The Torpedo Kutaisi Courier
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Nodar Lominadze
Successful dribbles: 32. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market3 Aug 2026
Torpedo Kutaisi say no — this time
The offer from Adana Demirspor for Sori Mané was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad3 Aug 2026
An unwelcome headline for Nodar Lominadze
He will be fined, he will apologise, and he will play on Saturday. The order of those three tells you everything about what a football club actually values.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Giorgi Arabidze stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Giorgi Arabidze and Torpedo Kutaisi agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Torpedo Kutaisi
Giorgi Arabidze 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Training ground row involving Nodar Lominadze
Tempers went at Torpedo Kutaisi this week. Nothing a hard session and a quiet word cannot repair, though the story got out all the same.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Felipe Pires
Marked 8.15 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Giorgi Arabidze's contract
49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Match1 Aug 2026
Torpedo Kutaisi and Tskhinvali take a point apiece
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
In brief
- Market No place for Oto Goshadze in the plan
- Market Talks stall between Torpedo Kutaisi and Warley
- Player ratings The referee tires of Vladimer Mamuchashvili