V.Sindhu was voted as the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the year. She gained more popular votes than boxer Mary Kom, para-shuttler Manasi Joshi, sprinter Dutee Chand and wrestles Vinesh Phogat. Legendary athlete P.T.Usha was bestowed the Lifetime Achievement Award.
World badminton champion P.V. Sindhu launched the 40 Years of Sportstar, 40 Superstars book. The book was commissioned to commemorate Sportstar completing 40 years and features a champion for each year, ranging from Bjorn Borg, Kapil Dev, Mike Tyson and Imran Khan to Rahul Dravid, Michael Schumacher, S. Dhoni, Mary Komamong others. The 24-year-old Sindhu is one of the subjects, with tennis star Sania Mirza writing about her.
