The Taraz Herald
Match12 Aug 2026
Merei Zhambyl sends Taraz through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Merei Zhambyl obliged against Atyrau. 2‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Taraz.
Market17 Aug 2026
Olzhas Ädil asks to leave Taraz
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market17 Aug 2026
Taraz turn down Astana for Dias Lesbek
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market17 Aug 2026
Only the photograph left for Sanzhar Kemelbek
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Sanzhar Kemelbek will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Taraz the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Merei Zhambyl, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 7.65
A mark of 7.65 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Taraz go back to the board over Rinat Kuat
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $17.1K — a club that wants Rinat Kuat enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No thanks: Talğat Kusiapov rejects the move
Taraz had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Aktobe, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Sanzhar Kemelbek has agreed to leave Taraz for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Taraz
Madiiar Nūraly 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets Taraz baulk at the price for Rinat Kuat
- Transfer targets Taraz rebuffed over Islambek Zainutdinov
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Merei Zhambyl