| 24/6/2014 | Colombia’s veteran goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon becomes the World Cup’s oldest ever player at 43 years and 5 days when his manager Jose Pekerman brings him on at the 85th minute of the Japan-Colombia match (1-3) replacing David Ospina. |
| 24/6/2014 | Greece qualifies for the last 16 of a World Cup for the first time with a victory 2-1 against Ivory Coast. Greece is placed second in the standings table with 4 points (Colombia – Greece 3-0 on 14/6 and Japan – Greece 0-0 on 19/6) and will face Kosta Rica in the second round on 29/6. |
| 24/6/1992 | Bernice Gera becomes the first female baseball umpire |
| 24/6/1988 | Greek football clubs become legally entitled to use one foreign player |
| 24/6/1980 | Marvelous “Affirmed” wins the $500.000 race of Hollywood Cup and becomes the first racing horse to exceed $2 million in earnings |
| 24/6/1960 | World record holder (2.17m, Philadelphia) John Thomas sets new high jump record with 2.18m in Bakersfield. A week later, he jumps 2.22m in Stanford. Thomas' dominance ends on August 31, 1961 when Valeriy Brumel jumps 2.25m in Sofia. Brumel will monopolize the world records for a decade |
| 24/6/1938 | BBC's first telecast of a cricket game (England vs Australia) |
| 24/6/1935 | Greece ties with Romania 2-2 (Houmis) for the 5th Balkan Cup in Sophia. In the remaining games of the Cup Greece will be defeated by Bulgaria (5-2 Houmis) and Yugoslavia (6-1 Baldasis) |
| 24/6/1894 | The IOC decides that the Olympic Games will be held every 4 years |
| 24/6/1883 | Richard Higham becomes the first referee to be suspended from the League |
