The North Carolina men's basketball team has a general manager for the first time. A rift is emerging between the east and west of the EU over what to do with Russia’s seized central bank reserves. State-backed North Korean hackers have stolen $1.5bn (£1.2bn) of cryptocurrency in the largest heist in history.

North Carolina basketball has hired its first general manager. North Carolina alum Jim Tanner, a longtime sports agent who founded his own agency and has represented numerous former UNC basketball players,

I t should be no surprise to anyone that Auburn remains on top of the AP top 25 men's college basketball poll after winning both of last week's games. Alabama seemed to shake off

Auburn's stay atop the Associated Press Top 25 poll extended into a seventh week as the Tigers kept the voters impressed with wins over Arkansas and Georgia. It was an even better week for Bruce Pearl's squad because it widened its gap in first place in the SEC.