The Tskhinvali Post
Market3 Aug 2026
Archil Mikautadze 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 The request is on a desk at Tskhinvali, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Tskhinvali
Archil Lobjanidze 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
Vakhtang Arveladze stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Vakhtang Arveladze and Tskhinvali agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Tskhinvali training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Guga Palavandishvili 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Goga Mikautadze 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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Archil Lobjanidze runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Market No place for Mikheil Daraselia in the plan
- Market Tskhinvali bring in an old head
- Match Point won or two lost for Tskhinvali?
- Market Luka Nozadze joins Tskhinvali on a free