Virgin Atlantic teamed up with Strava, the app for active people, to launch the Virgin Atlantic Passport Challenge – a fitness-meets-travel rewards challenge inviting New Yorkers and Angelinos to turn their logged runs into trips across the pond.Between May 6 to June 3, Strava users who log miles during the challenge will earn entries for the chance to win 1 million Virgin Points, enough to redeem a round trip flight in Upper Class from the US to London or Manchester. The more miles logged, the more entries earned.The partnership bridges wellness and travel, empowering participants to stay active while exploring the UK and maximizing rewards for future journeys.Virgin Atlantic will host an in-person run in New York City on May 28th, inviting New Yorkers to join Virgin Atlantic Flight Service Manager and ultra-marathoner, Laura Watts, to win bonus points while seeing the city's most iconic landmarks.
ORLANDO, Fla., April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The USTA today announced that all men's and women's hard-court ITF World Tennis Tour tournaments on the USTA Pro Circuit will feature electronic line-calling (ELC) for the first time ever. The USTA will utilize the ELC system developed by tennis technology company PlayReplay – the first company invested in by USTA Ventures -- on every match court of a USTA Pro Circuit hard-court ITF World Tennis Tour event for the next five years.
Patent-pending technology, engineered with Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP), uses a novel triangular force plate architecture to capture real-time ground force data directly from the sports surface at scale.
