Jason Collins in a Boston Celtics shirt, playing against the Brooklyn Nets on 15 November 2012

NBA veteran Jason Collins becomes the first openly gay athlete to play in a major US sports league, and is given a warm reception by spectators.

Leicester Riders head coach Rob Paternostro

Basketball can thrive - Paternostro

Leicester Riders head coach Rob Paternostro says British basketball is growing in popularity despite its funding setback.

Alex Owumi in Worcester January 2014

'I played basketball for Gaddafi'

When US basketball player Alex Owumi signed a contract to play for a team in Benghazi, Libya, he had no idea that his employer was the country's most feared family - or that it could cost him his life.