As 2025 attracts to an in depth, it’s time to look again on the 12 months’s greatest feats.
Teams broke information, people etched their identify into the historical past books and skiers pulled off unbelievable backflips that most individuals may solely dream of.
There have been so many unbelievable triumphs and moments captured, however it might be unattainable to incorporate all of them. So here’s a number of 25 to inform the story of the 12 months in pictures …
Early bathe for Sirianni
The Kansas City Chiefs headed into Super Bowl LIX seeking to change into the primary staff in the Super Bowl period to win three in a row. The Philadelphia Eagles rapidly put a cease to that. The Eagles had been so dominant in their 40-22 victory that with three minutes left on the clock they began the celebrations early with the normal Gatorade tub for head coach Nick Sirianni.
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Gauff’s wonderful Grand Slam
Coco Gauff battled again from a set all the way down to defeat Aryna Sabalenka 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-4 and win her first French Open title and second Grand Slam singles title following her U.S. Open triumph in 2023. Her outfit would wish a dry cleansing.
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An all-time MLB traditional
One of the closest performs of the outstanding World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays occurred when Isiah Kiner-Falefa was compelled out at dwelling plate by catcher Will Smith, with many questioning if Kiner-Falefa should have taken a larger lead off third base. It was one of many essential moments because the Dodgers received 5-4 in the greatest Game 7 in World Series history.
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PSG lastly pounce
A Champions League title had eluded Paris Saint-Germain regardless of the huge sums poured into the serial Ligue 1 champions by Qatari backers. That was till PSG confronted Inter in the 2025 last and produced probably the most one-sided result in European Cup history, beating the Italians 5-0. Marquinhos (pictured), who has been on the membership since 2013 and performed in the 2020 Champions League last defeat by Bayern Munich, led the trophy raise.
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Kelly kicks off the celebrations
A sequence of unlikely late targets all through the match helped England attain last of Euro 2025, the place they defeated world champions Spain on penalties, because of the decisive kick from Chloe Kelly (under) in the shootout. It was England’s second successive European Championship title.
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Down however not out…
New Zealand runner Geordie Beamish slipped through the 3,000 metres steeplechase heats on the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. As he hit the deck, he was met by the foot of Canadian Jean-Simon Desgagnes. Beamish recovered, certified for the ultimate and ended up successful gold — New Zealand’s first observe gold medal on the world championships.
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Revenge is nice
UConn avenged its 2022 nationwide championship defeat by the hands of South Carolina by beating the Gamecocks, 83-59, to win the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship. Azzi Fudd (pictured) and Sarah Strong every scored 24 factors because the Huskies received their twelfth title and first since 2016.
(C. Morgan Engel / NCAA Photos by way of Getty Images)
Fields of gold
After taking two Olympic titles final summer time, world champion Remco Evenepoel, aka the “Aero Bullet,” received the person time trial through the Tour de France. It was the Belgian’s golden second, with an identical bike body, laptop, helmet and wheat fields. But that was nearly as good because it obtained after he abandoned the race on Stage 14. Tadej Pogačar won the 2025 title, capturing his fourth Tour de France with a last time of 76:00:32.
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Jota’s funeral
Diogo Jota and his brother, Andre Silva, died in a car accident in Spain in July. As the Liverpool gamers Virgil van Dijk and Andrew Robertson attended the brothers’ funeral in Gondomar, Portugal, they held wreaths with a “20” to mark Jota’s shirt quantity and a “30” for Silva’s.
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Mountain excessive
Kaila Kuhn obtained some unbelievable air time because the United States retained the aerials staff title on the World Freestyle and Snowboard Championships in St Moritz, Switzerland, in March. She joined Quinn Dehlinger and Christopher Lillis to attain 344.63 factors, 32 greater than second-place Ukraine.
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Triple triumph
Team USA sprinter Melissa Jefferson-Wooden received the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay on the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. She grew to become the primary American — and second feminine sprinter (after Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in 2013) — to attain the feat.
