The Tskhinvali Post
Market31 Aug 2026
Irakli Zivzivadze 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 The request is on a desk at Tskhinvali, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match29 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for Tskhinvali
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Tskhinvali are no longer polite ones.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Vakhtang Arveladze
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Luka Nozadze 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.
Match29 Aug 2026
Tskhinvali are shipping goals every week
Two or more conceded in each of the last 4 matches. It is not one mistake repeating itself, which would be the easier thing to fix; it is a different one every week.
Squad31 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Tikhon Shishov
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Tikhon Shishov, and the manager let it.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Shota Daraselia at his very best
Marked 8.32. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Tskhinvali.
Match29 Aug 2026
Honours even between Tskhinvali and Lokomotivi
2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Sandro Arveladze signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sandro Arveladze commits to Tskhinvali for another 3 years.
In brief
- Market The Jaba Daraselia conversation is coming
- Squad Luka Nozadze knocks on the manager’s door
- Market Still no signature from Danilo Cecconi