Rio Ferdinand, Yves Muerhead, Gareth Bale and Moen Ali (left to right) are among those on the Queen’s birthday list
Olympic gold medalist Yves Moorhead is on the list of awards for the Queen’s birthday, along with cricketer Moen Ali and former footballer Rio Ferdinand.
Moorhead won gold in curling gold at the Beijing Winter Olympics and became an OBE, while the rest of her team became MBEs.
Moen and Ferdinand became OBE, while Welsh footballer Gareth Bale became an MBE.
Broadcaster Claire Balding and MP Tracy Crouch are CBE.
The last round of awards is to celebrate the Queen’s jubilee to mark 70 years of service.
Former Sports Minister Crouch has chaired a fan-led review of football following a series of high-profile crises in the sport, such as the failed European Super League and the collapse of Bury FC. The main recommendation for the creation of a new independent regulator for English football was approved by the government.
Baldness is recognized for his ability in front of the camera and his charity work. She holds ambassadorial positions in many organizations, including StreetVet and Helen Rollasson, a cancer charity.
Brothers Simpson Neil and Andrew are also on the MBE list after they both won Paralympic gold.
Neil’s younger brother, 19, was led by Brother Andrew, 21, to become the third gold medalist at the British Winter Games and the first man to achieve the feat after the successes of Kelly Gallagher in 2014 and Menna Fitzpatrick in 2018.
Muirhead’s rink beat Japan to win Team GB’s only gold medal in Beijing. Teammates Vicki Wright, Jen Dodds, Hailey Duff and Millie Smith became MBEs, along with coach David Murdoch.
Scott Moorhead, 32, who has competed in four Olympics, added to the bronze he won in Sochi in 2014.
The 34-year-old England and Worcester Universal player Moen announced his retirement from test cricket in September 2021, but continued to play for the limited edition team and was part of the Twenty20 team to reach last year’s World Cup semi-finals.
He scored 2,914 runs and took 195 goals in 64 test matches, making his debut against Sri Lanka in 2014.
Ferdinand, a television expert and former defender of Manchester United, Leeds, West Ham and England, is honored for his achievements in football and charity. This year he founded the Rio Ferdinand Foundation, which works with young people and supports community development.
Snooker players Judd Trump and Mark Selby also won recognition. Former world champion Selby has become an advocate for mental health awareness after admitting he was fighting for mental health in January. Trump reached the final of this year’s World Cup, losing to Ronnie O’Sullivan.
Wigan Warriors and English rugby league legend Sean O’Loughlin are also included.
Excellent footballers
Others who made OBE include former English footballers Mike Summerby and Luther Blissett, who played for Manchester City and Watford respectively.
Wales and the departing Real Madrid striker Bale won a record fifth Champions League title together on Saturday, although they barely made it this season. He spent last season on loan at the former Tottenham club.
However, he won three La Liga titles, four Club World Cups, three UEFA Super Cups, one King’s Cup and three Spanish Super Cups with Madrid, and helped Wales for two consecutive European Championships.
He is joined as an MBE by Liverpool veteran and former England midfielder James Milner.
Last season, Milner helped Liverpool win the FA Cup and League Cup, as well as reach the Champions League final.
Richard Bevan, CEO of the League of Managers Association, has also become an OBE, while former Scotland and Hibernian goalkeeper Alan Rowe is an MBE.
Paralympians and Olympians
Husband and wife Neil and Laura Faci are MBEs after both won gold in Paralympic cycling in 16 minutes.
Neil and driver Matt Rotherm broke their own world record to win gold in the B 1000m run before Laura and Corinne Hall successfully retained their crown in the B 3000m pursuit.
Gas Chowdhury, who won bronze in Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball and coached the Tokyo team, and Paralympian Sami Kinghorn, a silver and bronze medalist in the Paralympic Games, became an MBE.
Georgina Harland is also an MBE for her work as the first female chef on the British Olympic Association’s mission for the Winter Olympics.
Swimmer Hannah Miley, who represented Britain in three Olympic swimming events and won individual titles in the 400m medley at the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and 2014, was also recognized with an MBE.
Moorhead ends the wait for a gold medal
Moorhead wants to be a role model like Howie
Moorhead raised the British Ice Cube teammates to their feet when they scored a top four in the seventh to effectively win the Olympic title.
Her performance was even more remarkable for her return from hip surgery.
