| 18/4/2023 | Giorgos Kougioumtsidis, following the gold he won last year in Budapest, wins the silver medal at the European Championship as he is defeated 3-1 by Ukrainian Vasil Mihailov in the 79k freestyle wrestling final in Zagreb |
| 18/4/2021 | Greek world number five Stefanos Tsitsipas wins his first Masters 1000 title after beating Russian Andrey Rublev 6-3 6-3 in the Monte Carlo Masters final |
| 18/4/2015 | Lionel Messi scores Barcelona’s second goals against Valencia (2-0) and becomes the first player ever to score 400 goals for FC Barcelona (in 471 games). Messi has a career average of 0.85 goals per game. Those goals include 278 goals in La Liga, 75 in Champions League, 32 in the Spanish Cup, 10 in the Spanish Super Cup, 1 in the European Super Cup, and 4 in the Club World Cup. |
| 18/4/2015 | Real Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo scores against Malaga (3-1 win) his 50th goal of the season in all competitions and becomes the first player in Spanish football to score 50 or more goals in five consecutive seasons. He has scored 39 La Liga goals, eight in the Champions League, two in the European Super Cup and one in the Copa del Rey. |
| 18/4/2015 | 24-year-old Greek gymnast Lefteris Petrounias wins his first gold medal in a European Artistic Gymnastics Championship by finishing first in the rings competition with 15,866 points at Montpellier in France. Russia’s Denis Ablyazin and France’s Samir Aït Saïd share the second place with 15.566 points. |
| 18/4/2009 | Former footballer of Olympiacos, Babis Kotridis, dies at the age of 81, one day after receiving an award during the yearly veterans’ game Vradiporiakos-Taleporiakos at Korydallos stadium along with Panagiotis Kelesidis, Giannis Gaitatzis and Stelios Belsis. He had won 10 Championship titles (1947, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959) and 10 National Cups (1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961) with Olympiacos, and his last game was against Santos, where Olympiacos won 2-1. In his career, he excelled in penalty scoring with 36 goals in 38 attempts in official games. |
| 18/4/2005 | Kenyan Catherine Ndereba wins the Boston Marathon in 2:25:13, becoming the first woman to become a four-time winner in Boston Marathon history. Hailu Negussie, who won the fifth place in 2004, wins the men’s race with 2:11:45 breaking Kenyan dominance to be become second Ethiopian to win men's race |
| 18/4/2004 | Greece wins two gold medals at the 26th European Championships in Men's Artistic Gymnastics, which takes place in Lublijana, Slovenia (15-18/4/2004). The first is won by Vlassis Maras in high bar, who shares the first place with Slovenian Aljaz Pegan (9.787 points). Swiss Christoph Chaerer is placed third with 9.687 points. The second gold medal is won by Dimosthenis Tambakos in rings who also shares the first place with Russian Alexander Safoshkin (9.775 points). Italian Matteo Morandi is placed third with 9.750 points |
| 18/4/2004 | Olympiacos wins the double in waterpolo for the 4th consecutive year, by defeating Vouliagmeni with 6-5 at the final of the National Cup. In the bronze medal match, Chania defeat Chios with 4-2 at penalties (9-9 regular) |
| 18/4/2002 | Mitsos Dimitriou, defender-midfielder of Panathinaikos and the National team with 12 caps, dies aged 54. Despite the fact that he was a starter in PAO's roster, he didn't play at the Wembley final in 1971 because of an injury |
| 18/4/2001 | Aris' largest defeat in greek basketball history (AEK Athens - Aris Salonica 110-56) |
| 18/4/1999 | John Stockton of Utah completes 13.000 assists in a game against the LA Lakers (109-93) |
| 18/4/1999 | Wayne Gretzky plays his last NHL game, with New York Rangers , a 2-1 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 18/4/1991 | Jugoplastica (POP '84) win their third consecutive European Champions Cup by overcoming Barcelona 70-65 in Paris |
| 18/4/1984 | 31-year-old Andreas Vgenopoulos, athlete of Panellinios in fencing and later chairman of Marfin Investment Group, is elected president of the Hellenic Fencing Federation succeeding Andreas Arvanitis. He will remain in this position for five months and will be succeeded by General Secretary Panagiotis Zisis |
| 18/4/1968 | The first ABA (American Basketball Association) championship begins |
| 18/4/1966 | Bill Russell (Boston Celtics) becomes the first black basketball coach in NBA history |
| 18/4/1923 | Yankee Stadium hosts the first baseball game. The NY Yankees face the Boston Red Sox (4-1) in front of 74.200 spectators |
| 18/4/1903 | Bury defeat Derby County by 6-0, the largest scoring difference in the English FA Cup |
| 18/4/1876 | Daniel O' Leary walks 500 miles in 139 hours and 32 minutes |
| 18/4/1869 | First international cricket game held in San Fransisco, USA |
