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Luke Donald has been confirmed as Europe’s captain for the 2025 Ryder Cup , making the Englishman the first man in nearly three decades to skipper the team in successive editions of the Golf tournament. Donald steered Team Europe to victory in the 2023 Ryder Cup earlier this year , beating Team USA 16½ - 11½ at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome. “I’m delighted and honoured to have been given the chance to lead Team Europe in the Ryder Cup once again,” the 45-year-old said. “Great opportunities don’t come along very often in life and I’m a great believer that when they do, you need to grab them with both hands - this is one of these moments.” It's official 🇪🇺 #TeamEurope | #RyderCup pic.twitter.com/4XXPvlYP7w — Ryder Cup Europe (@RyderCupEurope) November 29, 2023 Who else has repeated as Team Europe captain? Donald, who was also a four-time Ryder Cup winner as a player, is Europe’s first back-to-back captain since Bernard Gallacher , who skippered the team in...

A Greek prosecutor has brought criminal charges against an island ferry captain and three of his crew over the death of a tardy passenger who was pushed by a crew member into the sea as he tried to board the departing vessel ATHENS, Greece -- A Greek prosecutor brought criminal charges Wednesday against an island ferry captain and three of his crew over the death of a tardy passenger whom a crew member pushed into the sea as he tried to board the departing vessel in Greece's main port of Piraeus. One crew member was charged with homicide with possible intent, and the other two with complicity, while the captain was charged with severe breaches of shipping regulations, state-run ERT television reported. Greece’s minister for merchant marine, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, expressed “shock, horror and sorrow” at the incident, and identified the victim as Andonis Kargiotis, 36. The incident late Tuesday, captured on a video and shared on social media, sparked anger across the maritime ...