Overview
- Shohei Ohtani is slated to start for the Dodgers in Game 7 in Toronto after the series was leveled 3–3, giving Los Angeles a chance at back-to-back championships.
- At Skate Canada, Mone Chiba led the women’s short program with 72.29 points, while Rika Kihira debuted in ice dance with Shingo Nishiyama and placed second in the rhythm dance at the West Japan Championships.
- Olympic champion Teru Sone won the women’s over-78 kg at the Kodokan Cup, beating reigning world champion Wakaba Tomita by three shidos in her first competition since the Paris Games.
- Kyushu Kokusai University HS took the Kyushu autumn baseball crown 3–2 over Nagasaki Nichidai, and Hokuetsu secured a Hanazono berth by edging Kaishi Kokusai 17–14 in Niigata’s high school rugby final.
- In basketball, the Chiba Jets’ perfect start ended at 10 straight with a 69–78 loss to Alvark Tokyo, and in Spain Takefusa Kubo returned from the bench in Real Sociedad’s 3–2 victory.