Follow your favorite teams with My Sports on iPad
With My Sports in the News app, you can follow your favorite sports, teams, leagues, and athletes; receive stories from top sports publications, local newspapers, and more; access scores, schedules, and standings for the top professional and college leagues; and watch highlights.
Set up iPad to use My Sports
Before you can use My Sports, you must do the following:
Sign in to your Apple Account: Go to Settings
, tap “Sign in to your iPad,” then enter your Apple Account information.
Sign in to the App Store: Go to Settings
> [your name], then tap Media & Purchases.
To follow your teams across Apple apps, go to Settings > Apps > News, then turn on Sync My Sports.
Get started with My Sports
Before you can use My Sports, you must allow syncing between Apple News and the Apple TV app. When you allow syncing, teams you follow in News are followed automatically in the Apple TV app, and vice versa.
Go to the News app
on your iPad.
Tap Sports in the sidebar or tab bar.
Tap Get Started, then tap Pick Your Teams.
On the Manage My Sports screen, tap
next to sports, teams, leagues, and major sporting events to follow them.
Sports topics you’ve previously expressed interest in appear below Suggested.
To search for a sports topic, tap the search field, enter a search term such as a team’s name or location, tap
next to a result, then tap Done.
View sports coverage
Go to the News app
on your iPad.
Tap Sports in the sidebar or tab bar to view comprehensive sports coverage.
Note: To see the most important sports coverage at a glance, tap Today, then swipe up to the Sports group.
You can also find the sports topics you follow in the sidebar.
Browse all available sports
Go to the News app
on your iPad.
Tap Sports in the sidebar or tab bar.
Tap All Sports at the top of the screen.
Tap a sport or league to go to its feed.
To follow that sport or league, tap
at the top of the screen.
Manage sports topics
You can follow and unfollow sports topics after you’ve set up My Sports.
Go to the News app
on your iPad.
Tap Sports in the sidebar or tab bar.
Scroll down to My Sports, tap Manage, then do any of the following:
Unfollow topics: Tap
.
Follow topics: Tap
.
Reorder topics: Touch and hold
, drag topics to the order you prefer, then tap Done.
Show scores and schedules, highlights, and more
My Sports offers scores and schedules for your favorite teams, stats and stories for individual games and events, video highlights, and stories related to your favorite teams.
Go to the News app
on your iPad.
Tap Sports in the sidebar or tab bar.
Do any of the following:
Show scores and schedules: Swipe left on the scores at the top of the feed, then tap See More.
Show stats and stories for individual games: Tap a score at the top of the feed, or swipe down to a sports topics you follow, then tap a game.
Watch a live game: Tap a score at the top of the feed, then tap Open in Apple TV (before or after the game) or Watch on Apple TV (during a live game). Or swipe down to a topic you follow, tap the game’s tile, then tap Open in Apple TV or Watch on Apple TV. If the game is available in your area and you’ve subscribed to a service that broadcasts the game, you can watch it in the Apple TV app or in a supported app.
Note: Supported sports apps may require a separate subscription. Not all games are available in all areas.
View highlights: Swipe up to the Highlights section, then tap
in the thumbnail. Tap
to see more highlights.
Note: Highlights are available only for select leagues.
Read sports stories related to topics you follow: Swipe up to For You, then tap a story.
Get Sports notifications
Receive notifications about teams you follow.
Go to the News app
on your iPad.
Tap Notifications & Email at the bottom of the sidebar.
(If you don’t see the sidebar, tap
in the top-left corner or
in the tab bar.)
Turn on notifications for Sports.
Note: To receive Sports notifications, you must allow syncing between Apple News and the Apple TV app, and follow at least one sports topic.
Remove the Sports group from Today
Go to the News app
on your iPad.
Tap Today in the sidebar or tab bar.
Tap Block from Today.
When you block Sports, the group no longer appears in your Today feed.
Stop syncing My Sports
You can stop syncing between Apple News and the Apple TV app.
Note: When you turn off Sync My Sports, you can no longer use My Sports.
Go to Settings
> Apps > News.
Turn off Sync My Sports.