Group Europe have been named the BBC Sports activities Persona Group of the 12 months 2025 after their thrilling victory on the Ryder Cup.
Captain Luke Donald led the Europeans to a primary win on American soil since 2012 with a 15-13 triumph in New York.
Towards a unstable residence crowd at Bethpage Black, Europe claimed simply their fifth victory within the USA for the reason that match’s inception in 1927.
The Europeans set the stage for one of the vital dramatic days in Ryder Cup historical past by taking an 11½-4½ lead into Sunday’s remaining day.
It was the primary time both aspect had held a seven-point lead earlier than the ultimate day, and Europe solely wanted three factors to clinch victory.
No aspect had ever come again from greater than a four-point deficit to triumph, however the USA staged an outstanding fightback to claw themselves again into rivalry.
Nevertheless, Europe simply managed to carry on to safe their first away win for the reason that ‘Miracle at Medinah’ in 2012.
“As a variety of different sports activities folks on this room know, it is an honour to be part of these groups,” mentioned Rory McIlroy as he collected the award for Group Europe alongside Tommy Fleetwood.
McIlroy, who won BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025, added: “We’re up right here as two of the 12 gamers. We additionally had the captain, vice captain and the entire backroom staff – we couldn’t have achieved what we did with out all of them.”
