| 23/12/2020 | Lionel Messi scores his 644th career goal for Barcelona in Barcelona's 3-0 win over Valladolid breaking Pele's all-time scoring milestone who scored 643 goals for Santos. He will celebrate it by sending 644 beer bottles to the 160 goalkeepers. |
| 23/12/2010 | The consortium “Bologna 2010” led by banker Giovanni Consorte and coffee businessman Massimo Zanetti, owner of brands, such as Segafredo, acquires Bologna and appoints the popular Italian musician and long-time supporter Gianni Morandi as honorary president. |
| 23/12/1997 | Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson reaches 500 wins (in 682 games) |
| 23/12/1996 | US baseball club owners impose salary cup |
| 23/12/1996 | Matthias Sammer of Borusia Dortmund wins the prestigious Golden Ball Award as the 1996 ''European Footballer of the Year'' |
| 23/12/1990 | LOTTO starts in Greece |
| 23/12/1987 | Henry Cotton dies. He was the last British golfer before Nick Faldo who won the Open three times |
| 23/12/1979 | Panionios – Panathinaikos 2-2 and Argentinian midfielder Juan Ramon Rocha makes his debut with Panathinaikos, using however the Greek version of his name, which is Boublis |
| 23/12/1946 | The University of Tennessee refuses to play against Duquesne University because they might use a black player in their basketball game |
| 23/12/1934 | Greece defeats Yugoslavia with 2-1 (Yannis Vazos & Leonidas Andrianopoulos) at “Leoforos” stadium for the 4th Balkan Cup. Costas Houmis and Antonis Migiakis play for the greek team |
| 23/12/1879 | Everton play their first match under their new name (former name St Domingo's Football Club) against St Peter's at Stanley Park |
