Wilson takes 12th ranked title at snooker’s International Championship
Professional snooker player Kyren Wilson defeated John Higgins 10-8 in the finals of the International Championship held in Nanjing, China, on Nov. 7. This was Wilson’s 12th ranking title. Although Higgins led 5-4 prior to the interval break, Wilson made a century break or more in all nine frames that were played during the night session, except for one frame in which Wilson made two centuries. Due to this loss, Higgins failed to become the oldest player to win a ranking tournament. This was Wilson’s second ranking title since October in Belfast, with a prize earning of £175,000.
Japan sweeps division titles at World Table Tennis Champions
Japan took both singles titles at the 2026 WTT Champions in Frankfurt on Nov. 8. Hina Hayata retained her women’s crown by defeating Japanese compatriot Satsuki Odo 4-2 in the final. German table tennis player Sabine Winter suffered a defeat against Odo, going 4-1 in the women’s semifinal match. In the men’s division, second seed Tomokazu Harimoto defeated Germany’s Patrick Franziska 4-2 in 48 minutes. Franziska won the opening set 11-2 and attempted to win his first champions’ level championship in his career. Earlier in the tournament, Franziska had knocked out defending champion and world No. 1 Sora Matsushima in the quarterfinals, going 2-4.
Zain “DontTestMe” Naghmi wins Super Smash Bros. Melee major
Tipped Off 17: Haunted, a well-known tournament series within the Super Smash Bros. Melee community, took place in Atlanta, Georgia, from Oct. 31 to Nov. 1. Zain Naghmi, a Marth player, took first place in the singles bracket among 260 entrants. He finished the tournament undefeated, winning all nine of his sets. Second place went to Joshua “Joshman” Lyra playing as Fox, third place to Kyle Krudo using Sheik and fourth to Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma with Jigglypuff.
