The Minsk Courier
Squad14 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Minsk
Alexandr Gutor and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market14 Dec 2026
Artem Pavlov steps up from the Minsk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Artem Pavlov 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.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
When it matters, Alexandr Ksenofontov plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Egor Zubovich knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Minsk, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Artem Malashko falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Prokhor Sheremet gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Squad Questions about Artem Malashko on the training pitch
- The dugout The manager comes out for Maksim Malevich
- Squad Dmitriy Drobyshevskiy back in training