CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Felice Albers (NED) and Harmanpreet Singh (IND) FIH Players of the Year! The International Hockey Federation (FIH) can reveal that Felice Albers of Netherlands and Harmanpreet Singh of India have been named the FIH Players of the Year 2021-22 in the women’s and men’s category respectively.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hockey | Harmanpreet Singh named FIH Player of the Year India defender Harmanpreet Singh was on Friday named the FIH Player of the Year in the men’s category for the second successive time.

Detailed explanation-3: -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. Harmanpreet Singh holds the record for the most goals scored in an FIH Pro League season.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mumtaz Khan is the third Indian woman to win the award after Lalremsiami in 2019 and Sharmila Devi in 2020-21. In the men’s category, Vivek Sagar Prasad has won the honour in both 2019 and 2020-21.

Detailed explanation-5: -GENEVA, NY – Kristiina Castagnola of Rowan has been chosen as the 2022 National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III Player of the Year, putting a finishing touch on her long list of accomplishments that solidifies her status as one of the most decorated student-athletes in Prof history.