The wellspring of that discord is the White House, where President Donald Trump has spent months denigrating Canada with 51st ...

Raised in Moscow within the Soviet sports system by parents who were accomplished athletes, Alex Ovechkin was given every ...

The International Ice Hockey Federation will decide in April ... one that includes the Russian team and one that does not. The matter needs to be resolved urgently, because not only the teams ...

Putin's love for ice hockey is no secret; he actively plays the sport and has portrayed himself as a national icon of Russian hockey prowess. The Russian national teams have historically been ...

The notion of a U.S.-Russia hockey series can be perceived as an attempt to foster goodwill through sport. Historically, hockey has served as a platform for diplomacy, illustrated by the iconic 1980 ...

Whether ice hockey can help to "humanise" modern-day Russia more than half a century ... The former central banker donned his national team jersey for the final of the tournament.