| 26/4/2024 | 33-year-old Lefteris Petrounias with 15,000 points wins the gold medal on the rings at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Rimini and becomes the first gymnast with seven golds on the same apparatus, surpassing the legendary Krisztián Berki with six golds in the pommel horse since 2022 |
| 26/4/2020 | Former international referee, president of the Iraklion Referees Association and member of KED Giorgos Koukoulakis dies at the age of 75 |
| 26/4/2019 | American soccer defender Jimmy Banks, born in Milwaukee, dies of stomach cancer at the age of 54 years. Along with Desmond Armstrong, he was the first Afro-American footballer capped for USA during the 1990 World Cup. |
| 26/4/2015 | Olympiacos women water polo team wins the Euro League title after defeating champion Sabadell in the final with 10-9 at Papastratio Pool. Olympiacos puts an end to a historic streak over three years as Nani Guiu girls had not lost a game since 7/3/2012 when they were beaten by Vouliagmeni in the quarterfinals of the same competition. |
| 26/4/2014 | 44-year-old Tassos Kakos referees the Greek Cup Final PAOK Panathinaikos 1-4. This is the last match for the referee from Corfu, who got involved in sports as a rower of NAO Kerkyra. He then moved to athletics and football and he became a referee in 1997. He climbed 5 categories in seven years and became an international referee in 2007 repeatedly awarded, but for financial reasons had to work as a builder and fireman. |
| 26/4/2002 | The daily sports betting journal “Score Live” is first published with Yiannis Kapageridis as the director. Two months later, Kostas Kesetzoglou will take charge and direct the journal’s content to AEK reportage |
| 26/4/1972 | Argentinian footballer Antonio Alcibar signs with Olympiacos. In order to skip legal problems managers ''baptize'' him Antonios Alcimaris |
| 26/4/1969 | The oldest football ball, dated in 16th century, made of pig skin, is located at the private room of Queen Maria of Scotland, in the Stirling castle |
| 26/4/1964 | Boston Celtics win their 6th consecutive NBA title. The series will continue for another two years |
| 26/4/1952 | Themis Holevas, player of Panellinios, scores a personal record of 14 points for Greece against Switzerland in Milan |
| 26/4/1941 | The Chicago Cubs begin a tradition when they first use an organ at a baseball game (Cubs - St Louis Cardinals 2-6 at Wringley Field) |
| 26/4/1929 | International Track & Field Games are held at Panathinaiko Stadium. They started on 25/4 and they will last 4 days, with the participation of Greece, Switzerland and Hungary. Athletes of Panellinios, Ethnikos, Panionios, Piraikos and Amaroussion compete for Greece while Hungary is represented with 8 students. Switzerland will finish first with 96 points and Greece will follow with 89 |
| 26/4/1925 | Panathinaikos, in the team's first international friendly game, draws with Yugoslavian team "Vittoria Zagreb" 1-1 |
| 26/4/1902 | Manchester United drop ''Newton Heeth'' (an eastern Manchester suburb) and adopt their proper name. The club was founded in 1878. 20 years later they played second division. In 1906 they made their debut in the premiership |
