The Shakhter Gazette
Match8 Aug 2026
Shakhter run riot against Akzhaiyk
3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Roman Akbashev scores twice — 8.24
Two goals and a mark of 8.24 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Igor' Shatskii 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 Shakhter this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Shakhter rebuffed over Po'latxo'ja Xoldorxonov
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Andijon have kept their man, and Shakhter go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Shakhter promote Talgat Logvinenko from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Talgat Logvinenko 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Shakhter promote Maxim Abiken from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Maxim Abiken 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Shakhter promote Baktiyor Postnikov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Baktiyor Postnikov 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Talgat Kuat joins the Shakhter first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Talgat Kuat is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Roman Akbashev has outgrown this division
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Shakhter know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Squad Roman Akbashev finally opens his account
- Player ratings Alexandr Gagloev runs at them all day