Mike Summerbee among those being honoured today

The City legend is to receive an OBE at Windsor Castle

Mike Summerbee
Published 7th Mar 2023

A Manchester City legend is among football stars who are receiving honours at Windsor Castle today.

Mike Summerbee's being made an OBE for services to Association Football and charity.

Other recipients include Liverpool Midfielder James Milner who is being made an MBE, and Captain of the Wales women's football team, Sophie Ingle.

Chelsea midfielder, Ingle, has more than 100 international appearances to her name, and was part of the Great Britain squad at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

One of football's most popular figures, Chris Kamara, will also receive an honour.

The 65-year-old, known for his catchphrase "Unbelievable Jeff", played for nine English professional clubs, in a career spanning 20 years before going on to manage Bradford and Stoke.

In more recent years, he's become best known for his work as a pundit and presenter on Sky Sports.

Kamara is being made an MBE for services to Association Football, to anti-racism and to charity.

There was a huge outpouring of support for Kamara on social media when he went public about his apraxia of speech (AOS) diagnosis, saying he felt "a fraud" as a broadcaster having learned he had the condition.

Meanwhile, abortion reform campaigner, Sarah Ewart, will be made an OBE for services to abortion legal reform in Northern Ireland.

Ms Ewart pressed for the liberalisation of Northern Ireland's strict abortion laws, after being denied a termination in the region following a diagnosis that her unborn child would die in the womb or shortly after birth.

Author of Chocolat, Joanne Harris, will be made an OBE for services to literature.

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