Today's Sports Headlines from JIJIPRESS

Baseball: Nippon-Ham's Hiromi Ito Wins Sawamura Award for Best Starting Pitcher

Men's Curling: Japan Beats China to Claim Pan Continental Championships Bronze

Japanese Red Bull Driver Yuki Tsunoda Finishes 11th in F1 Mexican Grand Prix

Golf: Takumi Kanaya of Japan Finishes Tied for 33rd in Bank of Utah Championship

Japan Pro Baseball: SoftBank Hawks Tie Japan Series at 1-1 with Hanshin Tigers

Women's Badminton: Japanese Pair of Fukushima, Matsumoto Wins French Open

MLB: Cardinals Outfielder Nootbaar's WBC Participation Unlikely after Surgery

MLB: Dodgers' Yamamoto Becomes 1st Japanese to Pitch Complete World Series Game

Baseball: SoftBank Wins Negotiating Rights for Stanford Univ.'s Rintaro Sasaki

Soccer Star Messi, 38, Extends Inter Miami Contract thru 2028

Marathon: World Record Holder Chepngetich Gets 3-Yr Ban for Doping Violation

Gymnastics: Japan's Kishi 6th in Women's Individual All-Around at Worlds

Curling: Japan Women Suffer 1st Loss at Pan Continental Championships 1st Round

MLB: Dodgers vs Brewers in Game 4 of NLCS Draws Over 10 M. Viewers in Japan

Soccer: Japan Beats Zambia 2-0 to Advance to U-17 Women's World Cup Round of 16

MLB: Dodgers Ohtani among National League Finalists for Silver Slugger Award

IOC to Tell Members Not to Hold Events in Indonesia for Visa Denial to Israelis

Gymnastics: Japan's Hashimoto Wins 3rd Straight Men's All-Around Title at Worlds

MLB: Ex-Catcher Kurt Suzuki, Hawaii-Born Japanese American, to Head Angels

Baseball: Yomiuri Allows Slugger Okamoto to Use Posting System for Moving to MLB

Motorsports: 2-Time Champion Takuma Sato Aims to Return to Indy 500 with RLL

NBA: Lakers' Rui Hachimura Scores 9 Points as 2025-2026 Season Kicks Off

Soccer: Thai National Team Sacks Japanese Coach over Sluggish Performance

FIS Votes to Exclude Russian, Belarusian Athletes from Milano Cortina Qualifiers

Gymnastics: Japan's Sugihara Reaches Individual All-Around Final at Worlds

European Soccer: Arsenal, PSG Win 3 Straight Matches in UEFA CL 1st Round

Japan Pro Baseball: Giants' Okamoto, 3 Others Win Players of Month Award

Asian Soccer: Hiroshima Logs 1st Loss in AFC Champions League Elite First Round

High School Soccer: Japan National Championship Final Set for Jan. 12, 2026

MLB: Toronto Blue Jays Reach World Series for 1st Time since 1993

Golf: Japan's Miyuu Yamashita Unchanged at 6th in Women's World Rankings

US Pres. Trump Praises Dodgers Ohtani as Best Pitcher, Hitter Ever Seen

US, Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica Jointly Bid to Host 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup

NBA's 2025-2026 Season Set to Start on Tuesday

Japan College Baseball: Ritsumeikan Claims 40th Kansai Big 6 League Title

Japan Pro Baseball: SoftBank Advances to Japan Series for 2nd Straight Year

Soccer: Morocco Beats Argentina 2-0 to Claim 1st U-20 World Cup Title

Sumo: Yokozuna Hoshoryu's Victory Wraps Up 1st Tournament in London since 1991

Soccer: Ayase Ueda Scores Hat Trick as Feyenoord Marks 7-0 Win in Dutch League

Japanese Red Bull Driver Yuki Tsunoda Finishes 7th in F1 US Grand Prix

Soccer: Japan Defeats New Zealand 3-0 in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Opener

College Baseball: Meiji Wins 44th Tokyo Big 6 Title at 2025 Autumn Tournament

Golf: Kim Sei-young Wins US LPGA's BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea

English Soccer: Ange Postecoglou Fired after Only 39 Days as Nottingham Manager

Japan Pro Baseball: Fighters Beat Hawks to Tie PL Postseason 2nd Round at 3-3

Japan Baseball: Hanshin Tigers, SoftBank Hawks Each 1 Win Away from Japan Series

MLB: Blue Jays Beat Mariners in Game 4 to Even AL Championship Series

Int'l Tennis Federation to Change Its Name to World Tennis for Clearer Identity

Concept for Opening Ceremony of 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics Will Be Harmony

Golf: Taiga Nagano Takes Lead after 1st Round of Men's Japan Open Championship

Tennis: Naomi Osaka Pulls Out of Quarterfinal at Women's Japan Open with Injury