| 29/6/2022 | Maria Prevolaraki defeats Yetgil Zeynep from Turkey 3-1 and wins the gold medal in the 53 kg wrestling event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. |
| 29/6/2014 | Fanis Gekas misses the 4th penalty in the shootouts and Greece is defeated by Costa Rica 5-3 (1-1, Papastathopoulos). Costa Rica qualify to the last 8 of a World Cup for the first time but they will be defeated by the Netherlands with 4-3 in the penalty shootout. |
| 29/6/2008 | Spain become European champions after defeating Germany 1-0 (33’ Fernando Torres) at the final of UEFA EURO 2008 in Vienna. Spain is only the third country to win this competition at least twice, after Germany (3) and France (2). Germany, on the other hand, have qualified for the final for a record sixth time, with Russia being second with 4 participations. David Villa of Spain is the top scorer of the competition with 4 goals. Spaniard Luis Aragones (69 years and 337) becomes the oldest head coach in EURO finals. |
| 29/6/2005 | UEFA announces that it will, for the first time, in addition to in-competition testing, undertake out-of-competition doping controls in the 2005-2006 UEFA Champions League, involving the 32 teams that make it through to the group stage. This means that any player may well be tested outside of the regular random post-match testing that has existed so far. Under UEFA’s new anti-doping regulations, which came into force on 1st of June, these doping controls may include blood and/or urine samples and there will also be erythropoietin controls |
| 29/6/2002 | Turkey’s Hakan Sukur scores the fastest ever goal in a FIFA World Cup, netting against South Korea 10.89 seconds into the third-place play-off of the 2002 Wotld Cup (3–2 win) |
| 29/6/2000 | Gary Kasparov beats Sting, the singer, and four of his bandmates (guitarist Dominic Miller, keyboardist Jason Rebello, trumpet player Chris Botti and vocalist Russ Irwin) in 45 moves in a simultaneous friendly match on the end of the World School Chess Championships. The match is played and televised by ABC-TV studios in Times Square and shown on the Jumbotron video screen. |
| 29/6/1990 | Maria Hristoforidou wins 3 gold medals at the European Weightlifting Championships in Tenerife |
| 29/6/1986 | Argentina win the 13th World Cup by overcoming West Germany 3-2 at Mexico's Azteca Stadium. English striker Gary Lineker takes the top scorer award (6 goals) |
| 29/6/1983 | OAKA Stadium suffers severe damages by rioting hooligans during the Greek Cup final AEK - PAOK (2-0). Sports general secretary Kimon Koulouris states that no football game will ever be held again in OAKA |
| 29/6/1982 | At the play-off match played in Volos, Olympiacos defeats Panathinaikos with 2-1 and wins the championship. This match is played because both teams are ranked first with the same points and it is the second title Olympiacos wins in this same stadium |
| 29/6/1967 | Primo Carnera dies aged 60. He was the heaviest boxer (122.5kgr) to win the world heavyweight title |
| 29/6/1958 | Brazil win the 6th World Cup after defeating Sweden 5-2 (Pele 2, Vava 2, Zagalo) in Stockholm. The French striker Just Fontaine takes the top scorer award with 13 goals |
| 29/6/1920 | Real Madrid takes a royal title by King Alfonso the 13th changing its name from “Madrid Foot Ball Club” to “Real Madrid” and adding the crown in its emblem |
