National Sports

TORONTO — Nick Nurse is going to prepare Canada's men's basketball team for a long haul. A group of 29 players — including 17 NBAers — were invited to Canada's training camp on Tuesday ahead of the FIBA World Cup.

OTTAWA — Jonathon Jennings will start Friday night when the Ottawa Redblacks visit the undefeated Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Jennings worked with the starting offence at Tuesday's practice.

Some familiar faces will be missing as Canada looks to defend its Pan American Games titles in men's and women's rugby sevens.

NEW YORK — Los Angeles Sparks guard Riquna Williams was suspended without pay by the WNBA on Tuesday for 10 games — nearly a third of the season — for a domestic violence incident.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators traded forward Zack Smith to the Chicago Blackhawks for centre Artem Anisimov on Tuesday. Smith, 31, had been the current longest-serving member of the Senators after being selected 79th overall in the 2008 NHL draft.

Toronto FC looks to continue its return to form Wednesday against the visiting New York Red Bulls with coach Greg Vanney facing lineup choices. "A lot of decisions to make now," Vanney said happily after training Tuesday.

TORONTO — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will be without linebacker Simoni Lawrence for two games. Arbitrator William Kaplan rejected Lawrence's appeal Tuesday of the two-game suspension levied against him last month by the CFL.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have signed free agent forward Josh Archibald to a one-year contract. The 26-year-old Archibald spent last season with the Arizona Coyotes, recording 22 points (12 goals, 10 assists) in 68 games.

NEWPORT, R.I. — Canada's Brayden Schnur lost his first match as a top-100 player, falling 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 to Australian Matthew Ebden in the opening round of the Hall of Fame Open on Tuesday. Schnur, from Pickering, Ont., jumped to No.

TORONTO — Hamilton receiver Brandon Banks, Montreal quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. and Winnipeg running back Andrew Harris are the CFL top performers for Week 5.