Ovechkin was born in Moscow and is from a family of athletes -- his mother was a prominent former basketball player in the Soviet Union, while his father played football for Dynamo Moscow.

Ovechkin, 39, was born in Moscow in 1985, just six years before the Soviet Union collapsed, and began his career at the Dynamo Moscow club. The son of a two-time women's Olympic basketball ...

Ovechkin was born in Moscow and is from a family of athletes -- his mother was a prominent former basketball player in the Soviet Union, while his father played football for Dynamo Moscow. He debuted ...