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Review | Dry Leaf — a Georgian masterclass on filming the unfilmable
Alexander Koberidze’s three-hour film tracking down football fields across rural Georgia is no ordinary road movie.
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Georgia
Belarus U21 football team to play two home matches in Georgia amid sanctions
According to UEFA, the matches are to be held in the city of Gori.
Georgia
Georgian Football Federation fined in response to poor fan behaviour during match with Armenia
During the match, Georgian fans stormed the pitch and used lasers and fireworks, ostensibly aimed at antagonising Armenian fans attending the game.
Armenia–Georgia Relations
Kobakhidze and Pashinyan meet ahead of National League play-off
The next match between the Armenian and Georgian national football teams will be held in Tbilisi on Sunday.
Georgia
Georgian Public Broadcaster ‘requested’ frequent shots of PM Kobakhidze during football matches
A Public Broadcaster employee has claimed that the channel’s management requested that he air shots of the prime minister during football matches.
Georgia
Former Soviet football player suggests friendly match between Georgia and Russia
A Moscow-based former Soviet national football player of Georgian origin has proposed a friendly match be held between Russia and Georgia ‘in the coming year’. Anzor Kavazashvili, 84, was previously a goalkeeper for the USSR national team and Moscow Spartak. Kavazashvili reportedly told RB Sport that he had sent a letter to mayor of Tbilisi Kakha Kaladze and Georgia’s disputed president Mikhail Kavelashvili, both former football players, suggesting the match. ‘Dear Kakha! Please accept sincer
2024 Georgian presidential elections
Georgian Dream nominates football player and outspoken critic of the West for president
Georgian Dream has nominated Mikheil Kavelashvili, a former Georgian football player, and member of the People’s Power faction of the ruling party as their candidate for president. Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire founder and honorary chair of the ruling Georgian Dream, announced the decision on Wednesday morning after a meeting with the party. ‘He is, by his nature and, if you will, even by his habitus, the finest embodiment of the Georgian man’, Ivanishvili said. For the first time i
