The Araks Ararat Herald
Squad12 Oct 2026
Vladimir Khozin 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 Araks Ararat this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Time is catching up with Ivan Markelov
Everybody at Araks Ararat saw it before anybody said it, which is how this always goes. At 38 the decline is real and measurable — 3 points — and the only question left is how the club handles somebody it owes a great deal to.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words at Araks Ararat training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ivan Markelov 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.
Market12 Oct 2026
Edgar Spertsyan steps up from the Araks Ararat academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Edgar Spertsyan 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.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Sergey Mikaelyan
“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.
Market12 Oct 2026
No place for Samvel Zakaryan in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Samvel Zakaryan has his answer from Araks Ararat; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Looking ahead12 Oct 2026
The leaders are next for Araks Ararat
Andranik top the table and they are coming into view. Nothing to lose, which is what every manager says before losing.
Market12 Oct 2026
The Hamlet Asoyan talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Araks Ararat know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Samvel Zakaryan knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Samvel Zakaryan trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad The training reports on Vahan Adloyan are not good
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Vahan Adloyan