From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at BKMA
Emil Viyachki 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A season on the outside for Sten Reinkort
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at BKMA has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Poghos Krmzyan plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Uneasy
Squad24 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at BKMA this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A season on the outside for Dylan Teves
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at BKMA has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Dylan Teves has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Dylan Teves keeps the shirt for now, at BKMA's convenience rather than his own.
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Crisis
Match12 Aug 2026
BKMA bow out of the cup
Gandzasar go through and BKMA go home, 0‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 26 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at BKMA
Emil Viyachki 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Dylan Teves 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. BKMA know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at BKMA
Emil Viyachki 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market10 Aug 2026
Elvis Duré brings the grey hairs BKMA lacked
At 39, he has seen every situation this season can produce, twice. The legs will be managed; the head is the purchase.
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Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Argishti Petrosyan and BKMA agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at BKMA this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Emil Viyachki 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. BKMA know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
Market3 Aug 2026
“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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Experience through the door at BKMA
Emil Viyachki arrives at 36 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Market3 Aug 2026
BKMA bring in an old head
Zaur Sadaev is 37 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.