Former England manager Gareth Southgate given Knighthood
The HinduFormer England football manager Gareth Southgate has been given a knighthood in the United Kingdom’s New Year Honors list. Southgate led England to two consecutive European Championship finals and the 2018 World Cup semifinals, making him the most successful incumbent since Alf Ramsey. The 54-year-old Southgate, who left the role shortly after England’s defeat to Spain in the Euro 2024 final in July, became the fourth former England manager to receive a knighthood, after Ramsey, Walter Winterbottom, and Bobby Robson. Nine-time Paralympic champion Hannah Cockcroft, who has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and Olympic 800-meter gold medalist Keely Hodgkinson, who becomes a Member of the Order of the British Empire, are among stars of Britain’s Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic teams to have been honored.