The Irtysh Herald
Match19 Aug 2026
Irtysh bow out of the cup
Kairat go through and Irtysh go home, 0‑0 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Market24 Aug 2026
Irtysh say no — this time
The offer from Okzhetpes for Nurali Vorogovskiy 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Nurbol Islamkhan 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 The request is on a desk at Irtysh, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Irtysh
Achraf Lazaar 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.
Match19 Aug 2026
3 matches without a goal for Irtysh
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Irtysh training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marat Baizhanov 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Achraf Lazaar
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Irtysh will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
The kick that got away from Achraf Lazaar
Twelve yards, a goalkeeper guessing, and it still did not go in. He will take the next one, and every soul in the ground will hold their breath.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Talgat Tymoshchuk signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Talgat Tymoshchuk commits to Irtysh for another 3 years.
In brief
- Player ratings Askhat Baizhanov runs at them all day
- Market The Abzal Zainutdinov story refuses to die
- Market Marat Nurgaliev is free to find somewhere else