Marked for Yeldos Beysebekov
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market30 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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Akzhaiyk
Roman Yemeljanov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad30 Nov 2026
25 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad16 Nov 2026
A fracture rules Roman Yemeljanov out for 16 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Akzhaiyk will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Roman Yemeljanov 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Akzhaiyk
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Yeldos Beysebekov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad2 Nov 2026
31 days out for Roman Yemeljanov after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Akzhaiyk will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market2 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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Nurbol Tymoshchuk and Akzhaiyk agree another 3 years.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad19 Oct 2026
45 days out for Roman Yemeljanov after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Akzhaiyk will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Yeldos Beysebekov and Akzhaiyk agree another 3 years.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Roman Yemeljanov 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
Steady
Squad5 Oct 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 59 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market5 Oct 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Akzhaiyk
Roman Yemeljanov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad5 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Akzhaiyk
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Yeldos Beysebekov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yeldos Beysebekov, and the manager let it.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Yuri Ovchinnikov and Akzhaiyk agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.