Football
Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov: “I followed Ovechkin’s record. I told everyone in the USA that this is our Russian guy.”
The Russian football player of the Sporting Kansas City club Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov admitted on Match TV that he followed Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin on his way to a record in the NHL.
Ovechkin is 40 years old. Last season, the Russian broke Wayne Gretzky’s record and became the best sniper in the history of the NHL regular championships. Currently he has 911 goals. Taking into account the playoffs, Ovechkin (988 goals) is second, behind only Gretzky (1016).
— I followed Ovechkin’s record. I always told everyone in the USA that this is our Russian guy. I’m very happy for him.
Been to American football. People there are crazy about him. I didn’t go to the baseball game. I thought, why go if they don’t hit the ball for an hour,” Suleymanov said on the air of the “Everyone for the Match!” program. on Match TV.
Source: Sportbox
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