From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad21 Sep 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 Skonto this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words at Skonto training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alvis Ciganovs 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.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Olegs Bulvitis is on it.
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Uneasy
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Skonto
Raivis Tarasovs 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.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Skonto asked and Spartaks said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Skonto
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Vladimirs Cauna was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
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Uneasy
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Skonto close the window on a squad of their own making
0 in and 2 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Skonto
Raivis Tarasovs and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
Spartaks wanted more than $36.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
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Uneasy
Market31 Aug 2026
Jelgava come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Skonto did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Porto is saying, and nobody at Skonto is enjoying the guessing.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Skonto
Raivis Tarasovs and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Liepaja wanted more than $40.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Skonto asked and Jelgava said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Skonto
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alvis Ciganovs was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
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Crisis
Match19 Aug 2026
The cup run ends for Skonto
1‑2 against Spartaks, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Market24 Aug 2026
Skonto say no — this time
The offer from Jelgava for Gatis Savalnieks 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.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Red Bull Salzburg is saying, and nobody at Skonto is enjoying the guessing.
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 Skonto this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
$11.0K on the table at Liepaja. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Skonto have gone to Spartaks with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. KAA Gent have kept their man, and Skonto go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alvis Ciganovs, and the manager let it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Skonto
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Vladimirs Cauna was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
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Steady
Market17 Aug 2026
Skonto say no — this time
The offer from Liepaja for Olegs Laizans 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
Tempers go at Skonto
Raivis Tarasovs 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Add another name to the list: Jelgava have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Vladimirs Gabovs. The answer from Skonto has not changed — yet.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. AZ have kept their man, and Skonto go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
A loan enquiry to Red Bull Salzburg: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Skonto have made the call to Porto. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Roberts Dubra commits to Skonto for another 3 years.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Skonto training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vitalijs Ikaunieks 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.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gatis Ikaunieks, and the manager let it.
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Steady
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Lokomotiv Moscow is saying, and nobody at Skonto is enjoying the guessing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Raivis Tarasovs and Skonto agree another 1 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Skonto
Raivis Tarasovs and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Skonto asked and Lech said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alvis Ciganovs falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gatis Savalnieks, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Skonto have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
A loan enquiry to Olympiacos: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Raivis Tarasovs trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Skonto
Raivis Tarasovs and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Pakhtakor have kept their man, and Skonto go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Skonto
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Vladimirs Cauna was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market3 Aug 2026
The name of Davis Dubra has come up in conversations Skonto were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
AZ have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Lokomotiv Moscow have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.