The Tskhinvali Post
Match12 Aug 2026
Cup progress for Tskhinvali
A 1‑0 win over Shukura, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Market17 Aug 2026
Tskhinvali say no — this time
The offer from Dinamo Batumi for Arturo Toscano 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Guram Kobiashvili at 21 — 7.68
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Guram Kobiashvili did not need any: 7.68, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Tskhinvali
Arturo Toscano 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Tskhinvali training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Khvicha Kashia 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Tskhinvali get the job done against Samtredia
A 2‑1 win over Samtredia, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Rui Monteiro
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Guram Janelidze
“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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Rui Monteiro at his very best
Marked 8.06. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Tskhinvali.
In brief
- Market Still no ink between Tskhinvali and Emil Yanchev
- Squad Archil Mchedlidze signs on for more
- Market Revaz Janelidze is free to find somewhere else