KANATA – Like it or not, Alexei Yashin is going to be the Islanders’ most important player, outside of goalie Garth Snow, in this seven-game series against his former team. He has also been the focus ...

The Ottawa Senators have officially dropped their lawsuit against forward Alexei Yashin after reaching a settlement. At the request of the Senators, the NHL withdrew from its arbitration hearing with ...

Among the awards given out each year at the Ballon d'Or gala is the Yashin Trophy, the prize awarded to the best goalkeeper in the world. In 2025, this award will recognise the finest female keepers ...

MOSCOW (AP) — A prominent Russian opposition figure was on Friday sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison after being convicted on charges stemming from his criticism of the Kremlin’s action in Ukraine.

It was a scene straight out of a wedding ceremony. Opposition leaders Ksenia Sobchak and Ilya Yashin, Russia’s most talked-about sweethearts, were holding hands and bouquets of white roses in a tight ...

A Moscow court on Friday sentenced Kremlin critic Ilya Yashin to eight years and six months imprisonment, according to Russian state media RIA Novosti, in a blow to what’s left of the country’s ...

TORONTO – Peter Laviolette asked a team that had looked like it was playing its first playoff game in eight years in Game 1 whether it had come to Toronto “to learn or to dance.” And yesterday ...

Alexei Yashin hasn’t played in an NHL game in four years but is still being paid by the New York Islanders at just over $2.2 million a year and will continue to receive that money for the next four ...

A lot of things done right and a little bit of luck went into the Toronto Maple Leafs' 1-0 overtime win in the opener of their playoff series with the Ottawa Senators. A couple of those things were ...

The greatest goalkeeper of them all, Lev Yashin revolutionised his position and became a hero of the Soviet Union. This summer, the image of him flying high will be seen by millions of people because ...