Cycling superstars Laura and Jason Kenny become the first husband and wife to receive a damehood and knighthood in the same Honours list.
Seven-time Olympic gold medallist Jason, 33, is Britain’s most successful Olympian, winning gold in the keirin at this summer’s Tokyo 2020 Games, which were delayed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Laura, 29, has six Olympic medals, winning the madison and gaining a team pursuit silver at this summer’s Games.
She is both the most successful female cyclist, and the most successful British female athlete, in Olympic history.
The pair lead the way in accolades for Team GB, with 78 Olympians and Paralympians honoured.
Gold medal-winning middleweight boxer Lauren Price, 27, gets an MBE.
The Welshwoman, who was raised by her grandparents Derek and Linda, spoke movingly about what it would mean to her grandad, who died last year.
She told the Mirror: “He would have been the proudest grandfather ever, the proudest man in the Valleys.
“It was a shame he wasn’t here when I came home from Tokyo, he hadn’t long passed.
“He always supported me. I’ve lived with them from three days old so it was such a massive part of my career.
“He would have been more than proud.”
She described the gong as “an absolute honour and a privilege - it’s something I’ve always been in awe of”.
Wheelchair Paralympian Hannah Cockroft, 29, gets an OBE - nine years after she became an MBE following the London Games.
She retained her women's 100 metres T34 Paralympic title in Tokyo - setting a new world record.
It was her sixth Paralympic gold.
“To still be here 10 years down the line, still winning gold in the same event, still topping the podium - I don’t really think many athletes can say that,” she said.
“To get this honour to recognise the fact that 10 years later I am still on the top of that podium is a huge, huge privilege.”
Double Olympic gold medal swimmer Adam Peaty, 27, gets an OBE, as does diver Tom Daley, also 27, who won gold in Japan.
US Open tennis champion Emma Radacanu, 19, gets an MBE after becoming the first British woman to win a Grand Slam singles title since Virginia Wade at Wimbledon in 1977.
Gary Bennett, Sunderland AFC’s first black player and one of the first three patrons of the charity Show Racism the Red Card, receives an MBE.
He said the battle was far from over.
“It’s something we continue to fight,” he said.
“People ask, ‘What’s it like to suffer from racism?’ I try to tell them, especially if you’re in my colour skin, it’s something which you feel on a daily basis.
“It’s not always verbal, it can be visual. There are situations I have been in where you can feel very uncomfortable, people are looking at you and you’re just thinking, ‘Are they going to say something? Why are they looking at you?’ It’s obviously your skin colour.”
Former Cardiff City star Bennett, 60, also highlighted the abuse waged at England stars Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after they missed vital penalties in the Three Lions’ Euros heartbreak this summer.
“It was an excellent tournament, with a little bit more luck we could have been lifting the trophy,” he said.
“But what we end up speaking about is the penalty misses - and OK, players do miss penalties, but unfortunately for some unknown reason their colour comes into it.
“They talk a lot about that they missed a penalty because they are black.”
Full list of Sport's New Year Honours
KNIGHTHOODS
Jason Kenny, CBE, for services to cycling (Marton, Cheshire).
ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, DAME (DBE)
Laura Kenny, CBE, for services to cycling (Marton, Cheshire).
COMMANDERS OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (CBE)
Andrew Cosslett, former Rugby Football Union chair, for services to rugby union (London).
Jody Cundy, OBE, for services to cycling (Manchester).
Stephen Park, OBE, British Cycling performance director, for services to cycling (Fareham, Hampshire).
ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (OBE)
Andy Anson, British Olympic Association chief executive, for services to sport, particularly during Covid-19 (Wilmslow, Cheshire).
Natasha Baker, MBE, for services to equestrian (London).
Jeanette Chippington, MBE, for services to canoeing (Maidenhead, Berkshire).
Hannah Cockroft, MBE, for services to athletics (Halifax).
Kadeena Cox, MBE, for services to athletics and cycling (Leeds).
Tom Daley, for services to diving, to LGBTQ+ rights and charity (London).
Aled Davies, MBE, for services to athletics, (Peterstone Wentlooge, Newport).
Bethany Firth, MBE, for services to swimming (Newtown, County Down).
Emma Hayes, MBE, Chelsea Women manager, for services to association football (Thame, Oxfordshire).
Hannah Mills, MBE, for services to sailing and the environment (Poole, Dorset).
Stephanie Moore, MBE, Bobby Moore Fund founder, for services to bowel cancer research funding (London).
Adam Peaty, MBE, for services to swimming (Kegworth, Leicestershire).
Jonathan Rea, MBE, for services to motorcycling (Dunadry, County Antrim).
Hannah Russell, MBE, for services to swimming (Chertsey, Surrey).
Michael Sharrock, British Paralympic Association chief executive, for services to athletes with disabilities (Checkendon, Oxfordshire).
David Smith, MBE, for services to Boccia (Swansea).
Chris Spice, British Swimming national performance director, for services to swimming and high performance sport (London).
Sophie Wells, MBE, for services to equestrianism (Newark).
Max Whitlock, MBE, for services to gymnastics (Bulphan, Essex).
ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (MBE)
Karen Almond, for services to women’s rugby union (living abroad).
