The Shukura Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
Temur Kvaratskhelia damages knee ligaments — 33 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 33 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Shukura
Filip Pajović 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Shukura training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yuriy Kravchuk 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Shukura against Zugdidi
0‑2 to Zugdidi, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Mikhail Philippov
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market10 Aug 2026
Shukura and Luka Nemsadze are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
In brief
- Market Shukura sign Shota Kiteishvili, one for the future
- Market A long bet from Shukura on Otar Chakvetadze
- Market Shukura sign Archil Kashia, one for the future
- Player ratings Piruz Gabitashvili never got going