The Nart Gazette
Squad19 Jul 2027
Ratmir Mashezov breaks a bone — 26 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 26 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match17 Jul 2027
No end in sight to Nart's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Nart has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Alexandr Olenev 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 Nart this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Nart
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
Nart counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Nart now.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words at Nart training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Aslan Dashaev 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Yegor Solovyov steps up from the Nart academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Yegor Solovyov has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market19 Jul 2027
Nart promote Arseniy Lobanov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Arseniy Lobanov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market19 Jul 2027
One of our own: Tikhon Berezhnoy joins the Nart first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tikhon Berezhnoy is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Vladlen Fokin steps up from the Nart academy
- Squad Anar Panaev has improved at 27, which nobody expected
- Match Nart and Sochi 2 take a point apiece