Gongs for Ashes heroes

Three men who played key roles in England's Ashes victory in Australia have received awards in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.

England coach Andy Flower and captain Andrew Strauss receive OBEs while man-of-the-series Alastair Cook gets an MBE to reward his 766 runs - the highest score for England in a Test series for 80 years.

Henry Cecil, one of the most successful racehorse trainers in Britain, receives a knighthood for more than 40 years of service to sport.

There is also a knighthood for David Higgins, the Australian who led the enormous construction programme for the London 2012 Games in his role as chief executive of the Olympics Delivery Authority.

There is a CBE for former Sky managing director Vic Wakeling, for services to sports broadcasting, in recognition for the role he played in revolutionising both British football and television coverage of the sport.

Golfer Lee Westwood's fantastic year in 2010, when he ended Tiger Woods' reign as the world number one, is recognised with an OBE.

David Sparkes, the chief executive of British swimming, also gets an OBE after overseeing a transformation in the sport.

John Amaechi, the former British basketball international who became the first openly gay NBA player when he revealed his homosexuality, also receives an OBE.

Two athletes going for gold at the London 2012 Olympics - heptathlete Jessica Ennis and triple jumper Phillips Idowu - receive MBEs. Both won gold medals in the 2010 European Championships.

Mark Cavendish, the sprint cyclist from the Isle of Man, receives an MBE after a year which saw him win five stages of the Tour de France.