Just to prevent you from a bad surprise:
2ksports games are not online compatible on PS3 so far, so if you import it from UK, you'll probably have to play against europeans/australians if you go online. There is some kind of regional marking on the disc: you can play it in any console but for online, there are different versions, corresponding to the NTSC/PAL teritorries.
A friend of mine has bought a PS3 here in Germany (so PAL area) and imported 2k8 from the states (NTSC). While there is no problem for him running the game, he can't play against other european unless they also imported theirs.
EDIT: whoops, wrong games company, sorry! Don't know if the mentioned thing is also true with EA but I doubt it, since EA has better server capacities for sure.