CURRENT AFFAIRS

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: -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-3: -Albers of Netherlands have been named the FIH Player of the Year 2021-22 in the women’s category. Harmanpreet scored 18 goals from 16 games, with two hat-tricks, in the FIH Hockey Pro League 2021-’22.

Detailed explanation-4: -And he is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a defender for the Indian national team. Harmanpreet Singh is part of a team who won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Tokyo Olympics. Harmanpreet Singh is awarded the Indian government Arjuna Award for Hockey. He scored 121 Goals in field hockey career so far.

Detailed explanation-5: -Field hockey Player of the Year: Lucy Johnson, Cheverus.