Having topped their pool featuring eventual champions Belgium, the hosts made a quarterfinal exit, going down to the Netherlands 1-2 in the World Cup.
British adventurer Jenny Graham (38) is the fastest woman to have cycled the globe in 124 days in 2018, which was three weeks faster than the previous record.
Neeraj Chopra, Hima Das gave India hopes of getting more medals in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with their performances in the Commonwealth and Asian Games in 2018.
Sindhu was in a solid form in 2018 but somehow the top podium finish remained elusive as she settled for a silver medal in most of the tournaments.
Pakistan crashed out of the hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar after suffering a devastating defeat at the hands of Belgium.
Sindhu dominated the headlines with silver medals in all major events before a World Tour Finals crown.
Anup led India to gold medal at the Asian Games and was also part of the team which repeated the feat in the 2014 edition.
Sindhu broke her silver jinx in great fashion on last Sunday by defeating her nemesis Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 21-19, 21-17 in the women's singles.
It could well have been the perfect year for Indian weightlifting but for a dope case that took some sheen away.
The beautiful couple chose colour-coordinated and traditional outfits from celebrity designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee for the special night.
Sindhu ended the year on a high, beating Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 21-19, 21-17 in the summit clash to claim the World Tour finals crown.
Both teams failed to score in the regulation time and the match went to penalty shoot-outs in which Belgium proved superior.
This was Australia's fifth bronze medal in the history of the tournament. The last time the Kookaburras had to be satisfied with a third-place finish was way back in 1994.
Eyeing to rewrite history after a hiatus of 43 years, India lost 1-2 to Netherlands in the fourth and last quarterfinal to crash out of the tournament.
Gopichand was the last Indian to win the All England Championship in 2001, achieving the coveted feat after 21 years of Prakash Padukone's 1980 title.
After losing seven successive summit clashes, Olympic silver medallist Sindhu finally settled her finals blues with a 21-19 21-17 win over Japan's Nozomi Okuhara to lift the prestigious season-ending trophy.
Dubbed a bridesmaid after falling short of gold on a number of occasions, Sindhu finally broke her jinx, let out tears of relief and joy.
The India coach's vitriolic outburst came back to haunt him as the FIH chief said a team should be graceful in defeat.
Sindhu reached the final of the prestigious tournament after averting a fightback from Intanon.
Saina posted pictures with husband Kashyap on her Twitter account.
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