National Sports

LONDON — British prosecutors accused a police officer of murder Tuesday for allegedly using unnecessary force against a Black former Premier League soccer player, who died after being kicked in the head and shot with a stun gun.

NEW YORK — Toronto Raptors guard Malachi Flynn is the NBA's Eastern Conference rookie of the month for April.

Jonathan David and Evelyne Viens have been named Canada Soccer’s players of the month for April. David, a 21-year-old forward from Ottawa, scored the winning goal in a 1-0 victory for Ligue 1 leaders Lille over defending champion Paris Saint-Germain.

Former Canadian women's rugby sevens coach John Tait says he supports the release of the independent review into a complaint by current and former players.

The world's top sport court determined Canadian show jumper Nicole Walker inadvertently ingested a cocaine metabolite drinking South American tea, but did not reinstate the Canadian team for this summer's Tokyo Olympics.

MARIETTA, Ga. — The Toronto Arrows and Rugby ATL, who are sharing facilities in Marietta, Ga., will have a trophy on the line Saturday when they meet in Major League Rugby play.

TORONTO — Calgary featherweight (Mean) Hakeem Dawodu will be looking for his sixth straight UFC win when he takes on unbeaten Russian Movsar Evloev at UFC 263 on June 12.

GICUMBI, Rwanda — Canadian rider James Piccoli finished third Tuesday in the third stage of the Tour of Rwanda. France's Alain Boileau, a member of the B&B Hotels p/b KTM team, won a sprint to the finish in the 171.

A curriculum developed by Baseball Canada is being used to help teach the game to Egypt's first youth baseball league.

TOKYO — Canada's Rylan Wiens finished with a bronze medal in the men's 10-metre platform Tuesday at a FINA Diving World Cup event. Wiens, from Saskatoon, was 10th after the semifinals, but he posted a cumulative score of 488.