National Sports

TORONTO — Carl English the basketball fan would love to see a full complement of Canadian stars play for the national men's basketball team next summer. Carl English the player understands why they might not.

Daichi Kamada scored twice in the second half as Eintracht Frankfurt came from a goal down and stun Arsenal 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday.

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — Switzerland's Carlo Janka was fastest in Thursday's training for the season-opening men's World Cup downhill. Janka posted a time of one minute 50.20 seconds ahead of a pair of Austrians.

TORONTO — Karlos Williams isn't coming to the CFL with a chip on his shoulder. But he does have something to prove — to himself. The six-foot-one, 225-pound running back signed with the Toronto Argonauts this week.

TORONTO — As far as apologies go, the offering from Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters in the wake of allegations he used a racial slur 10 years ago was not exactly the new normal.

After making her senior debut Nov. 7 against Brazil, 15-year-old Olivia Smith is back with her peers as the Canadian under-17 team prepares for next year's CONCACAF U-17 Championship.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe says backup goaltender Michael Hutchinson will start the first of back-to-back games when Toronto visits the Buffalo Sabres on Friday. No.

MONTREAL — While Wayne Simmonds calls the Akim Aliu-Bill Peters story "extremely disheartening," he hopes it leads to better days for hockey. New Jersey Devils teammate P.K. Subban feels much the same way.

TORONTO — Once the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' Grey Cup hangover subsides, GM Kyle Walters will have some work to do leading up the start of CFL free agency in February.

CALGARY — Punter Rob Maver is calling it a career after 10 seasons with the Calgary Stampeders. Maver announced his retirement Thursday.