| 9/12/2020 | Former Italian footballer Paolo Rossi, who led the national team to victory in the 1982 World Cup, dies aged 64. Rossi was the top scorer and the best player of the 1982 tournament in Spain. Along with Roberto Baggio and Christian Vieri, he is Italy's top scorer in World Cup history, with nine goals overall. Rossi scored 20 goals in 48 appearances for the Italian national side, and more than 100 Serie A goals during spells with Vicenza, Perugia, Juventus, Milan and Verona. Following his performances at the 1982 World Cup, he was awarded the Ballon d'Or which at the time was given to the European footballer of the year. After retiring from football in the late 1980s, Rossi worked as a pundit for Sky, Mediaset and Rai. |
| 9/12/2012 | Lionel Messi breaks Gerd Muller’s record (85 goals in 1975) by scoring his 86th goal this season against Betis. He will go on and score a world record of 91 goals (79 with Barcelona and 12 with the national team) this year. |
| 9/12/2012 | The women’s national water polo team of Greece defeat Hungary 9-5 winning the gold medal at the FINA World Youth Water Polo Championships in Perth’s Challenge Stadium |
| 9/12/1999 | First ''SPORTEXPO'' exhbition held in Salonica |
| 9/12/1999 | Jockey Laffit Pincay Jr on ''I Be Casual'' completes 8.833 wins at Hollywood Park equaling Willie Shoemaker's record |
| 9/12/1999 | The Chicago Bulls tie the worst start in their history (1-15 in 1967-68 season) when they lose to Cleveland 107-93 |
| 9/12/1999 | Philadelphia 76ers-Huston Rockets 83-73. During the game Charles Barkley is injured in the knee and is forced to quit basketball. He was voted All-Star MVP in 1991 and League MVP for 1992-93 season. He played in 9 All-Star games (1987-1997) and won 2 olympic gold medals (1992, 1996) |
| 9/12/1998 | During the PSV - Benfica (2-2) match, PSV player Dmitry Khokhlov scores the 1,000th goal in the Champions League main tournament |
| 9/12/1998 | Archie Moore who knocked out more opponents than anyone else (141 knockouts in 228 bouts) in boxing history dies in San Diego aged 84. He retired at 49 after holding the lightweight title for 11 of his 27 years in the ring |
| 9/12/1998 | After their 1-1 draw with Croatia in Zagreb, Olympiacos qualify for the first time for the Champions League quarterfinals |
| 9/12/1993 | Danny Blanchflower, the right half and captain of Tottenham during its double-winning season of 1961 and greatest player in Spurs history, dies at the age of 67. He was one of only a handful of players to have been awarded the title of “English Footballer of the Year” on two occasions, winning in both 1958 and 1961. After retiring as a player in April 1964, he withdrew from football for several years and he returned as a manager and later as a TV commentator. |
| 9/12/1983 | Vassilis Goumas of AEK completes 10.000 points during the game against VAO. The game stops as team mates and opponents congratulate him. Goumas is second all-time scorer in greek basketball league. Nikos Galis is all-time top scorer with 11.030 points |
| 9/12/1978 | First WBL (Women's Pro Basketball League) game held. Chicago Hustle face Milwaukee Does |
| 9/12/1971 | Panathinaikos loses to Maccabi 81-80 in Yad Eliyahu Arena in Tel Aviv for the semi-finals group phase of the European Champions Cup, but qualify since they have won in Athens 81-73. Coach of the Greek team Kostas Mourouzis, seconds before the end of the match, calls for a time-out and forbids Chris Kefalos, threatening with a fine of 100,000 drachmas, to succeed in the 2 free throws, since he doesn’t want to risk leading the match to an extra-time. Based on this occasion, FIBA will change the regulation and allow draws in basketball matches in the future. Despite the fact, that during the semi-final phase PAO will be eliminated by Ignis Varese, with 55-69 in Italy (1/3/1972) and 78-70 in Athens (9/3/1972), this is the first significant presence of PAO in european competitions, with players such as, Kerkland, Kolokythas, Iordanidis and Panagiotarakos. |
| 9/12/1900 | American tennis player Dwight Davis launches the great worldwide team competition that bears his name, Davis Cup, when he purchases a silver bowl |
