MILAN — The NHL’s return to the Olympics this year is the closest the world has come to international best-on-best hockey in more than a decade, but it isn’t quite that. Russia’s absence from the ...

The race for dual- and triple-nationality talents has ignited in world football in recent years. African national teams have become accustomed to securing some of the most promising names graduating ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia --Team Russia coach Oleg Znarok senses a trend. Since the 23-man rosters for the World Cup of Hockey 2016 were announced May 27, six of the eight teams have needed to replace at ...

MILAN(AP) — Before he became teammates in the NHL and won the Stanley Cup with Alex Ovechkin on the Washington Capitals, T.J. Oshie shined on the global stage with his shootout heroics that helped the ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia-- The wealth of talented forwards on Team Russia can sometimes make its goaltender's job pretty simple. In most games, it is going to score enough to win as long the goalie ...