The Smorgon Herald
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Teo Žiković rejects the move
Smorgon had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Istra 1961, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Smorgon
Daniil Perov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Roman Yanushkovskiy
Smorgon asked and Irtysh said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Great Agbo will join Smorgon for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Great Agbo has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Smorgon have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Smorgon training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Maxim Azarko is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ihar Palitsevich joins the Smorgon first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ihar Palitsevich is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Andrei Rios joins the Smorgon first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andrei Rios is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Smorgon promote Yahor Palitsevich from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Yahor Palitsevich has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Maksim Hryshyn steps up from the Smorgon academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Maksim Hryshyn has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Match Gomel take the points off Smorgon
- Squad The formation has left Dmitriy Fedortsov behind
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Egor Babich