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The Washington Capitals will be without one of their best players for Game 4 against the Boston Bruins, as sniper Nicklas Backstrom was handed a one-game suspension on Tuesday night for a cross-checking incident. The league’s department of player safety made the announcement in a press release, after the forward had a hearing earlier in [...]

The NHL suspended Pittsburgh forward Arron Asham for four games — the remainder of his club’s series with the Philadelphia Flyers — and gave a one-game ban to Penguins teammate James Neal on Tuesday night for separate infractions. Asham was punished after being given a match penalty for attempting to injure Philadelphia forward Brayden Schenn [...]

Getafe came from behind to beat Sevilla 5-1 in the Spanish league on Monday with Nicolas Fedor scoring twice in a second-half goal spree. Nicknamed “Miku,” Fedor struck in the 63rd and 71st minutes as Getafe scored five goals in a game for the first time this season. Sevilla striker Alvaro Negredo scored from a [...]

A Brazilian court has convicted Ronaldinho’s brother and agent of tax evasion and money laundering and sentenced him to more than five years in prison. A federal court said Tuesday that Roberto de Assis Moreira didn’t declare money kept abroad and provided false information while explaining the transfer of funds to Brazil. The sentencing says [...]