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Fred Kerley led the charge for a United States sweep of the men's Diamond League 100-metre podium on Friday in Brussels, Belgium. 

The effects of climate change will force sports bodies to rethink their calendar of events, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Sunday.

Neeraj Chopra won India's first ever gold medal in track and field, winning the javelin throw in Tokyo.

The Canadian men's 4x100-metre relay team of Andre De Grasse, Aaron Brown, Brendon Rodney and Jerome Blake has captured Olympic bronze in Friday's final at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.

Canada's Evan Dunfee captured bronze in the men's 50-kilometre race walk at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday with an incredible finish, earning Canada's first Olympic race walking medal in 29 years.

Canada's Damian Warner picked up right where he left off in the decathlon. The London, Ont., native recorded an Olympic best — his third through six events in Tokyo — with a time of 13.46 seconds in the 110-metre hurdles on Thursday in Japan.

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Sunday to get involved in her case after saying she had been removed from the national team and taken to Tokyo airport against her wishes over her criticism of national coaches.

China's Gong Lijiao won the women's shot put gold in a personal best 20.58 meters on Sunday under blistering conditions at Tokyo's Olympic Stadium as the United States' Raven Saunders picked up silver and New Zealand's Valerie Adams claimed bronze.

On the latest episode of CBC Sports video series Bring It In, Morgan Campbell is joined by Meghan McPeak and Dave Zirin to discuss Richardson's positive cannabis test and why it should be removed from the Olympic banned substance list.

American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson will not be selected to the U.S. 2020 Olympic 4x100-meter relay team after she accepted a one-month ban for testing positive for cannabis.