The Niva Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Niva turn down Smorgon for Dmitriy Sibilev
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Niva
Dmitriy Sibilev and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Niva beat the market to Maxim Aleksievich from Dnepr Mogilev
Dnepr Mogilev will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Maxim Aleksievich has pre-agreed a move to Niva, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Matvey Ivakhnov
Niva asked and Mashuk said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match8 Aug 2026
Dmitriy Galuza sends Niva past Uni-X Labs
It finished 2‑1, and it was Dmitriy Galuza’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Niva.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Kirill Rios joins the Niva first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kirill 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
Niva promote Pavel Shikavka from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pavel Shikavka 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
Niva promote Uladzimir Balanovich from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Uladzimir Balanovich 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Denis Khvostovich signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Denis Khvostovich commits to Niva for another 3 years.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Niva
- Squad No place for Nicolai Spătar in the new shape
- Player ratings Denis Khvostovich stands above it all