LONDON (AP):

David Beckham and Andy Murray will have to wait a while longer for a possible knighthood.

Both sports stars were left off Queen Elizabeth II's New Year's honours list, a surprise to some who had expected them to be knighted.

Murray became the first British man since 1936 to win Wimbledon in July, while Beckham ended his illustrious 20-year football career in May. Both have previously been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

On a low-profile list of sports names, former Football Association chairman David Bernstein and 1969 women's Wimbledon champion Ann Jones were each made Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

David Bedford, a former 10,000-meter world record holder, who is now race director for the London Marathon, was awarded an OBE for services to athletics and charitable fund-raising.