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Commonwealth Champion and Paralympian Kady Dandeneau to carry the Canadian flag while bowls legend Ryan Bester will carry Canada’s Commonwealth Games Baton into the Opening Ceremony Team Canada Flag Bearer Kady Dandeneau Photo Credit: Details Group/Commonwealth Sport Canada Team Canada Baton Bearer Ryan Bester Photo Credit: Details Group/Commonwealth Sport Canada Ottawa, Ontario, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OTTAWA – (July 21, 2026) – Commonwealth Sport Canada (CSC) today proudly announced that Kady Dandeneau and Ryan Bester have been selected as Team Canada’s Flag and Baton Bearers for the Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.   …

SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — National car-shopping resource Edmunds wants car shoppers to make the right call—literally—in “The Challenge,” an LA-first social ad campaign featuring Los Angeles Dodgers’ superutility player Tommy Edman. Directed and produced entirely in-house, the ad series targets a deliberately narrow audience and runs in Los Angeles and select markets nationwide across Meta platforms today through mid-September. The ad spot is the latest element of Edmunds’ “Back to Back” brand campaign, an extended partnership with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Edman for the 2026 season. Through the campaign, fans will discover how they…

First fully in-house hero spot in nearly a decade champions sports fans, builds on award-winning 2025 campaign Car-shopping site Edmunds and Los Angeles Dodger Tommy Edman help consumers make the right call in new ad “The Challenge.” Developed for sports fans, the social-native commercial plays on the familiar concept of challenging a close call. Edmunds uses the concept as an extended metaphor, showing shoppers how its digital tools help them to make a more informed, confident call on their next vehicle purchase. Tommy Edman is the face of Edmunds’ hero ad campaign for a second consecutive season. The partnership coincides…

Boise, ID, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In one of the country’s most active outdoor recreation communities, eleven Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) athletes will compete at the 2026 IRONMAN® 70.3® Boise on Saturday, July 25, following the CAF-Idaho Kids Paratriathlon Camp held the day before race day for youth individuals with physical disabilities. Together, the weekend will showcase the full pathway of adaptive sport, from young athletes learning the fundamentals of swim, bike and run to CAF athletes taking on one of endurance sport’s premier race experiences. Boise has a deep connection to the IRONMAN 70.3 race community, having…

OCALA, Fla., July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WHAT: YMCA of the USA (Y-USA), the national resource office for nearly 2,600 YMCAs across the country, will host the 2026 YMCA National Long Course Swimming Championship in Ocala, FL. The annual event is one of the most competitive youth swimming events in the country, bringing together top YMCA athletes from across the nation. The Ocala/Marion County Visitor and Convention Bureau will provide support for this event. WHO: The event will feature top YMCA athletes, notable alumni, and leaders in the swimming community. WHERE: Florida Aquatics Swimming and Training Center (FAST), 3712 SW 38th Avenue, Ocala,…

OCALA, Fla., July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WHAT: YMCA of the USA (Y-USA), the national resource office for nearly 2,600 YMCAs across the country, will host the 2026 YMCA National Long Course Swimming Championship in Ocala, FL. The annual event is one of the most competitive youth swimming events in the country, bringing together top YMCA athletes from across the nation. The Ocala/Marion County Visitor and Convention Bureau will provide support for this event. WHO: The event will feature top YMCA athletes, notable alumni, and leaders in the swimming community. WHERE: Florida Aquatics Swimming and Training Center (FAST), 3712 SW 38th Avenue, Ocala,…

Trailrunner during FUGA Glacier Extreme Gongga 100. Credit: Letour Sports GUANGZHOU, China, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The second FUGA Glacier Extreme Gongga 100 by Kailas FUGA and Letour Sports will be held from 25-27 September, 2026 offering a trail race in one of the world’s most extreme locations. Starting from the foot of 7556m Mount Gongga on Sichuan Province’s Tibetan Plateau in China, this harsh yet spectacular course includes the ice and rocks of the Hailuogou Glacier, pine forests, and alpine meadows with grazing horses and cattle. With a new course for 2026, the enhanced route rises to…

MANILA, Philippines, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — What began as a friendly prediction contest on the very first episode of ArenaPlus’ All in sa Arena – a social media series that breaks down the biggest stories from international sports leagues featuring expert analysis and interactive challenges with hosts and special guests – ultimately became an opportunity to make a meaningful difference beyond the game. Following the conclusion of the epic NBA Finals series between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs, DigiPlus Foundation awarded a total of ₱1.2 million to two organizations dedicated to empowering Filipino athletes and…

Cincinnati, Ohio, July 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Jayhawk Bowling Supply, a Lawrence, Kansas provider of pro shop equipment used by ball-drilling professionals in more than 65 countries, announces the worldwide availability of bowling measurement instruments developed by Douglas G. Frank, PhD. Jayhawk distributes the Jayhawk Precision Ball Surface Scanner, a laser optical instrument that measures bowling ball surface roughness parameters in seconds, now operated in approximately 250 pro shops worldwide. Frank, a surface chemist who spent decades building precision measurement instruments for government, academic, and industrial laboratories, developed the scanner to bring that same laboratory-grade surface analysis to the…

Salisbury, MD and Baltimore, MD, July 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PERDUE® and the Baltimore Ravens announced Monday a new multi-year partnership that unites two iconic Maryland organizations around a shared commitment to fueling gameday, feeding communities and serving the state they proudly call home. Beginning with the 2026 NFL season, Perdue becomes the Official Chicken of the Baltimore Ravens, creating new opportunities to engage fans on gameday, fuel Ravens players and staff, and help feed Maryland communities through hunger relief initiatives across the state. The partnership officially kicked off today at the Maryland Food Bank, where leaders from Perdue…