{"id":243270,"date":"2022-10-04T11:21:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T11:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/10\/04\/indias-mumtaz-khan-named-fih-womens-rising-star-of-the-year-hockey-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-10-04T11:21:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T11:21:54","slug":"indias-mumtaz-khan-named-fih-womens-rising-star-of-the-year-hockey-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/10\/04\/indias-mumtaz-khan-named-fih-womens-rising-star-of-the-year-hockey-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s Mumtaz Khan named FIH Women&#8217;s Rising Star of the Year | Hockey News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: India forward <!-- -->Mumtaz Khan<!-- --> was on Tuesday named the <!-- -->FIH Women&#8217;s Rising Star of the Year<!-- --> on the back of her stellar role during the country&#8217;s campaign at the <!-- -->Junior World Cup<!-- --> in South Africa earlier this year. <br \/>The 19-year-old Mumtaz, who hails from Lucknow, had scored eight goals in six matches, including a hat-trick, during India&#8217;s fourth-place finishing campaign in Potchefstroom in April. <br \/>She finished in third place on the list of top scorers in the World Cup. She failed to score in just one game throughout the tournament, against Netherlands. <\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component\" data-pos=\"12\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Please put your hands together for Mumtaz Khan for winning the FIH Rising Star of the Year Award 2021-22 &#x1f44f;\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/yhMuLqERPK<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHockeyIndia\/status\/1577207921477226496\">1664870646000<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mumtaz scored both the goals for India in the crucial 2-2 tie in the bronze medal match against England, but the team couldn&#8217;t get over the line in the ensuing shoot-out to end at fourth place. <br \/>&#8220;I cannot believe that I have won this award. It is the hard work of our entire team over the year that has paid off, and I dedicate the win to my team,&#8221; Mumtaz said. <br \/>&#8220;I feel the award is a sign that the hard work that I have put over the past year on the training grounds has helped me improve a lot as a player. But this is just the beginning of my career. I wish to continue the learning process and will continue the hard work to improve upon my game.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component\" data-pos=\"22\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Congratulations to @TheHockeyIndia&#8217;s Mumtaz Khan for being named the FIH Rising Star of the Year 2021-22.\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/72dMTIJJcO<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 International Hockey Federation (@FIH_Hockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIH_Hockey\/status\/1577208496751362050\">1664870783000<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mumtaz edged Belgium&#8217;s <!-- -->Charlotte Englebert<!-- --> by a margin of just three points after votes were cast by experts (40%), teams (20%), fans (20%) and media (20%). The young Indian finished with a total of 32.9 points, with Englebert coming in second with 29.9 points. <!-- -->Luna Fokke<!-- --> from the Netherlands finished third with 16.9 points. <br \/>Mumtaz also emerged as India&#8217;s leading goal-scorer at the FIH Women&#8217;s Hockey 5s 2022 where she scored five goals in four games, including a hat-trick against the hosts Switzerland. <br \/>Timothee Clement<!-- --> of France was voted FIH Men&#8217;s Rising Star of the Year. <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n                    (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                      if (f.fbq) return;\n                      n = f.fbq = function() {\n                        n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n                      };\n                      if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                      n.push = n;\n                      n.loaded = !0;\n                      n.version = '2.0';\n                      n.queue = [];\n                      t = b.createElement(e);\n                      t.async = !0;\n                      t.src = v;\n                      s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n                    })(f, b, e, v, n, t, s);\n                    fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n                    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n                  };\n                })(\n                  window,\n                  document,\n                  'script',\n                  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js',\n                );<\/script><script>if(typeof window !== 'undefined') {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadScriptsOnceAdsReady = () => {\n                    var scripts = [\n                    'https:\/\/static.clmbtech.com\/ad\/commons\/js\/2658\/toi\/colombia_v2.js' ,\n                    'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074',\n                    'https:\/\/imasdk.googleapis.com\/js\/sdkloader\/ima3.js',\n                    'https:\/\/tvid.in\/sdk\/loader.js',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/video_comscore_api\/version-3.cms',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/grxpushnotification_js\/minify-1,version-1.cms',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#version=v10.0&xfbml=true',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/locateservice_js\/minify-1,version-14.cms'\n                  ];\n                    scripts.forEach(function(url) {\n                      let script = document.createElement('script');\n                      script.type=\"text\/javascript\";\n                      if(!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('colombia_v2')!== -1){\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('sdkloader')!== -1) {\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (!false && !false && (url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk') !== -1 || url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') !== -1 || url.indexOf('locateservice_js') !== -1 )) {\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (url.indexOf('colombia_v2')== -1 && url.indexOf('sdkloader')== -1 && url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk')== -1 && url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') == -1){\n                        script.src = url;\n                      }\n                      script.async = true;\n                      document.body.appendChild(script);\n                    });\n                  }\n                }\n                <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/hockey\/top-stories\/indias-mumtaz-khan-named-fih-womens-rising-star-of-the-year\/articleshow\/94643352.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India forward Mumtaz Khan was on Tuesday named the FIH Women&#8217;s Rising Star of the Year on the back of her stellar role during the country&#8217;s campaign at the Junior World Cup in South Africa earlier this year. 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