| 1/5/2025 | Manuel Cáceres Artesero, or "Manolo el del bombo," dies at the age of 76. He was the most recognizable fan of the Spanish national team, who accompanied them wherever they played with his drum. He started at the 1982 World Cup, which was held in Spain, and accompanied the team in a total of 10 competitions. |
| 1/5/2022 | Bosnian former player and coach Ivica Osim dies at the age of 80, in Graz, where he lived for the last few years. During his 18-year football career, he played for several teams, including Strasbourg, Sedan and Valencia, and the Yugoslavian national team (16 matches, 8n goals). In 1978, he started working as a coach, coaching Zelesnicar, the Yugoslavian national team, Partizan, Sturm Graz (two championships, three Cups and three Super Cups) and the Japanese national team (his last team when he had a stroke). In Greece, Osim coached Panathinaikos in 1992 succeeding Vassilis Daniil for almost two years, winning the Greek Cup in 1993 (1-0 Olympiakos), giving his place to Juan Ramon Rocha. With Panathinaikos, he had a record of 62 wins, 17 draws and 15 losses in 94 games in all competitions. |
| 1/5/2021 | Olympiacos’ women water-polo team defeats Dunaujvaros 7-6 in Hungary and win their second Euroleague title (2015, 2021) and 4th European after Len Trophy (2014) and Super Cup (2015) |
| 1/5/2019 | Porto Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas, during Porto's morning training session, suffered a heart attack at the club's training ground and was rushed to the hospital where his situation was stabilized. Three weeks later, his wife Sara Carbonero will announce that she is fighting ovarian cancer. |
| 1/5/2013 | Barcelona is defeated by Bayern Munich 0-3 (aggregate 0-7) recording the biggest semi-final thumping since Eintracht Frankfurt beat Rangers 12-4 on aggregate in 1960 |
| 1/5/2010 | Konstantinos Vernikos is elected vice president of AIPS with 73 votes at their 72nd Annual Congress in Milan |
| 1/5/1999 | First open professional bowling tournament held, at Manhattan's Bryant Park |
| 1/5/1999 | 96 year-old Erwin Jackulski from Honolulu runs the 100m in 24.01 to smash Japanese Kazuhiko Tsutsumi's 95-year old record (38.82) |
| 1/5/1996 | Twelve players are shown the yellow card and one is suspended during the Botafogo - Gremio match (1-1) for the Copa Libertadores at Maracana |
| 1/5/1994 | One of the best F1 pilots Brazilian Ayrton Senna is killed during the Imola Grand Prix. In his career he won three F1 world titles (1988, 1990, 1991) |
| 1/5/1993 | ERA Sport is established after an initiative by Giorgos Tzavellas |
| 1/5/1990 | 6 drivers die during the Paris-Madrid rally |
| 1/5/1988 | Larissa, of Jacek Gmoch, with a goal scored by Giorgos Mitsibonas, defeats Iraklis with 1-0 at Alkazar Stadium and becomes the champion, one day before the end of the championship, for the first time in the team’s history |
| 1/5/1967 | Panathinaikos midfielder Mimis Domazos, one of the greatest Greek footballers of the post-war period, marries the singer Vicky Moscholiou |
| 1/5/1961 | Betting companies become legal in Britain |
| 1/5/1955 | Stirling Moss with Dennis Jewnkinson as co-pilot become the first British to win the ''1000 miles race'' driving a Mercedes-Benz |
| 1/5/1952 | After the suggestion of Apostolos Nicolaides, vice-president of ELPA (Automobile and Touring Club of Greece), the “ELPA Rally” is organized with the participation of 19 cars. The start is from Ioannina, Northern Greece, and after a 2600 km drive, 11 will finish with Johnny Pesmazoglou and Nikos Papamichael wining the race with a Chevrolet. The success of the event will make ELPA decide to organize the 1st International Acropolis Rally in the following year. Among the participants are Alexandros Dardoufas (FIAT 1100) and Costas Nikolopoulos (Morris Minor). |
| 1/5/1938 | Panathinaikos player Lyssandros Dikaiopoulos dies during a Panathinaikos-AEK derby as a result of a nasty fall |
| 1/5/1920 | Babe Ruth hits his first home run as a NY Yankee (50th in his career) against the Red Sox (6-0) |
| 1/5/1904 | First international football match out of England. Belgium draw with France (3-3) at Uccle, Brussels |
| 1/5/1884 | Moses Walker becomes the first black player in baseball major league |
| 1/5/1883 | New York Athletic Club hires the first professional trainer in America |
| 1/5/1751 | The first american cricket tournament is held in New York |
