Gareth Southgate has been awarded a knighthood in the King's New Year's Honours with a host of Olympians and other sporting stars also being honoured.

The 54-year-old stepped down from his position as England manager shortly after their Euro 2024 final defeat to Spain, having also led them to the final at the 2020 tournament as well as the 2018 World Cup semi-finals. That record made Southgate, who has since been replaced by Thomas Tuchel, the most successful incumbent since Sir Alf Ramsey, and he has now become the fourth former England manager to receive a knighthood.

Wales and British & Irish Lions legend Gerald Davies has also been knighted for services to his sport and for voluntary and charitable service in Wales. The three-time Grand Slam winner, who also subsequently served as president of the Welsh Rugby Union, admitted he was "dumbstruck [and] very emotional" upon receiving the honour.

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His former teammate Alan 'Thumper' Phillips - who went on to be Wales team manager between 2002 and 2019 - has been given an MBE, as have Olympic 800m gold medallist and BBC Sports Personality of the Year Keely Hodgkinson and Welsh cycling star Emma Finucane, who won three medals - one gold and two bronze - in Paris in the summer.

A host of Olympic and Paralympic stars have been named on the list, including nine-time Paralympic champion Hannah Cockcroft, who has been given a CBE and rowing legend Helen Glover, who has been awarded an OBE. Cyclist Tom Pidcock and swimmer Duncan Scott have also been made OBEs, while athletics stars Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Dina Asher-Smith are awarded MBEs.

Overall, 14 Olympic champions from the Paris Games have been honoured, with Finucane's fellow cyclists Sophie Capewell and Katy Marchant being made MBEs alongside rowing champions Lola Anderson, Georgie Brayshaw, Emily Craig, Imogen Grant, Lauren Henry and Hannah Scott, trampoline gold medallist Bryony Page and kite-surfing winner Ellie Aldridge.

Other Paralympic honours include OBEs for swimmers Tully Kearney and Alice Tai, wheelchair race Sam Kinghorn, cyclist Jaco Van Gass, and rowers Lauren Rowles and Erin Kennedy, the latter of whom is also acknowledged for her work with breast cancer awareness. Welsh shot putter Sabrina Fortune has also been awarded an MBE after winning gold and breaking her own world record in Paris, while Paralympics GB's director of sport and Chef de Mission Penny Briscoe has been made a CBE.

Other notable recipients from the world of sport include former Formula One racer and broadcaster Martin Brundle and ex-West Ham manager David Moyes, who have both been given OBEs. Liverpool great and ex-Match of the Day pundit Alan Hansen has also been made an MBE for services to football and broadcasting, months after being seriously ill in hospital.

Dawn Astle, who set up the Jeff Astle Foundation to campaign for more research into head injuries in football on behalf of her father, who died of dementia in 2002, has also been made an MBE.