King’s Birthday Honours List 2025: Littler, Humphries, Wade & Beckham among sport names

Knighthood

David Beckham (former England footballer), for services to sport and charity

Billy Boston (former rugby league player), for services to rugby league football

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Virginia Wade (former tennis player), for services to tennis and charity

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Alistair Brownlee (former triathlete), for services to triathlon and charity

Deta Hedman (darts player), for services to darts and charity

Devon Malcolm (former cricket player), for services to cricket and to diversity in cricket

Terence Pateman (Chair, Northern Amateur Football League), for services to grassroots sport and to community relations

Frank Rothwell (Oldham Athletic owner), for charitable services to dementia research

Stephen Sutherland (commercial manager, Charlton Athletic Football Club), for services to sport

Monica Vaughan (former Paralympic swimmer), for services to sport

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Neil Booth (former lawn bowler), for services to lawn bowls

Anwen Butten (lawn bowler), for services to lawn bowls, to cancer care and to the community in Wales

Maureen Clark (former netball player), for services to netball in Surrey

Jill Coulter-Sloan (head coach at Craigavon golf and ski centre), for services to disability sport

Rachel Daly (footballer), for services to association football

Christopher Davies (runner), for services to running and to health and wellbeing

Steven Davies (former cricketer), for services to sport

Marcel de Matas (lately chair, Bury Football Club), for services to association football

Michael Dunlop (motorcycle road racer), for services to motor cycle racing

Bryan Henderson (director of cricket and NFL, Sky), for services to cricket

Frederick Hudson, for services to Arsenal Football Club community

Luke Humphries (darts player), for services to darts

Patricia Johnson (golfer), for services to women’s golf

Natasha Jonas (boxer), for services to boxing and to the community in Liverpool

Julius Joseph (basketball player), for services to basketball

Lucy Katan (founder, British Grooms Association), for services to sport

Andrew Lapthorne (wheelchair tennis player), for services to tennis

Saffron Lane, nee Allen (ice hockey player), for services to sport

David Lawrence (former cricketer), for services to cricket

Luke Littler (darts player), for services to darts

Grace Muir (founder and chief executive officer, homing ex-racehorses organisation scheme), for services to charity, to animal welfare and to education

Christine Pascall (lately president, England Golf), for services to golf

Sanjay Patel (lately managing director, The Hundred), for services to cricket

Sheelagh Redpath (lately technical officials co-ordinator for netball, Commonwealth Games), for services to netball

Christine Still (commentator), for services to gymnastics

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Joseph Adams, for services to Altrincham Football Club and to charitable fundraising

Kathryn Burgess (founder, Cheshire Girls Football League), for services to girls football in mid-Cheshire

Colin Dalgarno (President, Strathaven Rugby Club; Chair, Whiteshawgate 3G Sports Trust and volunteer), for services to the community in Strathaven

Valerie Hoyle (secretary, Rotherham United Women Football Club), for services to association football and to the community in Rotherham

Zarit Hussain, for services to cricket

John O’Connor (Director, Angling Cymru), for services to recreational angling in Wales