| 5/6/2023 | Sports journalist, Giorgos Georgiou dies at Agios Savas hospital at the age of 71. He has been active professionally since 1982, as a member of the founding team of the sports newspaper “O Filathlos” of the publisher Giorgos Kouris, under the direction of Nikos Karagiannidis, while he also collaborated with the magazines “Synchronos Athlitismos” and “Forza”. He became widely known from his daily column in “Filathlos”, but also from his radio broadcasts. With his show “To Kafenio ton Filathlon”, fans’ opinions were expressed live for the first time. From 2008 to 2021 he made daily radio broadcasts on the radio station Real FM 97.8. |
| 5/6/2021 | Manolis Stefanoudakis and George Kostakis are crowned European champions in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Stefanoudakis, after breaking the 30-meter (30.74m) barrier, found himself at the top of the F54 category in javelin throw with a new games record, at the same time that George Kostakis returned to his throne, in the long jump T47 category, after seven years, with a performance of 6.45m. |
| 5/6/2016 | World number one Novak Djokovic beats Britain's Andy Murray to win his first French Open title and complete the career Grand Slam. The 29-year-old Serb wins 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, to win his 12th major title and becomes the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 (and third in history) to hold all four Grand Slams at once. It is the 20th final for Djokovic, who reaches Rafael Nadal in the second place, behind Federer (27). Murray had hoped to secure the third leg of his own career Slam, having already won Wimbledon and the US Open. The 29-year-old Scot is Britain's first male finalist in Paris since 1937. |
| 5/6/2010 | Angelos Metaxa, with Bernard Santal (CH) as a co-driver, finishes 50th in the final of the «12 Heures de Spa Francorchamps» driving an Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4. In June 2015, the 40-year driver and son of Elias Metaxa, the entrepreneur who produces the famous Cognac, will be prosecuted for tax evasion after his name is detected in the Lagarde list. |
| 5/6/2005 | AJ Auxerre's veteran coach for 44 years, 66-year-old, Guy Roux announces his decision to retire, just one day after leading his side to their fourth French Cup title beating CS Sedan-Ardennes 2-1 in the final. He first took charge of the club as a player-manager in 1961 and won the double in 1996 |
| 5/6/1999 | Gheorghe Hagi plays his farewell game with Romania (against Hungary for the Euro 2000 qualifying round) |
| 5/6/1999 | Voula Tsiamita sets new Greek record in triple jump with 14.94m at Bruno Zauli European Cup, held in OAKA |
| 5/6/1996 | EPAE and PSAP agree on applying the new regulation concerning free trading of players from the European Union |
| 5/6/1996 | Giorgos Donis becomes the most expensive Greek football player after signing with Blackburn for 1.1 billion drachmas. He also becomes the first Greek to play in the Premiership |
| 5/6/1994 | Kostas Koukodimos breaks the greek national record in long jump with 8.36m. during the international athletics meeting “Venizelia” at Chania, Crete. His record will last until 2/6/2007 when Louis Tsatoumas will jump 8.66m. |
| 5/6/1993 | 29 year-old Julie Krone on ''Colonial Affair'' becomes the first female jockey ever to win Belmont Stakes |
| 5/6/1983 | Yannick Noah becomes the first French to win the Roland Garros since 1946 after defeating Mats Wilander 6-2, 7-5, 7-6 |
| 5/6/1968 | Allan Mullery becomes England's first player to be sent off in an international match (Yugoslavia - England 1-0 in Florence) |
| 5/6/1962 | Charles McCarthy, the man who actually launched the horse race radio broadcasts, dies aged 80 |
| 5/6/1961 | The 3-point shot is first introduced in the American Basketball League. It includes every shot beyond 6.71m |
| 5/6/1960 | Christos Mantikas, one of the greatest hurdles runner in the post-war era, athlete of Paghiakos and AEK, dies of cancer at the age of 57 years in Athens. In the 400m hurdles he broke or tied the national record 37 times, while he finished 6th at the Berlin Olympics 1936 race, being the only European competing in the final. He also took part in 12 Balkan championships winning 20 gold and 3 silver medals. |
| 5/6/1953 | American tennis player Bill Tilden, one of the greatest players of all time, dies at the age of 60. Tilden was the World No. 1 player for six years from 1920 through 1925. He won 15 Major singles titles including ten Grand Slam events, one World Hard Court Championships and four Pro Slam tournaments. He was the first American to win Wimbledon in 1920. |
| 5/6/1894 | International boat races take place at Zeas Port, Piraeus with the purpose of raising funds for a house for the elderly. The judging committee is presided by Prince George |
