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Georgian Erovnuli Liga
24 Aug 2026
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The Merani Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match15 Aug 2026

The cup run ends for Merani

0‑0 against Dinamo Batumi, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Nodar Kavtaradze runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market17 Aug 2026

Only the photograph left for Davit Khelaia

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Davit Khelaia will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Merani the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Match15 Aug 2026

4 matches without a win for Merani

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Merani are no longer polite ones.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Nodar Kavtaradze 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 Merani this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Zviad Sikharulia gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market17 Aug 2026

Still no ink between Merani and Daniil Prokopchuk

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Merani, another week without a signature from Daniil Prokopchuk.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Renat Gagity shuts the door

Defensive actions: 16, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

The afternoon belonged to Doueugui Mala

A mark of 7.56, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

In brief

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The Merani Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces10 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.” 7 of the 23 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Nodar Kavtaradze 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 Merani this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad10 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Nodar Kavtaradze

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nodar Kavtaradze, and the manager let it.

Match8 Aug 2026

Kolkheti take the points off Merani

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Nodar Kavtaradze

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market10 Aug 2026

Talks stall between Merani and Lasha Chaladze

“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

48 months and counting on Ruslan Askerov

Still no offer on the table, and Ruslan Askerov’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Khazbulat Khamkhoev lets one through his hands

A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.

Market10 Aug 2026

Giorgi Gvasalia is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Merani has been clear about where Giorgi Gvasalia stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief

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The Merani Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market3 Aug 2026

Luka Begalishvili puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Merani, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Nodar Kavtaradze signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Nodar Kavtaradze and Merani agree another 2 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Merani

Nodar Kavtaradze 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

Eyes on Valer Chachava again

The phone has started ringing about Valer Chachava again, and this time the name on the line is Lokomotivi. Merani are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad3 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Nikoloz Kharabadze

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nikoloz Kharabadze, and the manager let it.

Market3 Aug 2026

24 months and counting on Nodar Kavtaradze

Still no offer on the table, and Nodar Kavtaradze’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

Market3 Aug 2026

Merani and Khazbulat Khamkhoev 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.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Ruslan Askerov runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match1 Aug 2026

No goals between Merani and Shukura

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Shukura will be the happier side with the point.

In brief