Freya Anderson, for services to swimming (Wirral).
Gary Bennett, patron, Show Racism The Red Card, for services to anti-racism in football (Houghton, Tyne and Wear).
Stuart Bithell, for services to sailing (Poole, Dorset).
Jonathan Broom-Edwards, for services to athletics (Loughborough, Leicestershire).
Mick Bromby, boxing coach, for services to boxing and the community in Hull.
Jonny Brownlee, for services to triathlon (Bramhope, West Yorkshire).
Ellen Buttrick, for services to rowing (Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire).
Jordan Catchpole, for services to swimming (Beccles, Suffolk).
Louis Cayer, tennis coach, for services to tennis (London).
Joe Choong, for services to modern pentathlon (Bath, Somerset).
Jonathan Coggan, for services to wheelchair rugby (Hertford, Hertfordshire).
Laura Collett, for services to equestrianism (Cheltenham).
David Cowling, for services to wheelchair rugby (Matlock, Derbyshire).
Nick Cummins, for services to wheelchair rugby (Leicester).
Kathleen Dawson, for services to swimming and women in sport (Stirling).
Tom Dean, for services to swimming (Maidenhead, Berkshire).
Reece Dunn, for services to swimming (Plymouth, Devon).
Dylan Fletcher-Scott, for services to sailing (Portland, Dorset).
Kate French, for services to modern pentathlon (Chapmanslade, Wiltshire).
Piers Gilliver, for services to fencing (Gloucester).
Kylie Grimes, for services to wheelchair rugby (Farnham, Surrey).
James Guy, for services to swimming (Bath, Somerset).
Charlotte Henshaw, for services to canoeing (Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire).
Steve Holland, England football team assistant manager, for services to association football (Leatherhead, Surrey).
Anna Hopkin, for services to swimming (Loughborough, Leicestershire).
Barry Horne, Activity Alliance chief executive, for services to inclusivity in sport (Nottingham).
Calum Jarvis, for services to swimming (Bath).
Jamie Jones-Buchanan, for services to rugby league football and the community in Leeds (Leeds).
Tully Kearney, for services to swimming (Walsall).
Erin Kennedy, for services to rowing (Henley on Thames, Oxforshire).
Jess Learmonth, for services to triathlon (Leeds).
Matty Lee, for services to diving (London).
Fred Magee, for services to association football in East Belfast (Belfast).
Jabeena Maslin, for services to modern pentathlon (Beaminster, Dorset).
Tom McEwen, for services to equestrianism (Tetbury, Gloucestershire).
Eilidh McIntyre, for services to sailing (Portland, Dorset).
Owen Miller, for services to athletics (Dunfermline, Fife).
Stephen Parry, for services to swimming (Manchester).
Phoebe Paterson Pine, for services to archery (Cirencester, Gloucestershire).
George Paul, for services to British Horseracing Heritage (Ipswich).
Daniel Pembroke, for services to athletics (Hereford).
Aaron Phipps, for services to wheelchair rugby (Southampton).
Tom Pidcock, for services to cycling (Leeds).
Lauren Price, for services to boxing (Hengoed, Caerphilly).
Emma Raducanu, for services to tennis (Bromley, Kent).
Giedre Rakauskaite, for services to rowing (Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire).
Matthew Richards, for services to swimming (Bath, Somerset).
James Roberts, for services to wheelchair rugby (Hertford).
Mark Robinson, Royal Yachting Association Olympic performance manager, for services to sailing (Southampton).
Stuart Robinson, for services to wheelchair rugby (Carnforth, Lancashire).
Matthew Rotherham, for services to cycling (Manchester).
Chris Ryan, for services to wheelchair rugby (Welwyn, Hertfordshire).
Duncan Scott, for services to swimming (Stirling).
Paul Shaw, Great Britain wheelchair rugby head coach, for services to wheelchair rugby (Birmingham).
Beth Shriever, for services to bicycle motor cross racing (Cheadle, Greater Manchester).
Chris Skelley, for services to judo (Walsall).
Andrew Small, for services to athletics (Nantwich, Cheshire).
Jack Smith, for services to wheelchair rugby (Stockton on Tees, County Durham).
Oliver Stanhope, for services to rowing (Reading).
Jamie Stead, for services to wheelchair rugby (Normanton, West Yorkshire).
Lauren Steadman, for services to triathlon (Portsmouth).
Laura Sugar, for services to canoeing (Billesdon, Leicestershire).
Maisie Summers-Newton, for services to swimming (Wellingborough, Northamptonshire).
Georgia Taylor-Brown, for services to triathlon (Leeds).
Oliver Townend, for services to equestrianism (Ellesmere, Shropshire).
Jaco van Gass, for services to cycling (Sale, Greater Manchester).
Gavin Walker, for services to wheelchair rugby (Rotherham, South Yorkshire).
Matt Walls, for services to cycling (Oldham, Greater Manchester).
Ben Watson, for services to cycling (Glossop, Derbyshire).
Charlotte Worthington, for services to bicycle motor cross racing (Corby, Northamptonshire).
Galal Yafai, for services to boxing (Solihull, West Midlands).
Alex Yee, for services to triathlon (Leeds).
Thomas Young, for services to athletics (Shepshed, Leicestershire).
