Former England rugby union captain Sarah Hunter and ex-footballer Ian Wright are among those named in the King’s Birthday Honours list.
Hunter, who retired in March with a record 141 caps, has been given a CBE for her services to rugby union.
Ex-Arsenal and England striker Wright, a BBC Sport pundit, becomes an OBE for services to football and charity.
World Netball president and ex-UK Sport chief executive Liz Nicholl has been made a Dame for her services to sport.
“It has been a real privilege to serve in various roles in sport over the last 40-plus years, working alongside really talented colleagues, and I take huge delight in seeing the recent significant growth in opportunities for women and girls to enjoy participating in sport, both in the UK and internationally,” said Nicholl.
“I feel incredibly privileged to have now been awarded the honour of becoming a Dame.”
Paying tribute to their former player, Arsenal tweeted: “For all the dedication and unwavering support for the men’s and women’s game, this is an honour truly befitting of the man.”
Former England forward and broadcaster Eniola Aluko, who won 102 caps for the Lionesses, has been made an MBE for her services to football and charity.
Darts player Fallon Sherrock made history in 2019 by becoming the first woman to win a match at the PDC World Championship and is made an MBE for her services to her sport.
Other influential women to be honoured include former World Triathlon champion Non Stanford, who becomes an MBE for services to triathlon in Wales.
Referee Amy Fearn has been made an MBE for her services to football.
In 2010, she became the first woman to officiate a men’s England Football League (EFL) match when she replaced the injured Tony Bates for the final 20 minutes of Coventry City’s game against Nottingham Forest.
Former England cricketer and four-time Ashes winner Lydia Greenway becomes an OBE, while England’s 2022 T20 World Cup winners Sam Curran and Adil Rashid become MBEs, all for their services to cricket.
Australia and French Open wheelchair tennis doubles winners Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid are also included in the list of OBEs, while fellow wheelchair tennis player and three-time Paralympic medallist Lucy Shuker receives a British Empire Medal.
“I never would have dreamed that I’d receive something like this in my lifetime,” said Hewett, who has also won seven Grand Slam singles titles.
“I just get my head down and work hard in the sport that I love, so I’m extremely proud and grateful for this, and everyone who has helped me get to where I am today.
“It’s amazing to see wheelchair tennis and disability sport get this level of recognition. It’s so vital in encouraging people with disabilities to be active and to just be creating a more inclusive society.”
England won the Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup last year and captain Tom Halliwell has been made an OBE, while team-mate Sebastien Bechara and coach Tom Coyd have become MBEs.
Former Scotland footballer John Greig made more than 700 appearances for Rangers and has become a CBE.
Northern Ireland and Leicester City defender Jonny Evans, who has won 100 caps, has been made an MBE for his services to football in Northern Ireland.
“When I got the letter through the door and it had the royal seal on the back I was a bit shocked, but it was also amazing,” said Evans.
“It made me feel very proud, especially when I saw that it was in recognition of my contribution to association football in Northern Ireland.”
The King’s Birthday Honours list for sport
Damehood
Elizabeth Mary Nicholl (president, World Netball), for services to sport
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
John Greig, (former footballer) for services to football and to the community in Scotland
Sarah Alice Hunter (former England rugby union captain), for services to rugby union
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Anthony Keith Atherton, for services to disability sport and to inclusion
Pippa Britton (lately vice-chair, UK Anti-Doping and vice-chair Sport Wales), for services to sport
David Philip Clarke, (chief executive, British Paralympic Association), for services to Paralympic sport
Jonathan Michael Dutton, (chief executive, Rugby League World Cup), for services to rugby
Lydia Greenway (founder, Cricket for Girls and former cricket player), for services to cricket
David Roger Griffiths, for services to football in Wales
Thomas Edward Halliwell (England wheelchair rugby league captain), for services to wheelchair rugby league
Alfie Thomas Hewett (wheelchair tennis player), for services to tennis
Christopher John Jenkins (lately chief executive, Commonwealth Games Wales), for services to the Commonwealth Games and sport in Wales
Gordon James Reid (wheelchair tennis player), for services to tennis
Ian Edward Wright (broadcaster and author), for services to football and charity
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Eniola Aluko (broadcaster and former footballer), for services to football and charity
Sebastien Joseph Bechara (wheelchair rugby player), for services to wheelchair rugby league
Colin Francis Bland (chief executive, Sporting Chance), for services to sport
Sara Louise Cox (referee), for services to rugby union
Thomas Dillon Coyd (coach, England wheelchair rugby league team), for services to wheelchair rugby league
Samuel Matthew Curran (cricket player), for services to cricket
Niall William Andrew Elliott (head of sports medicine – sportscotland Institute of Sport, and chief medical officer, British Olympic Association), for services to sports and exercise medicine
Jonathan Grant Evans (footballer), for services to football in Northern Ireland
Amy Elizabeth Fearn (referee), for services to football
Emma Elizabeth Fry (Emma Bristow) (motorcyclist), for services to motor sports and women in sport
John Parry Griffiths (coach, British Canoeing), for services to canoeing and paddlesport
Ian Philip Howard (vice president, World Triathlon), for services to triathlon
Gareth Lloyd Jones, for services to sport and exercise medicine in Wales
Hannah McGarry McLachlan (Anna Marshall), for services to lawn bowls
Maria Teresa McLoughlin (chair, Women’s Artistic Gymnastics technical committee, British Gymnastics), for services to gymnastics
David William Pond (lately chief executive, Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby), for services to wheelchair rugby
Adil Rashid (cricket player), for services to cricket
Ian Malcolm Rogers (athletics official), for services to athletics
Fallon Suzanne Michelle Sherrock (darts player), for services to darts
Colin Shields (former ice hockey player), for services to ice hockey
James Simpson (former rugby league player), for services to wheelchair rugby league
Non Rhiannydd Stanford (former triathlete), for services to triathlon in Wales
Susan Taylor (chair, British Amateur Rugby League Association and vice-president, Rugby Football League), for services to rugby league
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Richard Menzies Campbell (manager, Arbroath Football Club), for services to football and the community in Angus
Albert Duffus, for services to boxing, to veterans and to charity in Inverness-shire, Aberdeenshire and Moray
Rebecca Elizabeth Sarah Edwards (rower), for services to rowing
John Leslie Stuart Griffiths (coach, Swansea Harriers Athletics Club), for services to athletics in Wales
Lindsay Martin Hedmann (trampolining coach), for services to trampolining
Sian Margaret Johnson, for services to squash in Wales
Anthony Charles Kingston (scorer), for services to cricket
Stuart James Langworthy (manager, England Over-60s Walking Football Team), for services to football and walking football
Elaine Shallcross (pickleball player, coach, administrator and International Federation of Pickleball ambassador), for services to pickleball
Lucy Jessica Shuker (Paralympic wheelchair tennis player), for services to sport
Bryan Frederick Smith (coach), for services to athletics
Mildred Wiltshire (chief marshal coordinator, British Motorsport), for services to motorsport
Catherine Margaret Wynne (volunteer international technical official, International Canoe Federation and European Canoe Association), for services to sport