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Pain recreation
The Oklahoma City Thunder concluded a dominant season by beating the Indiana Pacers in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton left the sport in the primary quarter after tearing his Achilles tendon, and the Thunder received, 103-91, to safe their first title since relocating from Seattle in 2008.
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Master McIlroy
Rory McIlroy received his first Masters title and have become simply the sixth man in historical past to finish a profession Grand Slam, 11 years after his first main championship. What’s the look on his face? Relief? Joy? Satisfaction?
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Gotham glory, crushed Spirit
No. 8 seed Gotham FC beat No. 2 seed Washington Spirit 1-0 to win the NWSL Championship. This picture, moments after Rose Lavelle’s winner secured her aspect’s second successive title, completely captures the distinction between the enjoyment Gotham felt and Spirit’s desolation.
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A uncommon double bagel
Iga Świątek defeated Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to win Wimbledon. It was the primary time in the match’s historical past that victory got here in the ultimate with no participant successful a single recreation, the dreaded “double bagel.”
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Gators chunk
Alijah Martin threw it down vs. Auburn in the NCAA Men’s Final Four because the Florida Gators headed toward the national championship. The dunk in itself is spectacular sufficient, however simply have a look at the enjoyment on the faces of his teammates.
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Freeze body
Jasmina Suter competed in the ladies’s downhill on the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in Cortina D’Ampezzo. The Swiss solely ranked 71st general however left us with an nearly excellent image.
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Lift off!
The College Football Playoff expanded to 12 groups for the primary time in 2025. And similar to in 2014, when the Playoff was established with 4 groups, the Ohio State Buckeyes had been the first to win the championship. Wide receiver Jeremiah Smith had 5 receptions for 88 yards and a landing — under — to assist defeat Notre Dame, 34-23.
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Wilson the winner
A’Ja Wilson helped the Las Vegas Aces sweep the Phoenix Mercury, 4-0 in a best-of-7 sequence, to win their third WNBA title in the previous 4 years. Wilson capped off a dominant season, which noticed her win a file fourth WNBA MVP award, her third WNBA Defensive Player of the Year and her second WNBA Finals MVP.
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A brand new NHL dynasty?
Hockey’s greatest prize returned to Florida after the Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers, 5-1, in Game 6 to win the Stanley Cup. The Panthers (2024, 2025) joined the Tampa Bay Lightning (2020, 2021) and Pittsburgh Penguins (2016, 2017) because the only teams to go back-to-back in the wage cap period.
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Hammer blow
Terence Crawford landed an enormous punch on Saul “Canelo” Álvarez on his strategy to turning into the undisputed super middleweight champion by unanimous resolution in Las Vegas in September.
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Eyes on the prize
Alex Carey (left) and Marnus Labuschagne of Australia each went for a similar ball to dismiss England’s Gus Atkinson through the second Ashes Test in Brisbane. The wicketkeeper took the catch through the dwelling aspect’s second dominant win to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five sequence.
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Tennis swing
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner confronted one another in three of the 4 males’s Grand Slam finals in 2025. Alcaraz received the French Open and US Open (pictured under, celebrating with a golf swing, in fact), whereas Sinner defeated the Spaniard in the Wimbledon last and likewise overcame Alexander Zverev to win the Australian Open. The two tennis heavyweights cut up the 4 Slams equally in a rivalry that appears set to dominate the game for years.
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The proper components
“This is not my world championship. This is ours.” Those had been the phrases of Lando Norris after the Briton received his first Formula One world title Sunday in the ultimate race of the season in Abu Dhabi. As the celebration image under exhibits, he had many individuals to thank in the McLaren staff.
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In the pink …
It lastly all got here collectively for Inter Miami. The franchise picked up its first MLS Cup, with Lionel Messi on the forefront of the motion with 15 aim contributions (six targets, 9 assists) in six playoff matches. The 3-1 victory over Vancouver additionally made David Beckham the primary individual to win the title as a participant and proprietor.
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