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Canada's Matt Hughes says it's time the governing body for track and field got out of the "Stone Age" and improved the fan experience for online and television viewers.

Kenya's former world half marathon record holder Abraham Kiptum has been banned for four years over an anti-doping violation.

Track and field's global Diamond League series is dropping discus, triple jump and the 3,000-metre steeplechase as official points-scoring events due to fading interest from fans.

Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya upset four-time champion Mary Keitany to win the New York City Marathon on Sunday with a historic debut seven seconds off the course record.

Misdemeanour charges have been dropped against a Pittsburgh Steelers backup linebacker who had been accused of injuring his girlfriend, Canadian Olympic pole vaulter Alysha Newman, during a fight in their western Pennsylvania hotel room this month.

While Canadian sprinter Aaron Brown and middle-distance runner Brandon McBride returned from the recent world championships without a medal, they believe the lessons learned could lead to a podium finish at the Tokyo Olympics next summer.

Tokyo, host of the 2020 Olympic Games, is considering making a proposal to start marathon and race walking events as early as 3:00 a.m. to counter an International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to move the races to Sapporo due to concerns about heat in the capital, Kyodo news agency said on Thursday.

The Diamond League track and field series is adding a second meeting in China next season, when it grows to 15 venues in total. The first will be in a city yet to be decided, with the second in Shanghai.

Trevor Hofbauer won his second Canadian marathon championship in three years on Sunday in Toronto, unseating national-record holder and last year's top Canadian Cam Levins en route to an automatic berth in the 2020 Olympic race.

Cam Levins of Black Creek, B.C., will run his second Toronto Waterfront Marathon on Sunday, but his primary focus won't be lowering his Canadian-record time from a year ago. "I'll be perfectly satisfied if I qualify for the Olympics," he says.