Girls in the UK are missing out on 280 million hours of sport every year - a gap that, if closed, could unlock £6.5bn in economic and health benefits by 2035, according to a new report from Public First, commissioned by Sky .

Featuring contributions from leading voices in sport, including Judy Murray, Helen Glover, Nasser Hussain and Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Game Changing: How sport gives every girl a better chance highlights that empowering girls through sport could generate £570m in annual productivity gains and save the NHS £73m a year.

Playing sport as a child is shown to be as strong an indicator of women reaching senior positions as a university degree, yet one in three girls say boys still have wider access to a range of sports.

As part of a bold package of recommendat

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