A wide-ranging review of basketball in the UK has begun, focusing on the structure of the sport and the way it is administered.

The review will be chaired by Tony Mallin, CEO and founder of STAR Capital Partners.

Basketball organisations involved in the review are England Basketball; the British Basketball League; the British Basketball Federation; Great Britain Basketball and Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball.

The assessment is intended to ensure that basketball can fully capitalise on its growing popularity and recent success at international level.

The review team will also consider the long term and sustainable expansion and development of basketball at club and grassroots level, as well as supporting UK Sport’s work with basketball in the run up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The review will be led by Sport England, on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). UK Sport supports the review, which also has full backing from the minister for sport, Richard Caborn. He said: “This is a golden opportunity to build a consensus for the future of basketball.”

The review team will produce its final recommendations and report this autumn. Details: www.sportengland.org