The Tskhinvali Post
Squad31 Aug 2026
Dato Janelidze keeps Tskhinvali in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match29 Aug 2026
The wait goes on for Tskhinvali
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market31 Aug 2026
Tornike Mchedlidze puts it in writing
“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 The request is on a desk at Tskhinvali, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market31 Aug 2026
Vakhtang Janelidze moves on
Saburtalo pay $800.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Tskhinvali
Dato Janelidze and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match29 Aug 2026
3 matches without a goal for Tskhinvali
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Dinamo Tbilisi tell Tskhinvali: Halid Doltmourziev is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Dato Janelidze
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Levan Okriashvili
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Market Kakha Mchedlidze attracts admirers
- Match Lokomotivi take the points off Tskhinvali
- Squad Mikheil Shengelia falls out with a teammate over standards