The Irtysh Herald
Market31 Aug 2026
Okzhetpes 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Aibol Nurgaliev hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Irtysh can pretend not to have heard.
Squad31 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Erbol Abiken
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Erbol Abiken, and the manager let it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Irtysh training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Erbol Taykenov 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Irtysh count the cost of losing Azat Nuserbayev
16 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Irtysh
Ädilkhan Taňzharyqov 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.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Erbol Abiken in it
- Market Ordabasy Taykenov told to find a new club