| 29/4/2019 | The assembly of the Royal Spanish Football Federation approved the new Copa del Rey format, expanding the competition to 125 and changing all rounds to a single-match format until the semi-finals |
| 29/4/2014 | Cristiano Ronaldo surpasses the goal total for a single UEFA Champions League season, with his first strike in Real Madrid CF's semi-final second leg at FC Bayern München taking his campaign tally to 15. The Portuguese international entered the last four with 14 goals in this season's competition, level with the record held by his FC Barcelona counterpart Lionel Messi. Ronaldo had equalled Messi – and, simultaneously, ex-AC Milan forward José Altafini's 51-year European Cup record – in the quarter-final first leg against Borussia Dortmund. Additionally, this is his 50th Champions League goal in 50 games in the competition. |
| 29/4/2013 | 23 year-old Gypriot pole-vaulter Marianna Zachariadi, dies of Hodgkin's lymphoma, a condition she had been diagnosed with in 2011. She had won silver in pole vault at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, where she made a national record with 4,45m. |
| 29/4/1999 | Scotland defeat Germany 1-0 (Harrison) in Bremen for the first time in 40 years |
| 29/4/1998 | Panionios beats Panathinaikos 1-0 at the final of the Greek Cup at Karaiskaki Stadium, winning their first professional title. The “golden” goal is scored by Dimitris Nalitzis at 53’ with a header |
| 29/4/1996 | Tae Kwon Do athlete Maria Gouroufidou is killed in Belgium when the bus carrying the greek Tae Kwon Do team capsizes |
| 29/4/1995 | 10 days after the Greek Cup final (where Panathinaikos defeated AEK 1-0) the match referee Filippos Bakas is beaten up by hooligans |
| 29/4/1993 | The whole national football team of Zambia perishes when their plane crashes near the coast of Libreville, South Guinea shortly after take off |
| 29/4/1990 | Stephen Hendry beats Jimmy White 18-12 and becomes the youngest world champion in snooker (21 years and 106 days old) |
| 29/4/1970 | Chelsea beat Leeds 2-1 in overtime at the English FA Cup final. The first match ended with a draw (2-2) and for the first time a rematch was played in order to determine the winner |
| 29/4/1933 | Everton win the English FA Cup after beating Manchester City 3-0. This was the first first English FA Cup final in which players wore numbered shirts. Everton wore 1 to 11 and Manchester City had 12 to 22 |
