After becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal at the BWF World Tour Finals, shuttler PV Sindhu said, "I have no words because this is my first win in this year." "I'm really very proud. I think the year has ended on a beautiful note," Sindhu added. Sindhu thanked her coaches and the support staff.

PV Sindhu defeated world number five Nozomi Okuhara of Japan to record her 300th career match victory across categories and clinch the BWF World Tour Finals women's singles title. Sindhu, who is ranked sixth worldwide, won the final with scoreline of 21-19, 21-17. It was the 23-year-old shuttler's first title victory in 2018, after having lost five finals this year.

Abhinav Bindra, the 2008 Olympic gold medallist was conferred with shooting's highest award by the ISSF at the General Assembly in Munich. The Arjuna awardee on receiving the prestigious Blue Cross took to Twitter to express that he feels "extremely humbled." The 36-year-old Bindra had created history during the Beijing Olympics when he became the first Indian individual to clinch a gold medal.