Dallas Mavericks forward Pops Mensah-Bonsu and Chicago Bulls swingman Luol Deng will try to help Britain's national basketball qualify for the 2012 London Olympics.

The sport's world governing body FIBA lifted its ban on English players competing on the British team after a funding dispute with British sporting bodies was resolved.

Monsah-Bonsu was born in London and moved to the United States when he was 16. The Sudanese-born Deng grew up in London and received British citizenship last year. The two are to meet up with the British squad Friday at a training camp in Florida.