| 4/7/2016 | The book "Greek athletes at the Olympic Games 1896 - 2012" is presented by its author George Liveris. It includes 781 pages of short biographies of the 1.573 Greek champions who have competed in all Olympic Games. |
| 4/7/2015 | Pantelis Dedes, former basketball player and vice president for a decade of the Hellenic Basketball Federation, dies of a heart attack aged 79. Veteran basketball of HANTH and Panathinaikos (with whom he won two Greek championships in the '60s), he became known both for his involvement in Greek basketball as well as being one of the pioneers of sports law in Greece. In 1995 he was the first Greek referee appointed to the Supreme International Court (CAS) in Lausanne, following a proposal of the then Secretary General of FIBA Borislav Stankovic, a position he kept until his death. |
| 4/7/2008 | 37-year-olf Takis Gonias, former footballer of Oympiacos, Panionios, Iraklis and the National Team, becomes a member of the Professional Golf Association of Greece |
| 4/7/2004 | Portugal is defeated, for the second time in the competition, by Greece of Otto Rehagel with 1-0 at the final of EURO. Scorer, Angelos Haristeas, will be placed third with 3 goals and Thodoris Zagorakis will be elected MVP of the tournament |
| 4/7/2004 | Two world records are broken in half an hour during the “Tsiklitiria” IAAF Grand Prix Meeting at Pangritio Stadium in Heraklion, Crete. Gulnara Samitova with 9:01.59 at 3000m steeplechase and Sveltana Feofanova with 4.88 in pole vault. A giant video wall is installed in the stadium for spectators to watch the final of EURO, which starts right after the meeting’s completion |
| 4/7/1999 | Pete Sampras wins his 6th Wimbledon title in 7 years after defeating Andre Agassi by 3-0. Sampras equals Roy Emerson's record (12 Grand Slam titles) |
| 4/7/1999 | Czech Thomas Dvorak sets new decathlon world record with 8.994 points in Prague |
| 4/7/1999 | The Greek beach volley team (Sfyri, Karadassiou) takes first place at the Women's European Championship in Xylokastro by overcoming Italy 17-15 |
| 4/7/1999 | Manchester Utd famous midfielder David Beckham and pop singer ''Spice Girl'' Victoria Adams marry in a castle near Dublin |
| 4/7/1988 | Jana Novotna wins her first Wimbledon title by defeating Natalia Tauriat 6-4, 7-6. Novotna will dedicate her title to her trainer Hana Mandlikova, who won 4 Grand Slams as a player in the 80s without ever winning a Wimbledon title |
| 4/7/1988 | Stephan Edberg wins his first Wimbledon title by defeating Boris Becker |
| 4/7/1988 | FIFA decides that USA will host the 1994 World Cup |
| 4/7/1982 | Jimmy Connors beats John McEnroe 3-6, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 in 4 hours and 16 minutes, the longest men final in Wimbledon history |
| 4/7/1981 | John McEnroe defeats Bjorn Borg at the Wimbledon final putting an end to Borg's 5-year winning streak (Borg equaled William Renshaw's record from the late 80s of the previous century) |
| 4/7/1975 | Greece defeats Malta with 4-0 (Mavros, Antoniadis, Iosifidis, Papaioannou) at Toumba Stadium for the Nations Cup qualifiers |
| 4/7/1961 | Olympiacos defeat Pele's team Santos 2-1 at Leoforos. There are a lot of fans complaining about the ticket price (35 drachmas), which costs three times the price of a regular ticket |
| 4/7/1954 | W. Germany beat Hungary 3-2 in the World Cup final in Bern, Switzerland. Sandor Kocsis fails to score, yet remains top scorer of the tournament with 11 goals. Hungary had thrashed Germany 8-3 in the preliminary round a few days before (June 20). At the same time there will be a stop to a consecutive run of matches unbeaten in 33 international games, which started on 14/5/1950, a record among national teams. |
| 4/7/1938 | French tennis player Suzanne Lenglen, who won 6 Wimbledon and 31 championship titles between 1914 and 1926, dies at the age of 39. She was the first female celebrity and one of the first international female sport stars wearing a bandeau headwear that was named after her. |
| 4/7/1914 | First motorcycle Grand Prix in USA (300 miles- Dodge City, Kansas) |
| 4/7/1910 | 32-year-old Jack Jeffries becomes the first black boxer to win the world title after beating Jim Jeffries |
| 4/7/1888 | The first rodeo tournament is held in Prescott, Arizona |
| 4/7/1884 | First bullfights held in USA (Dodge City, Kansas) |
