CURRENT AFFAIRS

2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which female hockey player has been selected by the International Hockey Federation for the Rising Player of the year 2021-22?
A
Vandana Rampal
B
Vandana Katariya
C
Mumtaz Khan
D
Rani Rampal
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Mumtaz Khan was India’s top scorer in the 2022 women’s junior hockey World Cup and at the FIH Hockey5s Lausanne. Teenager Mumtaz Khan was named the FIH Rising Star of the Year 2021-22 in the women’s category, the international hockey federation (FIH) announced on Tuesday.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indian hockey team star Harmanpreet Singh has been named the men’s FIH Player of the Year 2021-22 becoming just the fourth player to win the award in the men’s category in consecutive years.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hockey | Harmanpreet Singh named FIH Player of the Year The 26-year-old became just the fourth player to win the Player of the Year award (men’s category) in consecutive years, joining an elite list that includes Teun De Nooijer (Netherlands), Jamie Dwyer (Australia) and Arthur van Doren (Belgium).

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