Former England football manager Gareth Southgate receives a knighthood for leading the team to two consecutive European Championship finals and the 2018 World Cup semi-finals. Welsh rugby legend Gerald Davies also receives a knighthood for his contributions to rugby and charity. The New Year Honours list recognizes the achievements of Team GB athletes from the 2024 Paris Olympics, including Hannah Cockcroft and Keely Hodgkinson.
Former England football manager Gareth Southgate has been rewarded with a knighthood in the New Year Honours .
A clearly moved Davies shared with PA news agency: "I feel very emotional about it. I am surprised by it. Words are really quite inadequate to describe it. It comes out of the blue. I was dumbstruck in many ways, but you don’t achieve these things on your own." BBC Sports Personality of the Year winner Hodgkinson sits among 14 Olympic champions from the 2024 Games to receive commendations. Respected cyclists Tom Pidcock and Duncan Scott are set to be appointed as Officers of the Order of the British Empire , an honour they share with rower Helen Glover.
Rowing champions Lola Anderson, Georgie Brayshaw, Emily Craig, Imogen Grant, Lauren Henry, and Hannah Scott, along with cyclists Sophie Capewell, Emma Finucane, and Katy Marchant, have been named MBEs. Trampoline gold medallist Bryony Page and kite-surfing champion Ellie Aldridge are also receiving the honour.
Athletics stars Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who clinched her first Olympic medal with heptathlon silver in Paris, and three-time medallist Dina Asher-Smith are also made MBEs. Johnson-Thompson said: "I am deeply honoured to be recognised in the King’s New Years Honours list for services to athletics.My small contribution has only been possible due to the huge contributions made by so many others in helping me to chase and achieve my dreams over the last 20 years.
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