Queen's Birthday Honours: Alan Rough and Jennifer Dodds among sports stars recognised

Dodds and her Olympic gold medal-winning curling teammates Hailey Duff, Vicky Wright and alternate Mili Smith all received MBEs after their success at the Tokyo Olympics earlier this year.

Captain Eve Muirhead, who was made an MBE in 2020, has now secured an OBE after the Great Britain team took topped the podium earlier this year.

Dodds and the GB Women's curling team thrashed Japan 10-3 in the women’s final in February to end Team GB’s 20-year wait for curling gold.

“I feel incredibly proud of the girls and what they’ve achieved,” Dodds said afterwards. “Not many people can say they’ve been to the Olympics, let alone be an Olympic champion, so I’m never going to take that for granted.”

The team's head coach David Murdoch received the same honour, along with chef de mission Georgina Seccombe, while visually impaired para-skier Neil Simpson's gold medal in Beijing earned the Aberdonian an MBE as well. His brother Andrew, who acts as his guide, received the same recognition.

Rough played more than 600 games in his career, and travelled to the 1978, 1982 and 1986 World Cups with Scotland.

After 13 years at Patrick Thistle, he played for Hibs from 1982 to 1988 and racked up nearly 200 appearances for the Easter Road club. He had a successful spell as a manager of junior club Glenafton Athletic and has been a well-known Scottish football pundit for many years.

Footballers Gareth Bale and James Milner also received MBEs, while Rio Ferdinand was awarded an OBE. Mike Summerbee, a star of the Manchester City side of the 1960s and 70s, receives an OBE, as does former Watford and England striker Luther Blissett.

England cricketer Moeen Ali has been awarded an OBE and snooker players Mark Selby and Judd Trump have each been