Russia have won the ice hockey World Championship, dethroning the hosts Canada 5-4 in a dramatic final.

With the game tied 4-4 after three periods, Ilya Kovalchuk scored the winner in the overtime to end Russia’s 15-year gold medal drought.

The loss denied Canada their bid to become the first host nation to capture the title since the Soviet Union’s victory in Moscow in 1986. Read the full story