Marked for Archil Kiteishvili
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market25 Jan 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Tskhinvali can pretend not to have heard.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Jaba Janelidze 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
The name of Aleksandre Kiteishvili has come up in conversations Tskhinvali were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market18 Jan 2027
“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 The request is on a desk at Tskhinvali, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Dato Okriashvili 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
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market4 Jan 2027
“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 The request is on a desk at Tskhinvali, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad4 Jan 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Tskhinvali this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market4 Jan 2027
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Archil Kiteishvili has his answer from Tskhinvali; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market23 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Tskhinvali can pretend not to have heard.
Squad23 Nov 2026
41 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad23 Nov 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 Tskhinvali this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Loan watch23 Nov 2026
“I did not go to Sapovnela to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 14 matches say the rest.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Zurab Chakvetadze trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market16 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad16 Nov 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 Tskhinvali this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Loan watch16 Nov 2026
“I did not go to Merani to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 14 matches say the rest.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Marked 5.67, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market16 Nov 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Davit Mchedlidze may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market19 Oct 2026
“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 Tskhinvali, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Jaba Janelidze 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.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.00, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Loan watch19 Oct 2026
“I watch every Tskhinvali game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Merani runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Market19 Oct 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Aleksandre Qazaishvili may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Market19 Oct 2026
The name of Saba Shengelia keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tskhinvali say nothing, which says plenty.