the score is 3-2, the referee, Timoleon Latsios, will suspend Athanasopoulos and Mimis Domazos will take the team and leave the court. Vassilis Konstantinou, who runs after Takis Sinetopoulos, will be punished with a life-time ban from the national team and one year off courts. PAO will be penalized and lose the championship, finishing third. |
| 11/3/1948 |
| Reginald Weir becomes the first black tennis player to play in a US Indoor Lawn Tennis Association tournament |
| 11/3/1896 |
| The National Qualifying Games, started on 9/3, conclude at Panathinaiko Stadium. These games, along with “Tinia” (15-17/8/1895), are the qualifiers for the 1st Olympic Games of Athens |
| 11/3/1892 |
| The first recorded basketball game: professors vs students of Springfield College in Massachusetts. It was suggested that the new sport should be named Naismithball, but the proposition was abandoned and it was named basketball. John Naismith played with the professors’ team, but 30-year-old Amos Alonzo Stagg, a rugby player, was the man of the match, despite the fact that he was playing very tough. |
