Rio Ferdinand, Eve Muirhead, Gareth Bale, and Moeen Ali (from left to right) are on the Queen’s birthday honors list.
Olympic gold medalist Eve Muirhead has been named to the Queen’s birthday list of honors, along with cricketer Moeen Ali and former footballer Rio Ferdinand.
Muirhead won gold curling at the Beijing Winter Olympics and has become OBE, while the rest of his team becomes MBE.
Moeen and Ferdinand become OBE, while Welsh footballer Gareth Bale becomes MBE.
Clare Balding and Tracey Crouch become CBEs.
The final round of honors is to mark the Queen’s Jubilee anniversary celebrations to commemorate 70 years of service.
Former Sports Minister Crouch chaired a fan-led football review following a series of high-profile crises in the sport, such as the bankruptcy of the European Super League and the collapse of Bury FC. His main recommendation to create a new independent regulator for English football has been endorsed by the government.
Balding is known for his ability to stand in front of the camera and his solidarity work. She holds ambassadorial positions with many organizations, including StreetVet and Helen Rollason Cancer Charity.
The Simpsons brothers, Neil and Andrew, are also on the MBE list after they both won gold at the Paralympic Games.
Little brother Neil, 19, was guided by Brother Andrew, 21, to become the third gold medalist at the GB Winter Games and the first man to achieve the feat after Kelly’s successes. Gallagher in 2014 and Menna Fitzpatrick in 2018.
Muirhead’s track record defeated Japan and won the only GB gold medal in Beijing. Teammates Vicky Wright, Jen Dodds, Hailey Duff and Mili Smith become MBE, along with coach David Murdoch.
Scot Muirhead, 32, who has competed in four Olympics, was added to the bronze he won in Sochi in 2014.
England and Worcestershire versatile Moeen, 34, announced his retirement from test cricket in September 2021, but has continued to play for the limited player team and was part of the Twenty20 team for reach the semifinals of last year’s World Cup.
He scored 2,914 runs and made 195 appearances in 64 Test matches, having made his debut against Sri Lanka in 2014.
Television expert and former Manchester United, Leeds, West Ham and England defender Ferdinand is honored by football and charity services. This year he created the Rio Ferdinand Foundation, which works with young people and helps with community development.
Snooker players Judd Trump and Mark Selby are also gaining recognition. Former world champion Selby has become an advocate for mental health awareness after admitting to his mental health struggles in January. Trump reached the finals of this year’s World Championships, losing to Ronnie O’Sullivan.
Also included are the Wigan Warriors and English rugby league legend Sean O’Loughlin.
Tribute football players
Others who did an OBE include former English footballers Mike Summerbee and Luther Blissett, who played for Manchester City and Watford respectively.
Wales and Real Madrid’s outgoing striker Bale won a fifth joint Champions League title on Saturday, although he had barely played this season. He spent last season on loan at former Tottenham club.
However, he won three league titles, four Club World Cups, three UEFA Super Cups, a Copa del Rey and three Spanish Super Cups with Madrid, as well as helping Wales to two European Championships. successive.
He is joined by veteran Liverpool and former England midfielder James Milner as MBE.
Last season, Milner helped Liverpool win the FA Cup and the League Cup, as well as reach the Champions League final.
Richard Bevan, the executive director of the League Managers Association, has also been named OBE, while former Scotland and Hibernian goalkeeper Alan Rough is MBE.
Paralympics and Olympics
Husband and wife Neil and Lora Fachie are MBE after they both won gold in Paralympic cycling in the space of 16 minutes.
Neil and driver Matt Rotherham broke their own world record for winning gold in the 1,000 m B time trial, before Lora and Corrine Hall successfully retained their 3,000 m B chase crown.
Gaz Choudhry, who won the Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball Bronze and coached the team in Tokyo, and Paralympic Sammi Kinghorn, a Paralympic silver and bronze medalist, are both named MBE.
Georgina Harland is also MBE for her work as the first head of mission of the British Olympic Association for the Winter Olympics.
Swimmer Hannah Miley, who represented Britain in swimming at three Olympic Games and won the individual 400m combined titles at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games, has also been recognized with an MBE.
Muirhead ends up waiting for the gold medal
Muirhead wants to be a role model like Howie
Muirhead put his British teammates on their feet in the Ice Cube while scoring an excellent four in the seventh final to effectively win the Olympic title.
Her performance was most notable because she had just returned from hip surgery.
