Cavendish knighted in King's Birthday Honours

Cyclist Mark Cavendish has been fixed a knighthood successful nan King's Birthday Honours.

Cavendish won nan men's roadworthy title astatine nan 2011 World Championships and has sprinted to a record-equalling 34 Tour de France shape wins, matching Eddy Merckx's haul.

The 39-year-old from nan Isle of Man will effort to return nan shape grounds outright astatine adjacent month's Tour.

"I'm genuinely humbled to beryllium honoured by His Majesty nan King," said Cavendish, whose honour is for services to cycling and kindness work.

"It's ever been nan biggest privilege to correspond my country, and seeing cycling arsenic nan sport, pastime and mode of carrier I've fixed my life to, turn successful Great Britain during nan span of my profession has fixed maine joyousness and pridefulness beyond words.

"I'm genuinely thankful to everybody that has lived this travel pinch me."

Cavendish, who was named BBC Sports Personality of nan Year successful 2011, announced his retirement successful 2023 but reversed nan determination to person a last effort astatine nan Tour de France shape wins record.

He has besides had occurrence arsenic a way cyclist pinch Great Britain, winning 3 world titles successful nan madison arena arsenic good arsenic an Olympic metallic badge astatine nan 2016 Games successful nan omnium.

Elsewhere, erstwhile Scotland and Liverpool footballer Graeme Souness and ex-England cricketer Katherine Sciver-Brunt are among different sporting figures to beryllium honoured.

Three-time European Cup winner, tv pundit and erstwhile head Souness receives a CBE for services to shot and charity.

Souness, 71, is simply a vice-president of kindness DEBRA UK and swam nan English Channel successful a relay squad successful June past year, helping to raise £4.5m for children affected by nan uncommon and achy tegument upset epidermolysis bullosa (EB).

"I americium delighted and humbled to person this honour," Souness said.

"It is awesome that nan King has honoured maine pinch a CBE and it is important to admit nan full [DEBRA] squad which useful tirelessly to find solutions to nan intolerable pain, itch and inflammation of this horrendous condition. This is for my friend Isla and everyone other surviving pinch EB."

Sciver-Brunt, who retired past twelvemonth pinch a grounds 335 wickets for England women, gets an OBE for services to women's cricket and to nan Yorkshire community.

"Representing my state for 19 years filled maine pinch passion and pride," Sciver-Brunt said.

"It's nan aforesaid emotion I get now erstwhile I deliberation of receiving this award. It's specified a awesome honour that I tin 1 time stock pinch my children."

Former Lioness Karen Carney, who won 144 caps for England and precocious led a awesome reappraisal of nan women's home crippled successful England, is made an OBE for services to football.

Ex-Scotland striker Ally McCoist is awarded an OBE for services to shot and broadcasting.

McCoist won 10 Scottish convention titles pinch Rangers arsenic a player, is simply a celebrated shot pundit and was a squad skipper connected BBC One's A Question Of Sport for 11 years.

His chap Scot Sandy Lyle, who successful 1988 became nan first British golfer to triumph nan Masters, is fixed an OBE for his services to golf.

"To person received an MBE successful 1987 was beyond my expectations but to beryllium honoured pinch an OBE is thing of which I'm incredibly proud," Lyle said.

Ex-referee Wayne Barnes receives an OBE for his services to rugby union.

Barnes retired successful November 2023, having officiated successful 111 Test matches, including nan 2023 Rugby World Cup final.

Others receiving honours included erstwhile BBC head of athletics Barbara Slater, who is made a CBE for services to sports broadcasting.

The ex-Olympic gymnast had been successful her domiciled astatine nan BBC for 15 years earlier she retired successful March.

An OBE goes to David McNulty, British Swimming's nationalist lead coach who has guided Team GB to occurrence successful nan excavation astatine caller Olympics.

World Wheelchair Rugby president Richard Allcroft is awarded an OBE, arsenic is Kevin Miles, main executive of nan Football Supporters' Association.

Martin Slumbers, CEO of nan R&A which organises The Open, receives an OBE for services to golf.

Among those receiving an MBE is ultra runner Jasmin Paris who successful March became nan first female to successfully complete nan gruelling Barkley Marathons.

The Football Association's women's method head Kay Cossington besides becomes an MBE, arsenic does erstwhile Wales footballer - now a referee - Cheryl Foster.

Scottish golfer Stephen Gallacher is made an MBE for services to his sport.

Former sprinter Anita Neil, who successful 1968 became nan first achromatic female to compete for Great Britain astatine an Olympic Games, receives an MBE for services to athletics.

Chris Powell, nan ex-England and Charlton defender and existent Sheffield Wednesday adjunct boss, is made an MBE for services to football.

"I ever thought that representing my state and nan FA would beryllium nan pinnacle of my career, arsenic some a subordinate and a coach, but this honour is beyond my expectations," Powell said.

