Sept. 17, 1985: Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin is born into a highly successful sporting family. His mother Tatyana Ovechkina, is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and his father, Mikhail Ovechkin ...

Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva held a meeting with athletes on April 16 at the rehearsal of the Alina-2025 festival, where she told why Russian gymnasts decided not to compete at FIG tournaments.

Ovechkin scored a goal—his second of the game—2:26 into the overtime period, the first playoff overtime goal of his illustrious career. After the game, Ovechkin was asked to describe the feeling after ...

Alexander Ovechkin has supplanted Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-time goal scorer. Let that sink in for a moment, because even a few years ago, did it seem possible that anyone, from any era ...

Things you use to mark time − I saw Wayne Gretzky when he was 20, and I saw Alexander Ovechkin when he was 20 − can lead to ulcers. Things you once thought to be sacrosanct − no one will ...

You can find him at X @james_brizuela. Washington Capitals star, Alexander Ovechkin, has officially surpassed the goal record set by Wayne Gretzky in 1999. Gretzky achieved the record in 1,487 ...

Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin broke the long-standing NHL record for goals scored Sunday, eclipsing the mark the legendary Wayne Gretzky set more than 25 years ago. Ovechkin ...

Alexander Ovechkin, the Washington Capitals' captain, has surpassed Wayne Gretzky's long-standing record of 894 NHL goals, now standing at 895. Ovechkin's parents, Tatyana and Mikhail, have been ...

NHL all-time leading goal-scorer Alexander Ovechkin on Monday made an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show. And the 12-time NHL All-Star couldn't have started the interview any more classily if he tried.

Alex Ovechkin added another accomplishment to his illustrious career just over two weeks since breaking Wayne Gretzky's ...

Today’s example comes from Long Island, New York, where Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals scored his 895th NHL goal – breaking the record that Wayne Gretzky had held for three decades.