Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin continues to stay on pace to pass Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goal record before season's end. Ovechkin, 39, entered this season needing 42 goals to break ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Haílton Corrêa de Arruda, the Brazilian goalkeeper better known as Manga who won four league titles with Botafogo and played at the 1966 World Cup, has died, the club ...

It finally happened. Alex Ovechkin passed Wayne Gretzky for the most goals in NHL history. "The GR8 Chase," as it was dubbed for multiple seasons, is officially over. The Washington Capitals ...

Fans of soccer (or football, as the rest of the world calls it) are familiar with the term “own goal,” which refers to a player scoring a point for the opposing team by sending the ball into their own ...

The NHL's most elusive, seemingly unbreakable record has just been toppled, with Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin potting his 895th career goal on Sunday. The tally topped the mark held for ...

Alexis Mac Allister pulverized a soccer ball to create a goal of the season candidate as Liverpool took an early lead over Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday. When we say pulverize, Mac Allister hit a ...

NEW YORK -- Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored goal No. 895 on Sunday, passing Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky to become the NHL's all-time goal scoring leader. Ovechkin netted the record ...

Defenseman Elias Pettersson finally has his first NHL goal. The Vancouver Canucks defender beat Lukáš Dostál 9:40 into Saturday's matinee against the Anaheim Ducks. On the play, Linus Karlsson ...

Liverpool forward Diogo Jota scored his sixth Premier League goal of the campaign Liverpool claimed bragging rights on Merseyside with victory over rivals Everton and edged closer to lifting the ...

EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra is considering options to soften the bloc’s 2040 climate goal as he tries to contain a backlash against Europe’s climate ambitions. The European Commission, the ...

For Alex Ovechkin, scoring the 890th goal of his career wasn't such a sweet moment; in fact, moving five goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record didn't matter much to the 39-year-old ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For Alex Ovechkin, scoring the 890th goal of his career wasn't such a sweet moment; in fact, moving five goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record didn't matter ...