In an echo of the Cold War, ice hockey has become central to international diplomacy, after it was mentioned by Vladimir ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin revived the Cold War tradition of taking geopolitics onto the ice, suggesting in a call to ...

From diplomatic deadlock to face-offs, 2025 is blurring the lines between politics and play, as Donald Trump's US sanctions ...

Russia remains a rogue player on the international sporting stage. There’s no reason to start playing games with its athletes ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed a series of hockey games between players from ...

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Trump had "expressed support" for Putin's idea to hold ice hockey matches on U.S. and ...

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

Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin engaged in a nearly three-hour phone call on Tuesday to discuss the war in Ukraine ...

Big political issues often insert themselves into hockey whether fans like it or not. It was always this way and will remain ...

In a surprising turn of events, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have discussed the potential for a thrilling hockey series between American and Russian players, ...

The comments came as part of a lengthy call between the world leaders centered around the current conflict in Ukraine.

Putin's love of hockey as his favorite sport is widely known. He attended the Russia-U.S. preliminary round game at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, famously won in a shootout by American T.J. Oshie. The ...