European captain Catrin Nilsmark decides to put her form players at the top of the order to try and get points on the board

World number one Annika Sorenstam secures Europe's fourth point of the morning singles with a 3&2 win over Angela Stanford

Scot Catriona Matthew earns the crucial winning point on the 17th green, comfortably defeating Rosie Jones 3&1

The scoreboard tells the story of the match as Europe win five of the first seven singles matches to regain the trophy

Carin Koch congratulates Swede Sorenstam, who helps anchor Europe to an emphatic victory in her home country

Joy for the Europe as they win the Solheim Cup for only the third time on the eight occasions in the tournament's history

Sorenstam shows off a T-shirt bearing the winners' names and signed by all 12 members of the victorious European team

Losing US captain Patty Sheehan is consoled by her European counterpart Nilsmark after Europe's victory by 17� to 10�

Nilsmark, having sunk the winning putt for Europe as a player in 1992, emerges victorious in her first Solheim Cup as captain

Europe win their second Solheim Cup in the last three contests and claim their first success outside of Scotland