The Akzhaiyk Sentinel
Market3 Aug 2026
Yerkebulan Postnikov 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 The request is on a desk at Akzhaiyk, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Yerkebulan Postnikov
Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Yerkebulan Postnikov in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Akzhaiyk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Baurzhan Vorogovskiy signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Baurzhan Vorogovskiy commits to Akzhaiyk for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Akzhaiyk training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vladlen Gorbachev 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
Shakhter take the points off Akzhaiyk
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Danila Grigoryev 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Baurzhan Vorogovskiy's contract
24 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Market3 Aug 2026
Tikhon Lukyanov is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Akzhaiyk has been clear about where Tikhon Lukyanov stands, which is more than many ever get.
In brief
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Nurbol Dosmagambetov
- Market Akzhaiyk put Abzal Islamkhan up for sale
- Player ratings Timur Nuserbayev ran the game