| 14/7/2023 | Georgia Despolari wins the bronze medal in the 800m, and the first medal in the history of the event for Greece, with the time of 2.04.14. at the U23 European Championship in Espoo, Finland |
| 14/7/2022 | IOC displays the name of Jim Thorpe as sole Stockholm 1912 pentathlon and decathlon gold medallist changing their decision on the very day of the 110th anniversary of Thorpe’s medal in decathlon. |
| 14/7/2001 | IOC votes for Beijing to be the host of the 2008 Olympics. This is the first time that China are going to host the Games |
| 14/7/1998 | Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco sets new 1500m world record with 3.26 in Rome |
| 14/7/1994 | Venezuelan baseball player Cesar Leonardo Tovar, nicknamed “Pepito” and “Mr. Versatility”, who played for Minessota Twins (1965-1972), Oakland Athletics (1975-76) and New York Yankees (1976) dies in Caracas at the age of 54 |
| 14/7/1992 | Nikos Galis joins Panathinaikos in the most expensive player transfer in greek basketball reaching 1 billion drachmas |
| 14/7/1967 | Eddie Mathews of the Huston Astros hits 500th home run |
| 14/7/1952 | The 15th Olympic Games open in Helsinki. 4.407 men and 518 women from 69 countries take part in 17 events. Germany and the Soviet Union take part for the first time after the war. The games are marked by Emil Zatopek and his wife Dana who win 4 gold medals. Greece lose to Hungary 38-75 in their first olympic basketball game |
| 14/7/1951 | Costas Linoxylakis, defender of Asteras Gyzi Football Club, moves to Panathinaikos |
| 14/7/1951 | ''Citation'' becomes the first horse to win over $1million in races after winning the Hollywood Gold Cup in California. That race is CBS' first TV colour broadcast |
| 14/7/1943 | Lutz Long, Jesse Owens’ opponent in long jump at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, who was sent to the front line as a punishment for his defeat by Owens, is killed during the San Pietro battle in Italy. Many years later, Owens will reveal that having two void jumps and scared of being disqualified, he accepted Long’s help, who put his towel as a mark on the running lane |
| 14/7/1926 | The entries for the first car races in Greece set by ELPA complete. This is a series of six races and the award ceremony will take place at the Panathenaic Stadium, sponsored by the newspaper "Vradini" and oil company "Shell". The races will begin two days later, with first that of the “Kilometre Lance” at Sigrou Avenue. The "Great Endurance Race " (round of Peloponnese), the "Amateurs’ Race" (Athens-Itea-Athens), the "Gentlemen’s Race" (Marathon-Athens ), the " Voiturettes, Motorcycles and Side Cars’s Race" (Athens-Halkida-Athens) and the "Taxi Race" for the virtuosity of professional chauffeurs, will follow. |
