The Tskhinvali Post
Market19 Oct 2026
Avtandil Janelidze has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Tskhinvali they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Carlo Locatelli falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Tskhinvali
Kakha Chakvetadze 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.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
A promise honoured for Tornike Lobjanidze
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Tskhinvali told Tornike Lobjanidze something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
Loan watch19 Oct 2026
Dato Kvaratskhelia wants to come home
“I did not go to Sioni to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tskhinvali and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 10 matches say the rest.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Avtandil Kiteishvili
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Avtandil Kiteishvili, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout Aleksandre Lobjanidze gets picked when it counts
- Loan watch The clock runs down on Willian Fernandes at Saburtalo
- The dugout Mamuka Mchedlidze keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Revaz Daraselia is out on the grass again