Vicki Hodges

Mar 5, 2024 | skysports.com | Vicki Hodges

Sophia Dunkley is not one to let her shoulders feel heavy by the weight of expectation, responsibility or pressure - even if she has spent the whole of her cricketing career creating milestones and making history. "My friends would say I'm very laid back, chilled out and always seem to be laughing at something," the England opener tells Sky Sports. "It doesn't come to the forefront of my mind that I'm a role model for others when I'm playing.

Mar 4, 2024 | skysports.com | Vicki Hodges

For Molly McCann, the epic duel between Natasha Jonas and Mikaela Mayer in January epitomised the respect women's boxing has garnered and indicated how combat sport is leading the way in stripping the need to define sport by gender.

Mar 3, 2024 | skysports.com | Vicki Hodges

In the first of a four-part series on 'Inspiring Inclusion', Commonwealth Games champion Eilish McColgan opens up on body confidence issues, helping girls access athletics and overcoming barriers to entry; long-distance runner is preparing for her fourth Olympics in Paris this summer Eilish McColgan says athletics allowed her to build confidence and belief in what her body could achieve A positive force for good on and off the track, Eilish McColgan has never felt more comfortable and...

Mar 3, 2024 | skysports.com | Vicki Hodges

A positive force for good on and off the track, Eilish McColgan has never felt more comfortable and confident in her skin. But it hasn't always been that way. It is only now in her maturing years that the 2022 Commonwealth Games 10,000m champion can reflect on her teenage years where she struggled with body confidence to the point she doubted she would ever get a boyfriend because she "wasn't attractive like the other girls" and contemplate why she allowed herself to have such low self-esteem.

Feb 25, 2024 | skysports.com | Vicki Hodges

Menstrual cycle tracking data and a greater understanding of links to performance could become a marginal gain professional women’s football clubs use to set themselves apart from competitors in the future. That is just one of a number of advantages that clubs can benefit from in the near future following a series of initiatives being launched by the Football Association alongside the UK's leading female athlete experts in the Well HQ.