Knighthood

Mark Cavendish (cyclist), for services to cycling and kindness work

Commander of nan Order of nan British Empire (CBE)

Barbara Slater (former head of BBC Sport and gymnast), for services to sports broadcasting

Graeme Souness (broadcaster and erstwhile footballer), for services to shot and to charity

Officer of nan Order of nan British Empire (OBE)

Richard Allcroft (president, World Wheelchair Rugby), for services to wheelchair rugby

Wayne Barnes (former rugby referee), for services to rugby union

Karen Carney (broadcaster and erstwhile footballer), for services to football

Sandy Lyle (former golfer), for services to golf

Ally McCoist (broadcaster and erstwhile footballer), for services to shot and to broadcasting

Kevin Miles (chief executive, Football Supporters' Association), for services to football

Katherine Sciver-Brunt (former cricketer) for services to women's cricket and to nan organization successful Yorkshire

Martin Slumbers (chief executive serviceman and secretary, R&A/Royal and Ancient Golf Club), for services to golf

Member of nan Order of nan British Empire (MBE)

Jeremy Adams, for services to disablement sport

Jennifer Bott (coach), for services to gymnastics

Esther Britten (deputy director, caput of awesome events, UK Sport), for services to sport

Penelope Broomhead (international Para-athletics classifier, World Para-Athletics), for services to world disablement sport

Beverley Roy Corry, for services to athletics

Kay Cossington (women's method director, Football Association) for services to football

Patrick Duffy, for services to Special Olympics sports and to young people, peculiarly those pinch learning disabilities successful nan Newry and District Gateway club

Cheryl Foster (football referee and erstwhile footballer), for services to shot and to women's sport

Stephen Gallacher (golfer), for services to golf

Patricia Gregory (founding personnel of Women's Football Association), for services to nationalist and world shot and to charity

Elaine Hunniford, for services to young group and to safeguarding successful sport

Dr Gerald Lobley, for services to chess successful Scotland

Rachel Lynch (chief executive officer, nan Community Network CIC and founder, nan Urban Factory), for services to young group and to athletics successful North East England

Ian Martin, for services to athletics and to charity

David McNulty (head coach, British Swimming capacity centre), for services to swimming

Anita Neil (Olympic athlete), for services to athletics

Lisa O'Keefe (executive director, Sport England Insight), for services to sport

Richard Osborne (sitting volleyball coach), for services to disablement sport

Jasmin Paris (ultra runner), for services to fell and long-distance running

John Pearce (council member, Football Association), for services to football

Chris Powell (football coach and erstwhile player), for services to football

Rebecca Redfern (swimmer), services to young group and to nan organization successful Worcestershire

Derek Salisbury (chair, Neath Hockey Club), for services to lucky successful southbound Wales

Alexander Steele (honorary life personnel of The Forty Cricket Club), for services to cricket and to group pinch interstitial lung disease

Stuart Storey (chair, Lea Recreation Society and chair, Wodson Park Trust), for services to athletics and to nan organization successful East Hertfordshire

Dean Stott, for services to sport, and to humanitarian and intelligence wellness awareness

Michelle Weltman, for voluntary and charitable services to disablement athletics and to nan LGBTQI sporting organization successful London

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Brian Adams, for services to young group and sport

Harry Brodie (organiser, Wheelchair Curling Committee Scotland), for services to wheelchair curling

Janice Buckle, for services to Biggleswade Junior Badminton Club, Bedfordshire

David Burgess, for services to inferior shot successful Peterborough

Hazel Burgess, for services to inferior shot successful Peterborough

Catherine Coombs (president, inferior coach, head and kid use officer, Redland Ladies Hockey Club), for services to lucky successful Bristol

Robert Easson (director of rugby, Edinburgh Academical Football Club), for services to Scottish rugby

Ernest Feargrieve (lead title mechanic, Great Britain cycling team), for services to cycling

Linda Forrister, for services to British Gymnastics

Amanda Goth (mountain and elevation runner), for voluntary services to nan Todmorden Harriers Running Club and Sport Calderdale

Norma Hyde, for services to nan Special Olympics, Sandwell

Barrie Jenkins (vice-chair and caput bowls coach, Cardiff Chameleons), for services to bowls successful Wales

Mervyn Leggett (council member, Football Association), for services to football

Erroll Lutton, for services to hockey

David Matten, for services to Kew Cricket Club

Gordon McDowell, for services to athletics and to nan organization successful County Down

David McMath (club caput and groundsman, Castle Douglas Football Club), for services to football

Jason Oldfield, for services to nan Kirkham and Wesham Cricket Club, Preston, Lancashire

Richard Quayle, for services to nan Isle of Man Road Races

Neil Parsons (boxing coach), for services to sport

Mark Portsmouth, for services to athletics successful Mumbles, Swansea

John Rodgers (secretary, St Patrick's Former Players Football Club), for services to football

Audrey Taylor, for services to amateur swimming successful East Sussex

Antony Ward (swimming method official), for services to swimming and Para-swimming

Robert White, for services to shot and to kindness successful North Belfast

Sharon Wood (chair, method committee, British Gymnastics), for services to trampoline gymnastics