He described the winning moment as a “dream” after emulating the gold won by Rhona Howie’s team in Salt Lake City in 2002.
Muirhead said: “There were times during this season when I would never have thought that what I managed to do and achieve was possible.
“I’m absolutely thrilled to share that honor with my teammates, because without them there would be no way I would have been in that position.”
The gold medal ended an incredible 12 months for Muirhead, who took Scotland to eighth place at last year’s World Championships.
Following this disappointment, nine players were placed in a team selection process and Muirhead, Wright, Dodds and Duff emerged. They won the European Championship in December before sealing their place in Beijing in a tense tie a few weeks before the Games.
Muirhead added: “It just shows that the team around me never gives up and that you can achieve anything if you decide.”
Moeen rewarded for his career
Moeen Ali talks to TMS about the withdrawal of test cricket
Moeen says he finished his test career because he found the format “very difficult to introduce” and “very long,” despite having an impressive career and being promoted to vice captain.
The left-handed hitter and non-spinner reached five centuries and made five five-port throws in the tests, finishing with a batting average of 28.29 and a bowling average of 36.66.
Only 15 bowlers have taken more test wickets for England and Moeen ranks third among English spinners, behind Derek Underwood (297) and Graeme Swann (255).
“It’s an honor to be recognized, it’s amazing and my family is very proud and happy,” he said. “More than anything, I know it makes my parents happy.”
But he acknowledged that his Pakistani heritage and the Muslim faith had also made him an ambassador for inclusion in sport.
“It’s not about races and wickets. I think it’s more about the journey I’ve been through. It’s about my background, my upbringing and all that kind of stuff I’ve been through in my life.”
In 2017, Moeen became the fifth fastest player in terms of games played to reach 2,000 runs and 100 ports, he also did a hat-trick against South Africa that year to seal a series victory at The Oval.
He was part of the 2015 Ashes winning team but struggled during the 2017-18 series in Australia and took a break from cricket after being abandoned during the 2019 Ashes at home.
List of Queen’s Birthday Honors for Sport
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (EPC)
Clare Victoria Balding (broadcaster), for sports and charity services
Tracey Crouch MP (former Minister of Sports), for Parliamentary and Public Service
Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Moeen Ali (cricketer), for cricket services
Richard Harrison Bevan (Executive Director of the League Managers Association), for football services
Luther Loide Blissett (former footballer and patron, Sporting Memories), for football and charity services
Lora Marie Fachie (cyclist), for cycling services
Neil Michael Facie (cyclist), for cycling services
Rio Gavin Ferdinand (expert and former footballer), for his services to football and charity
David Peter Hadfield (President of the International Boccia Sports Federation), for sports services
Corinne Claire Hall (cyclist), for cycling services
Hugh Morris (Executive Director, Glamorgan County Cricket Club), for cricket and charity services
Eve Muirhead (skip, British Olympic Curling Team), for curling services
Sean O’Loughlin (rugby league player), for services to the rugby league
Professor Nicholas Sheridan Peirce (Medical Director, Cricket Board of England and Wales), for sports services during Covid-19
Michael Summerbee (former footballer), for football and charity services
Karen Margaret Tonge (chair, Para Table Tennis), for table tennis services
Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Gareth Frank Bale (footballer), for his services to football and charity
Ghazain Choudhury (wheelchair basketball player), for wheelchair basketball services
Jennifer Carmichael Dodds (curler), for curling services
Hailey Caitlin Rose Duff (curler), for curling services
William Robert Leckie Duncan (curler), for curling and charity services
Thomas Scott Dyson (Head Coach, Paralympic Pathway, British Rowing), for Paralympic Rowing Services
Gary Kenneth Hall (Performance Director, British Taekwondo), for taekwondo services
Benjamin Robert Hawes (chairman, Athletes Commission, British Olympic Association), for services to sport
Elizabeth Ellen Hughes (Special Projects Director, Sport England), for sports services during Covid-19
Samantha May Kinghorn (para-athlete), for services to disabled sports
Shirley McCay (hockey player), for services to hockey and the Northern Ireland community
Hannah Lousie Miley (swimmer), for services to swimming and women in sports
Dr Ian Stuart Miller (formerly Medical Director of the British Paralympic Association) for Paralympic Sport Services
James Philip Milner (footballer), for football and charity services
David Matthew Murdoch (Head Coach, British Curling Team), for services to …