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Arise Sir Lewis; Formula One champion Hamilton gets his knighthood
LONDON (Reuters) - Seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton was awarded a knighthood in the UK New Year's honours list published on Wednesday.
Royal fan Hamilton says he would never refuse a knighthood
MANAMA (Reuters) - Seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton left no doubt on Thursday that he would accept a knighthood if it was offered to him.
Hamilton a fantastic ambassador, deserves a knighthood: Hill
(Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton has been breaking down barriers since he arrived in Formula One and deserves a knighthood for his achievements on and off the track, former world champion Damon Hill has said.
Arise, Sir Lewis? I'm no unsung hero, says Hamilton
LONDON (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton's record-equalling seventh Formula One world championship has fuelled expectations of a knighthood but the Briton, overlooked in the past, pointed instead to the ranks of 'unsung heroes'.
Arise Sir Lewis? Hamilton says he's not expecting knighthood
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton says he is not expecting his sixth Formula One world championship to be recognised with a knighthood at the end of the year.
Ex-PM May prompts storm over knighthood for cricket hero Boycott
LONDON (Reuters) - Former British Prime Minister Theresa May has chosen Geoffrey Boycott, one of her cricket heroes, for a knighthood, attracting criticism from domestic abuse charities.
Australia doffs cap to Stokes, wonders whether Ashes dropped
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - England's famous win at Headingley to level an enthralling Ashes series was met with astonishment in Australia on Monday as local media praised "miracle man" Ben Stokes and wondered whether Tim Paine's team had let the hallowed urn slip from their grasp.
A much-awaited game that fails to take off
MANCHESTER United vs Liverpool, it’s England’s El Clasico. The game that the world wants to watch. It’s one of football’s greatest rivalries; two clubs with illustrious histories, era-defining teams, and global fan bases.
England's World Cup-winning keeper Banks dead at 81
STOKE-ON-TRENT, England (Reuters) - Gordon Banks, the goalkeeper in England's 1966 World Cup-winning team, has died at the age of 81, his former club Stoke City said on Tuesday.
Murray, the gift who kept giving for British tennis
LONDON (Reuters) - For a nation steeped in tennis history but long starved of success, Britain's Andy Murray was the gift that kept giving.
