The KDV Tomsk Herald
Squad19 Jul 2027
A fracture rules Nikita Shulkin out for 124 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason KDV Tomsk will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match17 Jul 2027
KDV Tomsk win it in stoppage time
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 91th minute. Khimik will replay every second of the added time for a week.
Market19 Jul 2027
Arseny Chernyshev asks to leave KDV Tomsk
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match17 Jul 2027
Nobody wants to play KDV Tomsk right now
3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Tempers go at KDV Tomsk
Alexandr Nesterov 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.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
2 academy players handed senior numbers at KDV Tomsk
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.
Match17 Jul 2027
KDV Tomsk make home a hard place to visit
9 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
The terraces19 Jul 2027
KDV Tomsk supporters have found a favourite in Fedot Shevtsov
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 15-year-old it feels ownership of. Fedot Shevtsov has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market19 Jul 2027
Rodion Ragulin steps up from the KDV Tomsk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rodion Ragulin 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.
In brief
- Market KDV Tomsk promote Timofey Antonov from within
- Squad Alexandr Nesterov gets it from the manager
- Match KDV Tomsk find a way past Khimik