The Irtysh Herald
Match12 Aug 2026
Irtysh bow out of the cup
Okzhetpes go through and Irtysh go home, 1‑3 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Market17 Aug 2026
Astana come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Irtysh did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Ordabasy Logvinenko 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 Irtysh this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Timur Taykenov runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market17 Aug 2026
Talgat Akhmetov attracts admirers
The name of Talgat Akhmetov has come up in conversations Irtysh were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Yerkebulan Baizhanov
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yerkebulan Baizhanov, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad Samat Suyumbayev falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Askhat Nuserbayev stays put
- Market No place for Serikzhan Postnikov in the plan
- Market Kairat Murtazaev runs his contract down