| 17/6/2018 | Mexico defender Rafael Marquez plays against Germany for the Russia World Cup group stage and becomes only the third man in history to play at a fifth career World Cup (2002- 2018) equalling Antonio Carbajal (1950-1966) and Lothar Matthäus (1982-1998) |
| 17/6/2018 | During its meeting, the FIBA Central Board approves several rule changes, finalizing the 2017 basketball rulebook, which will be valid as of 1 October 2017. There are significant changes to the travelling rule, unsportsmanlike fouls as well as to equipment in terms of headgear and undergarments. |
| 17/6/2018 | Panathinaikos Superfoods defeats Olympiakos 84-70 in the fifth final of the Stoiximan.gr Basket League Play Offs, winning this year's championship. Chris Singleton takes 17 rebounds, a career record in the Greek Championship and a history record for the Game 5 in the play offs finals of the Stoiximan.gr Basket League. |
| 17/6/2010 | France loses from Mexico 0-2 the second round of the World Cup and the bad state of the team is revealed. The disqualification of France, which will follow after another loss, by North Africa, will drive President Nicolas Sarkozy to order an investigation. |
| 17/6/2003 | AEK’s forward Demis Nikolaidis marries to singer Despina Vandi |
| 17/6/2001 | Roma win the Italian football championship title after 18 years beating Parma with 3-1 at Olimpico stadium, at the last game of the season, accumulating 2 points more than second Juventus |
| 17/6/1999 | 21year-old 400m champion Isabella Farina is found dead in her house in Como. A heart attack is probably the cause of death |
| 17/6/1994 | The 15th World Cup begins in USA. Germany face Bolivia (3-1) in the opening match. Greece make their debut in a World Cup. Three substitutions are allowed for the first time |
| 17/6/1982 | Norman Whiteside breaks Pelé's record as the youngest player to appear in a World Cup, when he debutes for Northern Ireland against Yugoslavia (0-0) aged 17 years and 41 days at the 1982 World Cup in Spain |
| 17/6/1964 | Panathinaikos play against Olympiacos (1-1) for the Greek Cup. The match is interrupted when 25.000 infuriated fans wreck the Leoforos ground believing that the game is fixed |
| 17/6/1962 | Brazil win the 7th World Cup after defeating Czechoslovakia 3-1 in Santiago, Chile. Brazilian player Garrincha, the best dribbler in football history, is the dominant player of that team. He was born a cripple and the operation that enabled him to walk left him with a distorted left leg |
| 17/6/1928 | Aris Thessaloniki defeats Atromitos Athens 3-1, at Iraklis home ground. It is a match for the first official Greek football championship, in which Ethnikos Piraeus is the other participating team. Aris, with players such as N. Katrantzos, Papas, Leontaridis, Kl. Vikelidis, etc, will win the championship title with 6 points. |
