CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -FIH Player of the Year 2021-22: India’s Harmanpreet Singh wins men’s award. The Indian hockey star also won the award last year.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Netherlands’ Felice Albers and India’s Harmanpreet Singh have been named the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Player of the Year for the 2021-2022 season in the women’s and men’s competitions respectively.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hockey | Harmanpreet Singh named FIH Player of the Year He is a terrific defender with a knack for being at the right place at the right time to breakdown the opponent’s offense, ” FIH said in a statement. “He has great dribbling skills to carry the ball up the field from defense.

Detailed explanation-4: -For 2022, Dutch star Felice Albers was named best female player in the world while Indian player Harmanpreet Singh claimed the men’s award.

Detailed explanation-5: -At 22 years of age, Felice Albers is the youngest winner of the Player of the Year award since 1999, when Germany’s Natascha Keller won the title. Albers currently plays for Amsterdam and the Dutch national team. She and her Dutch teammates brought home the world championship this year.