| 26/12/2020 | Marcus Rashford scores the opening goal in Manchester United's 2-2 draw with Leicester City. This is his 50th Premier League goal for the club, and at the age of 23 years and 56 days, he becomes the third-youngest player to make it to 50 for United in the Premier League era, after all-time leading goalscorer Wayne Rooney (22 years, 157 days) and Cristiano Ronaldo (22 years, 341 days). |
| 26/12/2017 | Harry Kane breaks Alan Shearer’s 22-year Premier League goalscoring record after netting his 37th, 38th and 39th goals against Southampton in the top flight in 2017, with the Tottenham Hotspur striker also becoming the top goalscorer in Europe for club and country after surpassing Lionel Messi’s tally. |
| 26/12/2004 | A high-magnitude earthquake 9.0 on the Richter scale, strikes southern Asia. The earthquake is followed by tsunamis that will nearly a quarter of a million people, mostly in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and India. Some days later, seven-time world Formoula One champion, Michael Schumacher will donate $10 million as his 44-year boduguard Burkhard Cramer is one of the tsunami victims |
| 26/12/1986 | 31-year-old Goug Jarvis completes 916 consecutive NHL games (NHL record) |
| 26/12/1977 | Dimitris Saravakos makes his debut with Panionios in a match against Egaleo. After 142 games (35 goals) he will be traded to Panathinaikos in 1984. For a decade he will be the indisputable leader of Panathinaikos (239 games, 124 goals). In July 1994 he will be traded to AEK Athens. Three years later he will rejoin Panathinaikos to close his career (442 games, 184 goals). He will earn his first Greek cap on December 1, 1982 (Greece-Switzerland 1-3). On October 10, 1991 he will score 5 goals against Egypt (6-1). His last match will be against Argentina (0-4) for the US World Cup in 1994 |
| 26/12/1963 | Boxer ''Gorgeous George'' Wagner dies |
| 26/12/1941 | Bobby Riggs wins his first professional tennis game after defeating world champion Fred Perry |
| 26/12/1928 | Johnny Weismuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming. He hasn't lost a single free style race in 8 years |
| 26/12/1908 | Jack Johnson becomes the first black boxer to win the heavyweight title after knocking out Tommy Burns in round 14 in Sydney, Australia |
