Marked for Arshia Sarshogh
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad23 Nov 2026
Arshia Sarshogh: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sharjah have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Defensive actions: 23, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
21 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Luan Pereira in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sharjah this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match21 Nov 2026
Three points for Sharjah, 2‑0 the final word against Al Ahli in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
A defender's afternoon for Majed Hassan
Defensive actions: 17. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market31 Aug 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Sharjah, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market31 Aug 2026
Al Ahli pay $300.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Majid Rashid in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sharjah this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
Sharjah say no — this time
The offer from Al Dhafra for Abdalla Ghanim 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Caio Lucas in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sharjah this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Majid Rashid and Sharjah agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Majid Rashid
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market10 Aug 2026
24 months and counting on Caio Lucas
Still no offer on the table, and Caio Lucas’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Market10 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
In brief
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Squad
Words at Sharjah training over how hard people work
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Market
Arshia Sarshogh is free to find somewhere else