Marked for Alvis Kamess
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad18 Jan 2027
A fracture rules Alvis Kamess out for 68 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Skonto will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Skonto
Nikita Rugins 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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Words at Skonto training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Eduards Fertovs 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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
The manager has not finished forgetting Igors Stolcers's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
Market18 Jan 2027
Metta/LU are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Skonto will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Market18 Jan 2027
A season-long look at somebody else’s player: Marcis Stolcers arrives from Jelgava with something to prove and a return ticket in the drawer. Good loans make everybody richer; this one starts Saturday.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad11 Jan 2027
Alvis Kamess breaks a bone — 76 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 76 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Skonto
Nikita Fertovs 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Words at Skonto training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Igors Stolcers 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.
Market11 Jan 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Skonto have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Fabián Borges and Skonto agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market11 Jan 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Skonto will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad4 Jan 2027
Alvis Kamess breaks a bone — 83 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 83 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market4 Jan 2027
Skonto say no — this time
The offer from Jelgava for Olegs Dubra 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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Skonto
Nikita Rugins 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.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad28 Dec 2026
Alvis Kamess breaks a bone — 92 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 92 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad28 Dec 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Olegs Jurkovskis and Skonto agree another 4 years.
Squad28 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Skonto this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad21 Dec 2026
A fracture rules Alvis Kamess out for 100 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Skonto will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Igors Stolcers 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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Igors Stolcers's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad14 Dec 2026
A fracture rules Alvis Kamess out for 109 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Skonto will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Skonto
Nikita Fertovs 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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Kaspars Savalnieks and Skonto agree another 3 years.
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Squad
Words at Skonto training over how hard people work
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad7 Dec 2026
Alvis Kamess breaks a bone — 117 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 117 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad7 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Skonto this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Words at Skonto training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nikita Savalnieks 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.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad30 Nov 2026
A fracture rules Alvis Kamess out for 125 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Skonto will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Skonto
Nikita Fertovs 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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Words at Skonto training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Igors Stolcers 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.