Botham has raised millions of pounds for leukaemia charities
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Former England cricket hero Ian Botham, who has raised more than £10m for leukaemia charities, has been awarded a knighthood by the Queen.
Manchester United's nine-time Premier League title winner Ryan Giggs is appointed an OBE while veteran striker Teddy Sheringham becomes an MBE.
Former snooker world champion Terry Griffiths becomes an OBE.
Ex-Great Britain rugby league star Kris Radlinski and former Dunfermline boss Jim Leishman are both appointed MBEs.
Botham, 51, made his name as a flamboyant and influential all-rounder.
Through 11 long-distance walks, many from Land's End to John O'Groats, he has helped to dramatically increase the survival rate of leukaemia sufferers.
Nicknamed "Beefy", he played 102 Tests for England in a career that lasted from 1974 to 1993.
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He took 383 wickets, which remains an English record, and scored 5,200 runs.
"I'm delighted and very honoured, not just for myself but also the people who have helped me get there," Botham told Radio Five Live.
"There'll be a very good party. It will be a very proud moment for me to go to Buckingham Palace again."
The highlight of his career came during the series against Australia in the summer of 1981, which came to be known as "Botham's Ashes".
He received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Sport Personality of the Year Awards in 2004 and was appointed an OBE in 1992.
Other sports stars honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours List include former Wales and British Lions rugby union prop Graham Price and boxer Jane Couch (both MBE).
Yachtswoman Dee Caffari, who last year became the first woman to sail solo non-stop around the globe against the prevailing winds, is made an MBE.
Tim Phillips, chairman of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, becomes a CBE.
FA chairman Geoff Thompson, who last month was named as the new British Fifa representative, is made an OBE.
British Show Jumping Association chief executive Jacqueline Wood also becomes a CBE.
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