She described the victory as a “dream” after emulating the gold won by Ron Howie’s team in Salt Lake City in 2002.
Moorhead said: “There were times this season when I would never have thought that what I was able to continue and achieve was possible.
“I am absolutely happy to share this honor with my teammates, because without them I cannot be in this position.”
The gold medal limited an incredible 12 months for Muerhead, who led Scotland to eighth place at last year’s World Cup.
After this disappointment, nine players were placed in the selection process and Muirhead, Wright, Dodds and Duff appeared. They won the European Championship in December before consolidating their place in Beijing in a tense qualifier just weeks before the Games.
Moorhead added: “It just shows that the team around me never gives up and that you can achieve anything if you decide to do it.
Moen was awarded for his career
Moen Ali talks to TMS about withdrawing from test cricket
Moeen says he ended his test career because he found the form “really hard to enter” and “really long” – even though he had an impressive career and was promoted to vice-captain.
The left-handed battery and off-spinner hit five centuries and took five five-wicket draws in the Tests, finishing with an average of 28.29 and a bowling average of 36.66.
Only 15 bowlers have taken more test gates for England and Moeen is ranked third among English spinners, after Derek Underwood (297) and Graham Swan (255).
“It’s an honor to be recognized, it’s amazing and my family is really proud and happy,” he said. “Most of all, I know it makes my parents happy.”
But he acknowledged that his Pakistani heritage and Muslim faith have made him an ambassador for sports inclusion.
“It’s not about running and wicketting. I think it’s more about the journey I’ve been through. It’s my background, my upbringing, and all the things I’ve been through in my life.”
In 2017, Moeen became the fifth fastest player in terms of games to reach 2,000 runs and 100 wickets, also making a hat-trick against South Africa in the same year to seal a series of victories in The Oval.
He was part of the team that won the 2015 Ashes, but had difficulties during the 2017-18 series in Australia and took a break from cricket after being eliminated during the 2019 Ashes home.
List of awards for the birthday of the Queen of Sports
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Claire Victoria Balding (distributor) for sports and charity services
Tracy Crouch, MP (former Minister of Sport), for parliamentary and public service
Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Moen Ali (cricket player) for cricket services
Richard Harrison Bevan (CEO of the League of Managers Association) for football services
Luther Lloyd Blissett (former footballer and patron of Sporting Memories) for football services and charity
Laura Marie Faci (cyclist), for cycling services
Neil Michael Faci (cyclist), for cycling services
Rio Gavin Ferdinand (expert and former footballer) for football services and charity
David Peter Hadfield (President of the Boccia International Sports Federation) for services to sport
Corinne Claire Hall (cyclist), for cycling services
Hugh Morris (CEO, Glamorgan County Cricket Club), for cricket services and charity
Yves Moorhead (omission, British Olympic curling team) for curling services
Sean O’Loughlin (rugby league player), for rugby league services
Professor Nicholas Sheridan Peirce (Chief Physician, England and Wales Cricket Board), for sports services during Covid-19
Michael Summerby (former footballer) for football services and charity
Karen Margaret Tonge (Chair, Steam Table Tennis), for table tennis services
Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Gareth Frank Bale (football player) for football services and charity
Ghazain Choudhury (Wheelchair Basketball Player), for Wheelchair Basketball Services
Jennifer Carmichael Dodds (curling), for curling services
Hailey Caitlin Rose Duff (machine) for perming services
William Robert Lecki Duncan (curling) for curling services and charity
Thomas Scott Dyson (Head Coach, Paralympic Pathway, British Rowing), for Paralympic rowing services
Gary Kenneth Hall (Executive Director, British Taekwondo) for Taekwondo Services
Benjamin Robert House (Chair of the Athletics Committee, British Olympic Association), for Sports Services
Elizabeth Ellen Hughes (Director of Special Projects, Sport England) for Covid-19 Sports Services
Samantha May Kinghorn (paraathlete) for services for sports with disabilities
Shirley McKay (hockey player), for hockey and community services in Northern Ireland
Hannah Lucy Miley (float) for swimming services and women’s sports
Dr. Ian Stewart Miller (recently Chief Physician of the British Paralympic Association) for Paralympic Sports Services
James Philip Milner (football player), for football services and charity
David Matthew Murdoch (head coach of the British curling team) for the services of …
Add Comment