| 6/2/2025 | Greek artistic swimmer Evangelia Platanioti achieves a monumental distinction, as she is named the world’s top athlete for 2024 according to the vote by World Aquatics. |
| 6/2/2024 | Evangelia Platanioti wins the silver medal with 253,2833 points in the solo artistic swimming free program and her second medal at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha. |
| 6/2/2023 | Eleni Fertaki, secretary of Rally Acropolis and one of the most iconic figures in the field of motor sports dies at the age of 80. She was married to Kostas Fertakis, one of the leading Greek co-drivers. |
| 6/2/2023 | 18-year-old karateka Konstantina Chrysopoulou defeats Reem Kamis from Germany with 4-2 in the final and wins the gold medal in the -61k KUMITE category at the European Under-21 Karate Championship held in Larnaca. Marianda Zamantz wins the silver medal in the 61k junior KUMITE category after being defeated 1-0 in the final by Spain's Julia Clopes. |
| 6/2/2017 | During the NFL Super Bowl, while New England Patriots were trailing 3-28, they manage to tie the game 28-28, take it to an overtime and eventually win Falcons 34-28. Despite the fact that it is the first-ever Super Bowl to go to overtime, 40-year-old Tom Brady wins the MVP title for the fourth time. |
| 6/2/2009 | Nikos Floros, one of the best Greek sports photoreporters, dies of cancer at the age of 62 years |
| 6/2/2001 | Aris Salonica basketball players refuse to play against Maroussi for the Saporta Cup unless the club administration pays them off. Maroussi qualify by default |
| 6/2/2000 | USA relay team (Joey Woody, Karl Paranya, Rich Kenah, Davis Krummenager) smashes Soviet Union's 4x800m world record (7:17.08) with 7:13.94 in Boston |
| 6/2/2000 | British sprint cyclist Gary Edwards is banned for life by the British Cycling Federation after testing positive for a derivative of an anabolic steroid at the Manchester World Masters Track Championships in September 1999, where he won the sprint in the 30-34year bracket |
| 6/2/2000 | 41 year-old Diego Maradona is invited to attend the Cuban Cup final between Pinar Del Rio and Havana City (2-1). Maradona was in Cuba for drug treatment since the 18th of January 2000 |
| 6/2/2000 | Wilson Kipketer sets new 1000m world indoors record with 2:15.25 in Stuttgart |
| 6/2/1995 | Three years after the olympic gold in Barcelona, Voula Patoulidou sets new greek record in long jump with 6.56m at Peace and Friendship Stadium |
| 6/2/1993 | Tennis player Arthur Ashe dies of AIDS |
| 6/2/1972 | Giorgos Sideris rejoins Olympiacos (in a match against Panahaiki, 3-2) after his return from Belgium where he played for Antwerp, and scores his two last goals in the greek championship which he will leave 2 weeks later, in his last appearance on 20/2/1972 against PAO at Karaiskaki Stadium. "Fontakas" has an outstanding record of 224 goals in 284 greek championship matches. He was the first Greek player to leave Greece for Europe. During the 1968-69 season he was Europe's second scorer (35 goals) following Zekov of CCKA Sofia (36) |
| 6/2/1971 | US Alan Shepard, member of "Apollo 14" crew, plays the first golf match on the moon |
| 6/2/1958 | Manchester United's flight from Belgrade crushes leaving Munich, where it had landed for refuelling. 21 people die (among them 7 players and 8 journalists). United had just qualified to play against Milan for the European Cup’s semi final. Bobby Charlton and coach Matt Busby are among the 23 survivors. |
| 6/2/1932 | First olympic dog sled race (demonstration sport) in Lake Placid |
| 6/2/1922 | The first paper of daily newspaper "Eleftheron Vima" is published by Dimitrios Lambrakis, with the cost of 20 cents and headquarters located on 25, Panepistimiou Avenue, Athens. In 1975 Dimitris Labrakis he will be succeeded by his son Christos and Stavros Psycharis in 2009. |
