| 16/5/2025 | Apostolos Christou wins his 12th gold medal in the 100m backstroke at the 94th Panhellenic Swimming Championships, held in Thessaloniki. Olympiacos’ swimmer with a time of 52.55, very close to his own national record (52.09 from 2022), reaches 34 medals in the history of the National Men's and Women's Championships rising to first place on the medal list, surpassing Spyros Gianniotis (33). |
| 16/5/2018 | Atletico Madrid defeats Marseille 3-0 in Lyon to win the Europa League for the third time in nine years. France forward Griezmann scored twice and Captain Gabi drilled in the third goal late on as Atletico again lifted the trophy they also won in 2010 and 2012. |
| 16/5/2015 | Southampton winger Sadio Mane scores a hat trick against Aston Villa with his three goals just two minutes and 56 seconds apart, by far the fastest hat trick in Premier League history, breaking the record held by Liverpool’s Robbie Fowler, who scored three times in four minutes and 33 seconds against Arsenal in 1994. The hat trick is also the earliest in Premier League history, completed just 16 minutes into the match (12:22, 13:46, 15:18). However, the fastest hat trick in the history of English football belongs to James Hayter, who scored three goals in two minutes and 20 seconds for Bournemouth against Wrexham in 2004. |
| 16/5/2013 | 38-year-old former English midfielder and player of Paris Saint Germain, David Beckham announces his intention to retire at the end of the 2012–13 Ligue 1 season. He has 115 caps with the England national team for which he holds the appearance record for an outfield player and he has won one Champions League title, 6 championship titles, and 2 Cups with Manchester United. He is also the first English player to win league titles in four countries (Manchester United, LA Galaxy, Real Madrid and Paris Saint Germain). |
| 16/5/2012 | “This man can be so tough in the field but he can hold his own line in underwear” says President Obama to David Beckham during the LA Galaxy football team’s visit to the White House to celebrate the team's winning of the Major League soccer championship in the US. |
| 16/5/2001 | Liverpool win their first european trophy (UEFA Cup) in 17 years after defeating Deportivo Alaves 5-4 in overtime |
| 16/5/1999 | By winning the Monaco Grand Prix Michael Schumacher completes 16 wins for Ferrari to smash Niki Lauda's record (15) |
| 16/5/1999 | Manchester United win their first Premier League title at Old Trafford since 1965 after beating Tottenham 2-1. After the match goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel bids farewell to Manchester United fans |
| 16/5/1999 | The European Greco-roman Championships close in Bulgaria. Greece finishes 6th with 27 points. Tassos Stefanidis (130 kgr) wins the silver medal after losing to Alexander Karelin and Dimitris Avramis (76 kgr) the bronze. Christos Gikas (63 kgr) ranks 4th and Costas Thanos (97 kgr) 8th |
| 16/5/1998 | Newcastle defender Nikos Dabizas is the first Greek to play in an English FA Cup final at Wembley (Newcastle-Arsenal 2-0) |
| 16/5/1996 | The official anthem of the England football team, the “Three Lions” is released. The music is written by “The Lightning Seeds”, an alternative pop/rock band and the lyrics are provided by comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner. The royal “coat of arms of England” showing the three lions was adopted by King Richard I, the Lionheart, towards the end of his life in 1199. |
| 16/5/1975 | 35-year-old Japanese Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to conquer Everest |
| 16/5/1973 | Greek referee Christos Michas is punished by the European Federation for commiting a series of grave errors that affected the result of the European Cup Winners Cup final Milan - Leeds (1-0) in Salonica |
| 16/5/1949 | After 3 years Alf Ramsey leaves Southampton for Tottenham |
| 16/5/1949 | Greece looses to Turkey with 1-2 at the “Leoforos” stadium for the “East Mediterranean Friendship Cup” |
| 16/5/1948 | 36-year-old Prince Igor Troubetzkoy takes part in the Grand Prix of Monaco driving a Ferrari 166 Tipo. It is the first Ferrari in the history of the company to finish a Grand Prix and the driver has won the previous the famous Targa Florio of Sicily. The prince will become famous from his marriage to Barbara Hutton, granddaughter of Frank W. Woolworth, founder of the department store chain, and before they divorce, he will introduce to car racing Lance Reventlow, her son from a previous marriage. Young Lance will develop to a designer and manufacturer of the racing car Scarab, but will bet kill young in an air crash |
| 16/5/1939 | First baseball match under lights. Philadelphia Athletics - Cleveland Indians 8-3 at Philadelphia's Shibe Park |
