| 27/7/2021 | During the USA-Nigeria basketball game for the Tokyo Olympic Games, USA playmaker Sue Bird reaches 102 Olympic assists to her name after racking up her best-ever game-high of 13 in the competition to pass the century milestone, Diana Taurasi becomes the leader in appearances with 33 and Dawn Staley, who has won 24 games as a player, wins her first game as a coach. |
| 27/7/2021 | Katie Ledecky wins the first gold medal in history at the 1,500-meter freestyle competition at the Tokyo Olympics with 15:37.34. This is the first time women have been able to race at 1,500 meters at the Olympic Games. Erica Sullivan of the United States finished second in 15:41.41, more than four seconds behind Ledecky but good enough for silver. Sarah Kohler of Germany won bronze in 15:42.91. |
| 27/7/2019 | Maria Kyridou and Christina Bourbou win the gold medal for Greece during the 2000m final at the U23 World Rowing Championship in Florida, USA. Kyridou and Bourbou finished first with a time of 07.11.67”, only to be followed by the duos representing South Africa and Russia. A few hours later, at the same race for men, the Greek duo of Giannis Kalandaridis – Thanassis Paleopanos will win the bronze medal, finishing third, behind the duos from Romania and Lithuania. |
| 27/7/2012 | The 30th Olympic Games open at the Olympic Stadium in London, with the participation of 10,500 athletes competing for 205 nations. London hosts the Olympic Games for the 3rd time (after 1908 and 1948). For the first time, all participating nations include female athletes in their delegations and after the addition of female boxing, women participate in all Olympic sports. |
| 27/7/2012 | 26-year-old IM Dong Hyun claims the first world record of London 2012 by breaking his own 72-arrow mark of 696 by three points. Alongside Kim Bubmin and Oh Jin-hyek he will help register a 216-arrow total of 2,087 for Korea - smashing the world record by 18 points, the second world record in London. |
| 27/7/2007 | The Greek football team coached by Nikos Nioplias finishes second loosing to Spain 1-0 at the final of the U19 European Football Championship. The only goal is scored by Real Madrid's apprentice Dani Parejo and Spain becomes the first ever national team to defend their European title in this group |
| 27/7/2005 | 43-year-old sports journalist Giannis Antonopoulos dies, ending a 23-year long career in the field |
| 27/7/2000 | Notis Mastrogiannis, Greek Basketball Federation vice president (and honorary president since 1993), dies aged 81 |
| 27/7/2000 | Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win a Major when he takes first place at St Andrews |
| 27/7/1997 | Brazilian striker Ronaldo makes his debut with Inter in a match against Manchester United (1-1) |
| 27/7/1996 | 2 die and 111 get injured after a bomb explosion at the ''Olympic Park'' in Atlanta. The bomber, Erick Robert Rudolf will be arrested on 31/5/2003 and will be sentenced to life-time imprisonment |
| 27/7/1996 | Greek weightlifter Leonidas Kokkas (91kg) wins the silver medal in Atlanta with a total of 390kgs |
| 27/7/1996 | Canadian sprinter Donovan Bailey sets new 100m world record with 9.84 in Atlanta |
| 27/7/1996 | British rower Steven Redgrave becomes the world's fourth athlete to win the gold medal in 4 consecutive Olympics |
| 27/7/1993 | Javier Sotomayor sets new high jump world record with 2.45m in Salamanca, Spain |
| 27/7/1993 | Reggie Lewis of Boston collapses and dies during an off-season workout at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts at the age of 27. On April 29th, as the Celtics hosted the Charlotte Hornets in their playoff opener at the Boston Garden, Reggie Lewis collapsed but returned and finished the game with 17 points as Celtics won 112-101. Doctors had found hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and Lewis started light workouts in order to get back on the court for the following season. |
| 27/7/1986 | American Greg LeMond becomes the first non-European to win the Tour de France |
| 27/7/1976 | Soviet chess master Viktor Korchnoi requests political asylum in Amsterdam. Later he will become a Swiss citizen |
| 27/7/1963 | 17 year-old American Don Schollander runs the 200m race in less than 2 minutes (1:58.8). He retired in 1968 having won 5 gold medals in 2 Olympics |
| 27/7/1947 | The World Federation of Water Ski is founded in Geneva, Switzerland |
| 27/7/1924 | The 8th Olympic Games close in Paris. They started on May, 4th with the participation of 3089 athletes from 44 NOCs in 126 events of 17 sports. For the first time in the history of the Games the Olympic motto, "Citius, Altius, Fortius", (Swifter, Higher, Stronger) is introduced, as is the Closing Ceremony ritual of raising three flags: the flag of the International Olympic Committee, the flag of the host nation and the flag of the next host nation. USA is placed first in the medals table with 99 (45 gold, 27 silver and 27 bronze), Finland is second with 37 (14-13-10) and France is third with 38 (13-15-10) |
