The British Basketball League gets underway this Friday and it is set to be the most thrilling season ever, as old rivalries are renewed, scores will be settled and the passionate fans will roar on their teams.

To celebrate the talent, culture and excitement around the league, the BBL and clubs have launched the “Know Our Name” campaign to ignite fans' passion ahead of the start of the new season.

UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations), has extended its brief with award-winning search agency, Click Consult, to implement technical strategies that will continue to support UEFA’s wider business requirements with SEO, content strategy and user-focused content.

UEFA has decided to continue building upon its foundations with Click Consult by extending its technical and strategic brief with the North West based agency.

IMG ARENA, a leading sports data business for the betting, media and professional sectors, has secured the exclusive worldwide betting data and streaming rights for British Basketball League (BBL).

The multi-year deal includes BBL’s domestic UK betting streaming rights and marks the first time that the data and streaming rights have been packaged together. It covers the 10 franchise-strong BBL Championship, its end-of-season BBL Play-offs, and knockout competitions, the BBL Cup and BBL Trophy.

The long-awaited T20 international series between Pakistan and England started, in Pakistan’s Karachi's National Stadium. It was the first of seven matches in the country. And it’s the joint-longest bilateral T20 international series of all time - men's or women's - and the longest between full-member nations.

A father and son made football history during Queen of the South's Scottish League 1 match at the weekend.

Wullie and Lewis Gibson were on the pitch at the same time in the 4-1 triumph over FC Edinburgh. The Dumfries club said it believed it was the first time it had happened in senior football in Scotland.

It was announced that former international umpire Asad Rauf has died after a cardiac arrest in Pakistan. He first officiated in a one-day international in 2000, and was a member of the International Cricket Council's elite panel between 2006 and 2013.

Rauf officiated in 64 Test matches - 49 as an on-field umpire - plus 139 ODIs and 28 Twenty20 internationals.