Your iPhone just scored a free app from Apple that’s designed to ‘give sports fans what they want’
Apple Sports is a one-stop-shop for the latest scores and statistics from your favourite sports teams
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Apple has launched a new app for iPhone owners — and it's available to download now.
Dubbed Apple Sports, the free download offers real-time score updates and stats across a range of sports. It’s designed to save you the hassle of searching each individual fixture to check-in with the latest scores.
The iOS app can be personalised with your favourite team and league, so you can follow multiple games across a wide variety of sports at the same time. Apple can display live betting odds alongside the scores, although this can be disabled in the settings.
At launch, the app will include a number of major European football leagues, including the Premier League, Spain’s La Liga, France’s Ligue 1, Italy’s Serie A and the Bundesliga from Germany, as well as Major League Soccer in the US and Mexico’s Liga MX, alongside the currently in season major US sporting leagues such as the NBA, NHL and both men’s and women’s college basketball.
Apple Sports supports a wide variety of sports, including Premier League football, MLB, NHL, and NBA
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According to Apple, further leagues will be coming to the brand-new app as their new seasons begin later in the year, including Major League Baseball, the NFL, the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) and the WNBA.
The Californian technology firm said it felt there was not currently a single location to quickly and easily keep up with scores across multiple teams and sports at the same time.
The app will also include a link to watch a game live if it is available on Apple TV or another connected streaming service the user is signed in to on their iPhone. A list of upcoming games, as well as play-by-play information, including team statistics and lineup details are included in the app.
“We created Apple Sports to give sports fans what they want — an app that delivers incredibly fast access to scores and stats,” Apple’s senior vice president of services, Eddy Cue, said.“Apple Sports is available for free in the App Store, and makes it easy for users to stay up to date with their favourite teams and leagues.”
The new app is first launching in the UK, US and Canada.
Apple said Sports would also sync favourites selected in the app with the My Sports area of the existing Apple TV and Apple News apps.
Additional Reporting By Martyn Landi, PA Technology Correspondent