| 27/5/2025 | Juan Ramon Veron, one of the greatest footballers of all time for Argentina, father of Juan Sebastian Veron, who played (among others) for Manchester United, Chelsea, Boca Juniors and Inter, dies at the age of 81. He played for Panathinaikos from 1972 to 1974, scoring 23 goals in 57 championship appearances, being one of the first foreign players in the history of the club. Before Panathinaikos, he played for Estudiantes winning three consecutive Copa Libertadores titles (1968, 1969, 1970), the domestic league title in 1967, and the Intercontinental Cup (1968) against Manchester United, where he scored at Old Trafford, and the Inter-American Cup in 1969. |
| 27/5/2023 | Milena Kontou and Zoe Fitsiou with a time of 6:54.78 finish in second place and win the silver medal in the women's lightweight double sculls at the European Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia. The winner of the race was the British team, with Craig and Grant, with a time of 6:52.32, while the French Tarantola and Bove finished third in 6:55.30. In the lightweight men's double sculls, Petros Gaidatzis and Antonis Papakonstantinou win the bronze medal with a time of 6:15.99 behind Switzerland (6:13.81) and Italy (6:15.06). |
| 27/5/2015 | Sevilla wins a record fourth Europa League trophy after beating Dnipro 2-3 (Kalinic 7’, Rotan 44’ – Bacca 31’ & 73’, Krychowiak 28’) in the Europa League final at Warsaw's Narodowy Stadium. Manager Unai Emery wins his second consecutive title with Sevilla. |
| 27/5/2015 | Swiss authorities arrest 14 FIFA officials at the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich, where they were gathered for their annual meeting. The indictment names 14 people on charges including racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy. In addition to senior soccer officials, the indictment is also expected to name sports-marketing executives from the United States and South America who are accused of paying more than $150 million in bribes and kickbacks in exchange for media deals associated with major soccer tournaments. |
| 27/5/2012 | Greek gymnast Lefteris Kosmidis wins the gold medal at the floor exercises in the European Gymnastics Championships at Montpellier, France scoring 15.766 points. Dmitri Barkalau (BLR) ranks second with 15.300 points and Alexander Shatilov (ISR) third with 15.166. |
| 27/5/2011 | Margo Dydek, the Polish international basketball player, dies in the United States at the age of 37, while being pregnant with her third child. She became famous as the tallest active professional player in the world (2.18m.) and played center position for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. |
| 27/5/2001 | Czech Roman Sebrle becomes the first decathlon athlete ever to cross the 9.000 points barrier (9.026) at Gortzis meeting |
| 27/5/2000 | The greek national team, composed of men with deficient hearing, wins its first European Basketball Championship after beating Italy 75-41 |
| 27/5/2000 | 17 year-old Vlassis Maras wins the bronze medal (54.349 points) at the European Juniors Gymnastics Championships in Bremen. Russian gymnasts Grebenkov (55.749 points) and Drevin (54.962 points) take first and second place respectively |
| 27/5/1998 | ''Venizelia'' meeting celebrates its 50th anniversary in Hania, Crete |
| 27/5/1995 | Actor Christopher Reeve is left paralysed when he is thrown from his horse during a jumping event in Charlottesville, USA |
| 27/5/1988 | Nikos Galis spouse, Jenny, is killed in car accident at the Katerini-Thessaloniki national road |
| 27/5/1987 | Porto become European champion after defeating Bayern Munchen with 2-1 at the final |
| 27/5/1984 | Manuela Manleeva wins 3 tennis matches in a single day |
| 27/5/1981 | Willie Shoemaker completes 8.000 wins, 2.000 more than any other jockey |
| 27/5/1966 | Yannis Diakogiannis presents the World Cup of Great Britain for EIR (national television), 3 months after its first transmission (23/2/1966) |
| 27/5/1964 | Dimitris Vlahogiannis is one of the two side referees at the final of the Champions Cup in Vienna in 1964, Inter – Real Madrid 3-1. Vlahogiannis was born in 1923 in Piraeus and in 1953 he graduated from the referee school of Vienna. In 1957 he became a 1st division referee in Austria and in 1960 an international and a FIFA referee |
| 27/5/1963 | MP Grigoris Lambrakis dies, aged 45, after the attempt on his life in Salonica on May 22. Born in 1918 Lambrakis was a doctor and an athlete in his younger years. His record in long jump (7.37m) stood for 22 years (1938-1959). He also took part in the Berlin Olympics (11th) |
| 27/5/1961 | Fiorentina win the first European Cup by overcoming Rangers 2-1. Fiorentina had won the first match by 0-2 |
| 27/5/1908 | Anderlecht FC is founded at the café "Concordia" in Brussels |
