| 11/5/2024 | 23-year-old champion of Doxa Galatsi Konstantinos Mastrogiannis defeats the Dutchman Brian Timmerman in the grand final of the -84k Kumite category with a score of 7-2 and wins the gold medal at the European Karate Championship in Zadar, Croatia |
| 11/5/2024 | The women's polo team of Ethnikos defetats Olympiacos 13-11 on penalties (9-9 regular time) in the final and wins the first Greek Cup in their history |
| 11/5/2021 | Evangelia Platanioti wins the silver medal, and first personal medal, in the technical program of the solo competition at the European Championship held in Budapest. Greek artistic swimming champion scored 89,2897 points against 91,884 of Fiedeva, Ukraine |
| 11/5/2020 | Atalanta midfielder Andrea Rinaldi dies aged 19 after suffering aneurysm three days ago. |
| 11/5/2019 | World n.10 tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas beats clay court legend Rafael Nadal in Madrid for the first time in his career in three sets: 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, at the tournament's semifinal. One day later, at the final Djokovic will beat Tsitsipas 2-0 (6-3, 6-4) and win the trophy. |
| 11/5/2014 | During the Circuit de Catalunya, the Lotus F1 Team pays tribute to famous painter Dominikos Theotokopoulos (El Greco) by carrying his portrait and branding on behalf of the major El Greco exhibition currently taking place in Toledo on their E22s. Owner and team principal Gerard Lopez presents a special commemorative helmet with El Greco’s portrait to His Majesty King Juan Carlos I. He also gave one to the Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy on 8/5/2014. |
| 11/5/2011 | Panagiotis Kontos, president of the Greek Badminton Federation, member of many Greek and international federations and former AEK athlete, dies aged 56 |
| 11/5/2010 | ELPA decides not to organize the Acropolis Rally competition of 2010 due to the economic crisis. The event was scheduled for June 10-13. |
| 11/5/2006 | Journalist of newspaper “Ta Nea” and Era Sport and son of the photo reporter Panagiotis Pananidis, Patroklos Pananidis, aged 31, is killed in a motorbike accident in Athens |
| 11/5/2006 | Floyd Patterson, the American heavyweight boxing champion, dies at the age of 71. At the age of 21, he became the youngest man to win the world heavyweight championship and he had a record of 55 wins (40 of them by knockout), 8 losses and 1 draw. |
| 11/5/2003 | Barcelona put an end to the their losing streak (5 final fours) as they take the Euroleague title by overcoming Benetton Treviso 76-65 at Barcelona arena Palau San Jordi |
| 11/5/2001 | Inter's largest defeat (0-6) by Milan at Meazza stadium |
| 11/5/1999 | 36 year-old Serbian long distance runner Goran Raicevic is killed by a snipper in Kossovo |
| 11/5/1999 | ''Mantoulidis College'' win the World College championship after beating a turkish college 66-62 in Jerusalem. Nikos Zissis is voted MVP of the tournament |
| 11/5/1999 | Former OFI striker Petros Vouzounerakis dies aged 57 |
| 11/5/1997 | IBM computer ''Deep Blue'' defeats Gary Kasparov in a 6-game chess match in New York. ''Deep Blue'' was reprogrammed after Kasparov's win in 1996.It is the first official win of the computer over the world champion, proving Alan Turing correct, who foresaw half a century ago, that the computer will not only be playing chess, but also beat the world champion |
| 11/5/1994 | Isiah Thomas, leader of the Detroit Pistons (2 NBA titles), retires |
| 11/5/1993 | Olympiacos win the first professional Basketball Championship (organized by ESAK) when Panathinaikos refuse to play the last playoff game at Peace and Friendship Stadium |
| 11/5/1985 | 56 Bradford fans die when fire breaks out in the wooden stands of Valley Parade during the Bradford - Lincoln City match |
| 11/5/1984 | ''Flying Dutchman'' Johan Crujff retires. In his career, he played for Ajax, Barcelona, Levante, Fejenord and the national team of Holland |
| 11/5/1980 | At the match Panathinaikos - Olympiacos (0-1), Mimis Domazos becomes the first Greek footballer to exceed 500 participations in the history of the Greek Championship |
| 11/5/1947 | B.F. Goodrich manufactures the first tubeless tire in Akron, Ohio |
| 11/5/1848 | British boxer Tom Gribb dies. He remained undefeated from 1801 to 1811 |
