The Obod Sentinel
Market14 Sep 2026
Abdulla Ismailov 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 The request is on a desk at Obod, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Obod training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Odil Ahmedov 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.
The terraces14 Sep 2026
The crowd has taken to Odil Ahmedov
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match12 Sep 2026
Obod see off Qizilqum
Three points for Obod, 2‑0 the final word against Qizilqum in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A masterclass from Odil Ahmedov
Marked 8.14 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Mirzo Akhmedov in the eights
A performance of 8.04 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Otabek Shomurodov 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 Obod this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Dostonbek Ganiev makes his debut at 17
At 17 years old, Dostonbek Ganiev became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
Market14 Sep 2026
Rustam Tukhtasinov linked with a move away
The name of Rustam Tukhtasinov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Obod say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- Squad The plan did not have a place for Eldor Urunov
- Market The window shut and Eldor Urunov is still in the building