The Lokomotiv Gomel Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mikita Yablonski stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Mikita Yablonski and Lokomotiv Gomel agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Lokomotiv Gomel
Yuri Gordeichuk 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Ivan Noyok
“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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
The afternoon belonged to Mikita Yablonski
A mark of 6.99, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Maksim Kislyak runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mikita Yablonski 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Lokomotiv Gomel draw a blank against Volna Pinsk
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Volna Pinsk defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Market10 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Lokomotiv Gomel and Ivan Kendysh
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market10 Aug 2026
The Ivan Volodko question follows Lokomotiv Gomel around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Ivan Volodko’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
In brief
- Market Andrei Hryshyn goes looking for football
- Market Uladzimir Noyok goes out on loan