Category: South Caucasus
Football in Abkhazia – Three Stories from Gagra
By David Sichinava -
I spent my childhood in Tskaltubo, a small town located in west-central Georgia. Greatly affected by political and economic tra ...
Khazar Lankaran – John Toshack Weathering Storm in Azerbaijan
By Alastair Watt -
What lures a Liverpool legend and former Real Madrid head coach to the relative and distant obscurity of the Azerbaijan Premier Le ...
Vitesse Arnhem and Chelsea – a Georgian-Russian Détente
By Alastair Watt -It is perhaps a sign of globalisation in football that the transfer of a promising midfielder from a provincial Dutch club to tr ...
Jano Ananidze – Rostov Revival or Demise on Don?
By Alastair Watt -Jano Ananidze – the diminutive 20-year old Georgian attacking midfielder – left Spartak Moscow on 3 July to join fellow Russian ...
Kakha Kaladze – Defender or Pretender?
By Alastair Watt -
Georgian football was left to ponder life without Kakha Kaladze, after its medal-laden former captain said farewell to the sport o ...
Offside – Football in Exile in Nagorno-Karabakh
Offside - Football in Exile in Nagorno-Karabakh -
The geopolitical conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh region is a forgotten one. Even as the war raged ...
