Bryant Dunston of Olympiacos Piraeus is voted the 2014 Best Defender Trophy winner by Turkish Airlines Euroleague head coaches. He also becomes the first player in the Euroleague this century to compile at least 30 blocks and 30 steals in a single season.
5/5/2007
Theofanis Gekas scores his 20th goal with VfL Bochum against Hamburg (0-3), and will become the Top Goal Scorer in Bundesliga having played in 32 games. He will sign with Bayer 04 Leverkusen after the end of the german championship
5/5/2002
Panathinaikos win their third Euroleague trophy in Bologna after defeating Kinder Bologna 89-83
5/5/2000
Gino Bartali, the legendary Italian cyclist of the 40s and 50s (2 times Tour de France winner), dies in Florence aged 85
5/5/1995
Former 6-time-world chess champion Mikhail Botvinnik dies in Moscow aged 83. Aside from being one of the best all-time players Botvinnik worked as mechanical engineer on artificial intelligence projects developing programs for computer chess
5/5/1992
15 people die and more than 800 get injured when a whole section of Fouriani Stadium in Corsica collapses during the French Cup semi-final between Bastia and Marseille
5/5/1991
First mountain bike Cross Country race held in Greece
5/5/1990
Women’s European Gymnastics Championships open at Peace and Friendship Stadium
5/5/1987
Carl Lewis’ father dies of cancer. At the funeral the world champion puts his 100m gold olympic medal in the hands of the deceased
5/5/1956
First Judo World Championships held in Tokyo, Japan
5/5/1955
Musical drama ”Damn Baseball” opens in Broadway
5/5/1935
First European Basketball Championship closes in Geneva. The games started on March 2, with 10 teams. Latvia won the title after beating Spain 24-18
