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The Okzhetpes Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match12 Aug 2026

Okzhetpes bow out of the cup

Irtysh go through and Okzhetpes go home, 0‑0 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

Nobody could get near Vladislav Vasiljev

Successful dribbles: 30. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Ivan Kuzmichev shuts the door

Defensive actions: 28, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Market17 Aug 2026

Okzhetpes say no — this time

The offer from Irtysh for Abinur Nūrymbet was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Dan Kaduri stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Dan Kaduri and Okzhetpes agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Dmitriy Borodin 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 Okzhetpes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

A defender's afternoon for Zhalğas Zhaqsylyqov

Defensive actions: 18. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Rayan Al-Mousa 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. Okzhetpes know it, and so does everybody who watches him.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

The kick that got away from Saian Mūqanov

Twelve yards, a goalkeeper guessing, and it still did not go in. He will take the next one, and every soul in the ground will hold their breath.

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The Okzhetpes Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market10 Aug 2026

Saian Mūqanov hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Okzhetpes can pretend not to have heard.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Okzhetpes

Vasiliy Sovpel 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Ivan Kuzmichev

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

Squad10 Aug 2026

This league is too small for Dumisani Zuma

He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Okzhetpes will not keep him by pretending otherwise.

Market10 Aug 2026

The clock runs on Vasiliy Sovpel's contract

48 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Saian Mūqanov knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Okzhetpes, and both men came out saying it was fine.

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The Okzhetpes Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market3 Aug 2026

Ivan Kuzmichev hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Okzhetpes can pretend not to have heard.

Market3 Aug 2026

Okzhetpes turn down Irtysh for Mohammed Ensebaev

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Vasiliy Sovpel stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Vasiliy Sovpel and Okzhetpes agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Vasiliy Sovpel 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 Okzhetpes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Vasiliy Sovpel

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market3 Aug 2026

Irtysh watching Abinur Nūrymbet

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Okzhetpes have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

In brief