Stories By Ed Acteson

• Sport

  Team of the season 2019/20 (without Liverpool and Manchester City)

  With the fate of the season hanging in the balance, plenty of news outlets have been revealing their own version of the team of the season. Predictably these have been largely dominated by Liverpool players with the obligatory addition of Kevin de Bruyne from Man City.

• Insights

  Colossus Q&A: Charlotte Farr | Head of Business Development

  In the fourth of our Colossus Q&A series, we speak to Charlotte Farr who is our Head of Business Development.   Name: Charlotte at work but this usually gets shortened to Char. Job Title: Head of Business Development How long have you worked at Colossus? It’s actually my 5 year anniversary with Colossus on the 25th May so sadly it’s looking as though I will be celebrating in isolation rather than with the Colossus Family.

• Insights

  Colossus Q&A: Jess Laney | Community & Syndicates Manager

  In the third of our Colossus Q&A series, we speak to Jess Laney who is our Community & Syndicates Manager.   Name: Jess Laney Job Title: Community & Syndicates Manager How long have you worked at Colossus? 8 months What does a typical day in your role look like? I’m in direct contact with our Syndicate Captains.

• Sport

  Five English sleeping giants

  Following reports that Newcastle are set to be taken over by a mega-rich and morally dubious Saudi Arabian consortium, they could finally be set to justify their often-used tag as one of English football’s sleeping giants.

• Insights

  Colossus Q&A: Oliver Reakes-Williams | Head of Betting Operations

  In the second of our Colossus Q&A series, we speak to Oliver Reakes-Williams who heads up our Betting Operations team.   Name: Oliver Reakes-Williams Job title: Head of Betting Operations How long have you worked at Colossus?  Approaching 3 years this summer.

• Winners

  Player lands huge four-figure win in Belarusian Premier League Pick 8

  In a strange time for the world of football, and indeed the world at large, the vast majority of global leagues are currently suspended until further notice. The one notable exception in recent weeks has been the Belarusian Premier League which has deviated from the pack and is operating like normal.

• Sport

  Premier League cult hero: Nwankwo Kanu

  In the second of Premier League cult hero series, we look at former Arsenal, West Brom and Portsmouth star Nwankwo Kanu. The flamboyant Nigerian international had a long and prolific career in which he was christened African Player of the Year on two seperate occasions.

• Sport

  Is football still the people’s game? Not a chance.

  There was a time that you could refer to football as the people’s game and keep a straight face. Based on the events of the last couple of weeks, not anymore. If recent events have shown us anything, it’s that the biggest sport in the world, one with fundamentally working class roots, has been ripped from the masses and handed to the privileged few.

• Insights

  Colossus Q&A: Laurence Jones | Head of Product

  In the first of a new Q&A series where we will introduce you to several of the key Colossus staff members, we speak to Laurence Jones who is our Head of Product.   Name: Laurence Jones Job title: Head of Product How long have you worked at Colossus? Since day one, so seven and a half years to date.

• Sport

  Premier League cult hero: Andrei Kanchelskis

  In the first of our new Premier League cult hero series, we’ll be looking at former Manchester United, Everton, Manchester City and Southampton winger Andrei Kanchelskis, who played a big part in Sir Alex Ferguson’s early success with United in the mid-90s.

• Insights

  Colossus launch eSports betting pools

  We’re happy to announce that Colossus have launched brand new eSports betting pools which can be found now live on site. Read on for the full details or skip to the end of the article to sign up and receive our £100 New Player Bonus.

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