| 25/10/2019 | In the Milwaukee Bucks' first game of the season, Giannis Antetokounmpo records his 15th career triple-double racking up 30 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists as the Bucks down the Houston Rockets 117-111 becoming the first player in the history of the Milwaukee Bucks to do that. In addition, he becaomes the first player after Oscar Robertson in 1966 to tip off the regular season with a 30-point triple-double. |
| 25/10/2015 | Manolis Stefanoudakis wins the gold medal in javelin throw F54 with 28.45 m. at the 7th IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar. The “bronze” Paralympic winner of London holds the world record with 29.75m. |
| 25/10/2012 | 70-year-old David Stern announces that he will step down as NBA commissioner on 1/2/2014, 30 years to the day after beginning his tenure as commissioner. His deputy, Adam Silver, will be his successor. On 1/2/1984, Stern became the Commissioner of the NBA, succeeding Larry O'Brien. It was during that same year (1984-85) that four of the NBA's biggest superstars — Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, and John Stockton — entered the league. Stern also oversaw the creation of the WNBA, a professional women's basketball league and the National Basketball Development League, he ratified the NBA dress code, salary cap and doping control. |
| 25/10/2011 | Leonidas Andriaopoulos, the youngest of the five brothers who were the legendary "pre-war" Olympiacos and National Team line-up, dies at the age of 100. With Olympiacos he played in 40 games from 1927 until 1935 scoring 9 goals while he competed 11 times with the National Team scoring 2 goals. |
| 25/10/2004 | Spyros Kapralos is appointed as Chairman of the Athens Exchange, after the successful completion of his duties as General Secretary for the Olympic Games of the Ministry of Culture and as Executive Director and Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the Organizing Committee for the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games (2000-2004) |
| 25/10/2000 | Costas Fikas wins olympic gold in 100m free style with 1:02.50 in Sydney. German Holger Kinnig places second with 1:03.46 and Spanish Juan Francisco Jimenez third with 1:04.57. Thanassis Barakas wins the gold medal in blinds' long jump overcoming Spanish Manuel Rodriguez and Chinese Duan Li. Stefanos Anargyrou wins the gold medal in shot put with 10m overcoming German Martin Nemec (9.86m) and Czech Ulrich Iser (9.64m). Maria Kalpakidou wins the silver medal in 50m back style with 1:33.79. Spanish Sara Carracelas ranks first with 1:21.20 and Irish Mairead Beery third with 1:22.85 |
| 25/10/1999 | 42 year-old golf champion Payne Stewart dies in a plane accident in South Dakota |
| 25/10/1999 | Captain of Vouliagmeni and the Greek water polo national team Giorgos Mavrotas is invited to play in a match between Ferencvaros and the Rest of the World celebrating the 100th anniversary of the hungarian club |
| 25/10/1995 | Tennis player Bobby Riggs dies of leuchemia aged 77 |
| 25/10/1987 | First McDonalds Basketball tournament held in Milwaukee (Tracer Milan, USSR and Milwaukee) |
| 25/10/1983 | West Ham become the first team to score 10 goals in a League Cup match (vs Bury 10-0) |
| 25/10/1973 | Abebe Bikila dies of brain hemorrhage aged 41. He was left paralysed from a car accident in 1969. Bikila won the olympic marathon in Rome (1960) and Tokyo (1964) |
| 25/10/1972 | Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx covers 43.431 km at high altitude in Mexico City creating a record. The record would remain untouched until 1984, when Francesco Moser will break it using a specially designed bicycle |
| 25/10/1968 | The longest in duration hockey game. Holland beat Spain 1-0 in 2 hours and 25 minutes (6 overtimes) |
| 25/10/1959 | First matches of the Greek major league are played. 16 football clubs take part and Yannis Kanakis of AEK scores the first championship goal against Ethnikos.
Panathinaikos will win the title after defeating AEK 2-1 at Karaiskakis Stadium on July 31, 1960 |
| 25/10/1896 | Panellinios convokes all 52 athletic clubs to a congress held between 11 - 17 of January 1897. Main issue, the foundation of an athletic union |
