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Are you looking for the best sports app for iPhone? The good news is that Apple has released its own free sports app that can show you the latest scores for your favorite teams and leagues.
Why You’ll Love This Tip:
- Get the most up-to-date scores for your favorite teams and leagues.
- See only the scores instead of getting bogged down in commentary and news.
How to Use the Apple Sports App
System Requirements
This tip works on iPhones running iOS 17 or later. Find out how to update to the latest version of iOS.
The brand-new Apple Sports app lets you see the most up-to-date scores for many major leagues and teams. Interestingly, this app contains no Sports news or written content. Instead, this app serves to simply provide the user with the data they need on their favorite teams. For more helpful iPhone tutorials, check out our free Tip of the Day newsletter. Now, let’s check out Apple’s Sports app:
- You’ll need to download the new Sports App from the App Store.
![iphone app store search results with a red box around the sports app]()
- Once it’s installed, open the Sports app.
![iphone home screen with a red box around the sports app]()
- Tap Continue.
![iphone sports app with a red box around the continue button]()
- Tap My Leagues in the upper right.
![iphone sports app with a red box around the my leagues button]()
- If you have not previously favorited any teams or leagues, you will see the screen below instead. You can tap Pick Leagues (or Pick Teams) to continue.
![iphone sports app with a red box around the pick leagues button]()
- Here, you can tap a league.
![iphone sports app displaying leagues and teams with a red box around NBA]()
- When you tap a league, you’ll see the current scores for any teams in the league.
![iphone sports app with a red box around current team scores]()
- Tap the button in the upper right to see the list of teams and leagues again.
![iphone sports app with a red box around top right button]()
- Tap the Search Bar to search for a team or a league.
![iphone sports app displaying leagues and teams with a red box around search bar]()
- Tap the star to favorite the team or league.
![iphone sports app displaying search results with a red box around star icons]()
- Once you’ve favorited some teams or leagues, you can tap My Teams or My Leagues to display only your favorite ones.
![iphone sports app displaying leagues and teams with a red box around my leagues and my teams button]()
- You can also tap Manage to edit your favorites.
![iphone sports app displaying leagues and teams with a red box around manage button]()
- Tap the stars next to a team or league to add or remove it from your favorites.
![iphone sports app displaying leagues and teams with a red box around star icons]()
- Tap Done when you are done editing.
![iphone sports app displaying leagues and teams with a red box around done button]()
The steps above can be used to find both your favorite teams and leagues. As of March 2024, some leagues, such as the NFL, are not yet available in the app. Apple has said that these leagues should be added by the time their next season starts. Those are the basics for using the new Apple sports app. Now, you can check the scores whenever you want! Next, find out how to get the latest Sports news in the News app.
