The Tskhinvali Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Tskhinvali say no — this time
The offer from Samtredia for Levan Gamsakhurdia was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A debut to forget for Lasha Gamsakhurdia — 5.68
Every first appearance is one of two stories, and this was the harder one: 5.68, and a long walk to the tunnel. The second appearance is the one that decides what the first one meant.
Market10 Aug 2026
Avtandil Kobiashvili asks to leave Tskhinvali
“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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Davit Daraselia signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Davit Daraselia commits to Tskhinvali for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Tskhinvali
Davit Daraselia and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Tskhinvali training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Saba Kvaratskhelia 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Levan Gamsakhurdia gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Tskhinvali against Sapovnela
0‑1 to Sapovnela, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Davit Daraselia was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 18. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
In brief
- The dugout Vakhtang Arveladze answers for it
- The dugout Saba Kvaratskhelia knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout Tskhinvali pick somebody else ahead of Vakhtang Kvilitaia