The Tskhinvali Post
Market3 Aug 2026
Tskhinvali turn down Shukura for Beka Mchedlidze
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Guram Kobiashvili
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Tskhinvali
Giorgi Kashia 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Guram Kobiashvili 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Dinamo Batumi join the queue for Avtandil Arveladze
Add another name to the list: Dinamo Batumi have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Avtandil Arveladze. The answer from Tskhinvali has not changed — yet.
Match1 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Tskhinvali against Torpedo Kutaisi
0‑1 to Torpedo Kutaisi, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Sandro Kvaratskhelia is still paying for one afternoon at Tskhinvali
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
Market3 Aug 2026
No place for Beka Janelidze in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Beka Janelidze has his answer from Tskhinvali; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Sandro Kvaratskhelia asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Player ratings A day to forget for Sandro Kvaratskhelia
- Player ratings Giorgi Lobjanidze spends the afternoon fouling