Alex Ovechkin will be back at FC Dynamo’s stadium on Friday but this time he won’t be throwing a body check on a defender or scoring any goals.
The Capitals captain will be in attendance to help the historic club celebrate its 100th birthday. FC Dynamo will play FC Fakel Voronezh in Russian Premier League action on the club’s big day.
By Chris Cerullo 5 months ago
Alex Ovechkin was back on a soccer field on Saturday but this time he wasn’t bowling over a defender or scoring a goal.
The Capitals captain was in attendance to help kick off a Moscow derby between his favored Dynamo side and their historical rivals Spartak. Along with him for the ceremonial first kick was recent Dynamo hockey academy graduate Yaromir Suslov.
By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago
Photos via FC Anzhi Makhachkala’s official site
For a lot of us, Makhachkala, Dagestan would have been a pretty safe answer to the question “Where in the world will you not find Alex Ovechkin this summer?” Apparently, a lot of us would have been wrong, as Alex the Great made a surprise appearance during halftime of a soccer match between the Russian Premier League club Anzhi and the defending Russian champions Zenit Saint Petersburg. The local team, Anzhi, honored their guest by presenting him with a traditional Dagestani burka (cape) and papakha (wool hat), as well as the Anzhi supporters scarf. All of these items fit extremely well with one ever-present feature of Alex summer wardrobe — his flip-flops, as reported live by the official Zenit Twitter. Ovi was received with a deafening roar from the stands, with the soccer-themed chants temporarily replaced by the famous Russian hockey call of “Shaibu-Shaibu!”
By Igor Kleyner 12 years ago
