| 18/9/2022 | On a festive day for the city of Karditsa, its indoor gym is named after the veteran international center Giannis Bourousis during the break of AS Karditsa BIOLOGIKO HORIO's friendly match against Panathinaikos, in which the home team won 89-83. Bourousis ended his career, which includes, among other things, winning the Euroleague with Real in 2015, two Greek Championships with AEK in 2002 and with Panathinaikos in 2017, three Cups, two with Olympiakos in 2010 and 2011 and one with Panathinaikos in 2017 and the gold medal in the 2005 Eurobasket and the bronze in the 2009 Pan-European with the National team, leading, the previous season, A.S. Karditsa from A2 to Basket League for the first time in the team’s history. |
| 18/9/2022 | Spain defeats France in the grand final in Berlin with 88-76 and wins Eurobasket 2022. 28-year-old Willy Hernangomez, the main center of Spain and the New Orleans Pelicans with 19.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists, is named MVP of the event, while Giannis Antetokounmpo (GRE)? (29.3p, 8.8r, 4.7as, 1.5kg) is included in the top five along with Dennis Schroder (GER)?, Lorenzo Brown (ESP)?, Rudy Gobert (FRA) ?and, of course, MVP Willy Hernangomez. |
| 18/9/2020 | Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is named the 2019-20 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player. This is the second straight Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award for Antetokounmpo, who becomes the 12th player to earn the honor in consecutive seasons. He was previously named the 2019-20 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year. He joins Michael Jordan (1987-88) and Hakeem Olajuwon (1993-94) as the only players to be selected as the Kia NBA Most Valuable Player and the Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year in the same season. |
| 18/9/2016 | 48-year-old Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad dies of cardiac arrest in the hospital where transferred following a collision on a rock during the category C4-5 race at the Rio Paralympic Games |
| 18/9/2011 | The European Rowing Championships conclude in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and Greece w?n 3 gold and one silver medal. Greece won gold medals in men’s pairs with twins Apostolos and Nikos Gountoulas, in men’s four with Giorgos Tziallas, Stergios Papachristos, Giannis Tsilis and Giannis Christou and in women’s lightweight double sculls with Alexandra Tsiavou and Christina Giazitzidou. The silver medal was won by Panagiotis Magdanis and Lefteris Konsolas in the men’s lightweight double sculls competition. |
| 18/9/2007 | At the age of 43 years and 168 days, Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta, playing against Olympiacos (1-1) in Piraeus, becomes the oldest player in the history of Champions League. He is almost 3 years older than the previous record holder, AC Milan's Alessandro Costacurta, who played his last Champions League match, against AEK in Athens, on 21/11/2006, at the age of 40 years and 211 days. Third in the list is goalkeeper Dany Verlinden who played with Club Brugge against Ajax on 9/12/2003 (40 years and 116 days) and fourth is Tasos Mitropoulos of Olympiacos who on 10/12/1997 played against Rosenborg at the age of 40 years and 109 days |
| 18/9/2002 | Olympiacos thrashes Bayer Leverkusen 6-2 in the Champions League opening match. Midfielder Pedrag Djordjevic delivers a hat trick leading the Greek side to its largest home win in the competition |
| 18/9/2001 | Coach Giannis Ioannidis takes over the greek national basketball team for the second time in 20 years |
| 18/9/1994 | 40-year-old US tennis player Vytautas Kevin Gerulaitis, dies while sleeping from odorless, poisonous carbon monoxide gas released by a malfunction in the heating system of a friend’s house at Long island. He won the most significant title of his career in 1977 at the Australian Open, when he defeated John Lloyd in the men's singles final in five sets 6-3, 7-6, 5-7, 3-6, 6-2. In 1979, Gerulaitis lost in men's singles finals at the US Open to fellow New Yorker John McEnroe in straight sets 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 and in 1980, he lost in the final of the French Open to Björn Borg in straight sets 6-4, 6-1, 6-2. In 1975, he won the men's doubles title at Wimbledon. |
| 18/9/1991 | Athinaikos draw with Manchester United 0-0 for the European Cup at Leoforos. Manchester Utd will have to play overtime to overcome Athinaikos in the second leg at Old Trafford. In any case, for the next 20 years, Athinaikos will be the only greek team that will not be defeated by United in normal time. |
| 18/9/1991 | Panathinaikos draws 2-2 with Fram Reykjavik in the team’s first appearance in Champions League, the new form of European Champions Cup |
| 18/9/1990 | Athens loses the 1996 Golden Olympics to Atlanta |
| 18/9/1979 | The Greek national basketball team becomes the Balkan Champion by winning the world champion, Yugoslavia, 66-62 at the final |
| 18/9/1978 | Spanish goalkeeper Ricardo Martinez Zamora, one of the best all-time goalkeepers dies aged 77. He was capped 46 times |
| 18/9/1972 | 60.538 attend a Manchester United - Celtic match dedicated to Bobby Charlton |
| 18/9/1960 | The first 1960 Summer Paralympics, originally known as the 9th Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games, start in Rome, with the participation of 400 athletes from 23 nations in 8 sports. The Games will last one week and Italy will be ranked first with 80 medals (29 gold, 28 silver and 23 bronze), Great Britain second and Germany third. Greece will participate for the first time 16 years later in Montreal (3-11/8/1976). |
| 18/9/1936 | Olympiacos win the Balkan Cup after defeating Lefski Sofia 1-0 at the third final in Istanbul |
| 18/9/1915 | First tarr speedway built in Cranston, USA |
| 18/9/1830 | A 9 mile race is held between a horse and ''Tom Thumb'', the first car made in America. The horse gets an easy victory because the car presents various mechanical problems |
