New Year Honours 2023: Lionesses recognised, Denise Lewis made a dame

Mead and Williamson played cardinal roles for Sarina Wiegman's broadside this summer

Members of England's Euro 2022-winning Lionesses squad are among the sporting figures recognised successful the New Year's Honours list.

They won England's archetypal large shot trophy since the men's 1966 World Cup.

Former Olympic heptathlon champion Denise Lewis, the Commonwealth Games England president, is made a dame.

She is 1 of a fig of administrators recognised for their enactment connected past summer's palmy Commonwealth Games successful Birmingham with Games seat John Crabtree becoming a knight and main enforcement Ian Reid appointed a CBE.

Recognition successful the New Year's Honours completes a palmy twelvemonth for England's women.

Golden Boot victor Mead precocious won BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022 portion the Lionesses were named Sports Personality Team of the Year 2022 aft their 2-1 extra-time win implicit Germany secured the nation's archetypal large women's shot trophy.

England brag Sarina Wiegman, who besides won Sports Personality Coach of the Year 2022, becomes a CBE connected the overseas list.

"We are delighted that their services to shot person been recognised successful this way," said Football Association seat Debbie Hewitt.

"They each played a pivotal relation connected and disconnected the transportation successful a historical twelvemonth for women's shot and their designation is wholeheartedly deserved."

However, not each of the Euros squad person been recognised and Sir Hugh Robertson, president of the honours sports committee, said: "The attack that we've tried to instrumentality with this is erstwhile we person these events determination is simply a information successful benignant of carpet bombing the full squad due to the fact that past you get radical who've done 5 minutes connected the transportation and get an award.

"What we've tried to bash is instrumentality to the rule of the honours which is to recognise excellence and to recognise bonzer contributions."

England defender Bronze told BBC Sport: "To beryllium recognised for everything I've done is beauteous special.

"If it's recognising what we did successful the summertime past it is simply a shame that it's not each 23 girls who played their portion successful inspiring a procreation and making history.

"I tin lone talk from a idiosyncratic perspective, my vocation spans a batch longer than the past 12 months."

Lewis told BBC Sport the damehood is "as meaningful arsenic an Olympic golden medal", adding that she hopes she tin "continue to animate the adjacent procreation of young athletes into sport".

Pat Jennings, the erstwhile Tottenham, Arsenal and Watford goalkeeper who won a grounds 119 caps for Northern Ireland, besides becomes a CBE on with Exeter Chiefs president and main enforcement Tony Rowe.

Along with the honours for the Lionesses, Wales skipper Sophie Ingle is appointed OBE portion Scotland and Arsenal brace Jen Beattie and Kim Little go MBEs on with erstwhile Northern Ireland skipper Gail Redmond.

Chelsea defender Ingle said: "I americium genuinely honoured to person this. It is simply a immense honour for not lone myself, but my household and each those progressive with the Welsh women's broadside who person worked tirelessly to assistance the level beryllium wherever it is today."

"It's thing I ne'er adjacent dreamed of oregon expected, it's conscionable an unthinkable feeling," Beattie said.

Footballer turned pundit Chris Kamara becomes an MBE for services to shot arsenic good arsenic for his anti-racism and foundation work.

Speaking to the BBC helium said helium was "really proud".

"I've ever thought that if I was ever successful a presumption to marque a difference, past I would effort my best", helium said.

He said helium had been progressive successful raising much than £3m for assorted charities, including Show Racism the Red Card.

"I don't deliberation racism volition beryllium eradicated wrong my beingness but I bash know, from the young kid who started disconnected successful Middlesbrough wherever radical would accidental these horrible words to you, it's travel a agelong mode - but there's enactment to beryllium done."

Liverpool and Scotland's Andy Robertson becomes an MBE for the enactment his AR26 foundation does to assistance young radical successful Scotland.

Floyd Steadman, the archetypal achromatic skipper successful the apical tier of English rugby national who aboriginal became a headteacher with England's Maro Itoje among his pupils, is appointed OBE.

"It's hard to process the OBE due to the fact that it's been specified a travel and you deliberation that things similar this lone hap to different people," Steadman said.

"I look backmost astatine the challenges that I've been capable to flooded and 1 of the biggest satisfactions has been proving radical incorrect erstwhile they've said I can't bash something," helium added.

"Being skipper of Saracens, the archetypal achromatic skipper of a large rugby team, was wonderful. So was being 1 of the archetypal achromatic headmasters of an autarkic school.

"There person been these barriers that I've been capable to smash through. There's been nary concealed oregon magic formula, I've conscionable been precise resilient."

There are besides MBEs for England netballer Jade Clarke and athletics manager Aston Moore and for cyclist Lizzie Deignan.

"It's a spot surreal," Deignan said.

"It makes you consciousness proud. To beryllium recognised for services to cycling, it's much than conscionable a result. It volition person a spot much longevity. When I'm 50 oregon 60 I'll inactive person my MBE but my results volition beryllium agelong gone."

New Year Honours database for sports

Damehood

Denise Lewis (President, Commonwealth Games England), for services to sport

Knighthood

John Crabtree (Chair, Organising Committee, 2022 Commonwealth Games) for services to athletics and to the assemblage successful the West Midlands

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Dean Creamer (Director, Commonwealth Games and Blythe House Programme, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) for nationalist service

Pat Jennings (former footballer), for services to shot and to charity

Ian Reid (CEO, Organising Committee, 2022 Commonwealth Games), for services to sport

Tony Rowe (Chair and main executive, Exeter Chiefs) for services to rugby national and to the assemblage successful Exeter

Sarina Wiegman (England manager), for services to shot (Overseas list)

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Paul Barber (Brighton main executive) for services to football

Sophie Ingle (Wales captain) for services to football

Ian Metcalfe (Lately Chair, Commonwealth Games England) for services to sport

Geoff Newton (Lately Vice-Chair, British Paralympic Association) for services to sport

Floyd Steadman (former rugby national player), for services to rugby union, acquisition and charity

John Aleck Suchet, for services to rugby union, acquisition and charity

Michael Williams, (World Rowing treasurer and British Rowing committee member), for services to rowing

Leah Williamson (England captain), for services to football

Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Sandra Bailie (Northern Ireland international), for services to bowls

Jen Beattie (Scotland international), for services to shot and charity

Lucy Bronze (England international), for services to football

Jade Clarke (England international), for services to netball

Lizzie Deignan (Olympic and satellite medallist), for services to cycling

Robert Elstone (Businessman who held roles with Castleford, Everton and rugby league's Super League), for services to sport

Dave Ferguson, for services to squash

Charlotte Gilley (founder and chair, Maverick Stars Trust), for services to boxing

Chris Kamara (former nonrecreational footballer), for services to football, anti-racism and charity

Kim Little (Scotland international), for services to football

Beth Mead (England international), for services to football

Aston Moore (national coach), for services to athletics

Johnny Nelson (former nonrecreational boxer), for services to boxing and young radical successful South Yorkshire

Gail Redmond (former Northern Ireland captain), for services to shot successful Northern Ireland

Andy Robertson (Liverpool and Scotland footballer), for services to football, foundation and young people

Jo Tongue (Director, Women successful Football), for services to shot and sex equality

Ellen White (former England international), for services to football.