Aleksey Sysoev

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21 Jan 2027
Thursday
Process

Marked for Aleksey Sysoev

23 Edition

The Niva Courier

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Dmitriy Sibilev 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 Niva this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Niva training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Artem Kuratnik is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad

No hiding place for Igor Monich

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Igor Monich, and the manager let it.

In brief

Back issues
23 Edition

The Slutsk Post

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Artem Tolkin breaks a bone — 87 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 87 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Ilya Tishurov: 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.” Slutsk have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Vladislav Fedosov 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 Slutsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Slutsk training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Diamantis Chouchoumis is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market

A long bet from Slutsk on Maxim Mardas

He is 20, and nobody at Slutsk signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

Market

A long bet from Slutsk on Timofey Khomanko

He is 19, and nobody at Slutsk signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

In brief

5 Edition

The Niva Courier

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Matvey Kudryavtsev puts it in writing

“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 Niva, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Matvey Kudryavtsev gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Matvey Kudryavtsev has just signed for Niva, and for once the answer mattered.

Boardroom

Niva to lose Aleksey Sysoev for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Aleksey Sysoev has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

Squad

Dmitriy Sibilev 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 Niva this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Roman Kozel

Defensive actions: 22. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Match

Whatever happens, Niva do not lose

6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

The terraces

Niva supporters have found a favourite in Alexandr Martysevich

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 19-year-old it feels ownership of. Alexandr Martysevich has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match

Igor Monich sends Niva past Osipovichi

It finished 1‑0, and it was Igor Monich’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Niva.

Squad

Words at Niva training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Artem Gonzhurov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

In brief