The Tskhinvali Post
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Lasha Ananidze scores twice — 8.08
Two goals and a mark of 8.08 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market10 Aug 2026
Tskhinvali say no — this time
The offer from Lokomotivi for Irakli Gvelesiani 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Lasha Ananidze signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Lasha Ananidze and Tskhinvali agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Tskhinvali
Otar Ananidze 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Tskhinvali find a way past Sapovnela
Sapovnela made Tskhinvali work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Revaz Janelidze
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Shota Janelidze
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Shota Janelidze, and the manager let it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Lasha Ananidze knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Lasha Ananidze trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market10 Aug 2026
No place for Bachana Arveladze in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Bachana Arveladze has his answer from Tskhinvali; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
In brief
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Kakha Janelidze
- Market Tskhinvali send Irakli Kvilitaia out for first-team football
- Market Mamuka Qazaishvili goes out on loan