2025 was a year for sports at national level that was far from just living off individual success. The press conferences also left their mark, with the roller hockey team regaining the European title that had eluded them for three editions and Sporting winning their first club world title. In handball, the Heroes of the Sea were on the podium in a historic world championship and the basketball and volleyball teams returned to the Euro and World Cup, respectively, after years of absence. In canoeing, Fernando Pimenta never tires of getting on the podium and Vasco Vilaça also got his medal in the triathlon world championship. Francisco Cabral ended the year as 20th in the ATP pairs ranking, while Miguel Oliveira left the hope of returning to MotoGP up in the air. By conceding a goal with 19 seconds remaining, Portugal was beaten by France, 35-34 (19-17), in the bronze game of the 29th Handball World Cup. Even so, the bitter 4th place, with only one more defeat, in the semi-final against Denmark (40-27), who were champions, the National Team recorded the best classification ever in six participations in the event. Francisco Costa (54 goals) was chosen as Best Young Player. In the 56th European Championship, held in Paredes, which even began with three defeats for Portugal in the group stage, a goal from Rafael Bessa (he had already opened the scoring in the 14th minute) in the last minute of the final against France, closed the score at 4-1 and guaranteed the Seleção its 22nd title in the championship, three more than Spain, launching a celebration that had not been celebrated since the Oliveira de Azemeis-2016 edition. Thirty minutes and one point difference (52-51) was the Linces' maximum resistance in the round of 16 of the 42nd EuroBasket against world champion Germany, ending with an 85-58 defeat on the Germans' path to the title. In the event for the fourth time, Portugal, then 56th in the world rankings (27th continental) and which finished in 15th place, had passed the group stage and recorded two victories. The second minute of extra time was still running when Alessandro Verona, who had made it 1-0 in the 12th minute, broke the 2-2 tie and secured the 3-2 victory against Barcelona and Sporting's first title in the Club World Cup in roller hockey. Edition in San Juan (Argentina), and in which Barcelos also reached the podium by defeating the Argentines from Centro Valenciano (10-4). Returning to a World Cup, 23 years later, on September 22, Portugal said goodbye to the championship in the Philippines after losing against Bulgaria (0-3), who would go on to be runners-up. A 16th place that, with the victories against Cuba (3-1) and Colombia (3-2) in the group stage, left a very good image in the tournament and promise of growth, but was unable to overcome 8th place in the Argentina-2002 edition. Despite the delay in entering the race segment, Vasco Vilaça gritted his teeth and crossed the finish line of the final of the triathlon World Championship circuit, in Wollongong (Australia), in 5th place. A position that, in addition to the three silver medals won in Yokohama, Hamburg and the French Riviera, kept him in 3rd place in the ranking (3690.12 pts) and secured world bronze. Betting, in April, on a partnership with the Austrian Lucas Miedler (24th), on November 3rd Francisco Cabral became, at 28 years old, the best Portuguese tennis player ever in an ATP ranking, reaching 20th position in doubles. 56 fewer than in 2024. He was a semifinalist at Roland Garros, played the quarters of the Australian Open, won the ATP 250 in Gstaad, Hangzhou and Athens and played in the finals in Vienna and Wiston-Salem. It wasn't the triple podium as he wanted and had happened in Duisburg-2023 (1+1+1), but, at 36 years old, Fernando Pimenta did not fail to secure the bronze in the K1 1000m at the Milan Speed World Championship. A month later, at the World Marathon Championships in Gyor, he took gold in the short distance K1 and K2, with José Ramalho (he was bronze in K1). Three months earlier he had already won both titles at the European Championship in Ponte de Lima, On November 16, after finishing the Valencia Community Grand Prix in 11th position, the last race of 2025, Miguel Oliveira (Pramac Yahama) obtained his third best classification of the season and finished the MotoGP World Championship in 20th (43 pts). For now, he is taking a break from seven seasons in the premier class of speed motorcycling, in which he won five races and reached the podium twice. After having won six, including Portugal, of the 11 races he participated in (he only did not reach the podium in one) of the 14 stages that made up the World Rally Championship, on November 29th, it was enough for the Frenchman Sébastien Ogier (Toyota GR Yaris), with Vincent Landais, to finish 3rd in the Saudi Arabian Rally to become champion for the ninth time and equal his compatriot Sébastien Loeb with the most titled people of all time.