How to use Apple Sports on your iPhone

With the Apple Sports app, you get real-time sports scores, schedules, stats, and betting odds. You can customize your scoreboard and quickly sync your favorite teams and leagues with the Apple TV app and Apple News app through My Sports.

Apple Sports is available on iPhone in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Download the Apple Sports app

  1. Make sure that your iPhone has iOS 17.2 or later.

  2. Open the App Store and search for Apple Sports.

  3. Tap the Get button.

  4. Double-click the side button on the right side of your iPhone to complete your purchase. If you use Face ID or Touch ID to unlock your device, glance at your device or touch the Home button to authenticate the download. You might need to enter your Apple ID password to complete the download.

Set up your favorite teams and leagues

After you install the Apple Sports app, you’ll be prompted to set up and sync to My Sports by choosing your favorite teams and leagues. Following your favorite teams and leagues is how you customize your scoreboard.

  1. Select the button in the top-right corner of your screen.

    iPhone screen showing the My Teams setting
  2. Select Manage, then scroll through the list of teams and leagues and select the ones that you want to follow. Or enter the team or league in the Search field.

  3. Tap the Favorite buttonthe Favorites button, then tap Done.

When you add a team, all games for that team appear in the My Teams view. This view shows the final scores, live games, and upcoming games for all of your teams in one place. When you add a league, all games for that league appear in the My Leagues view. This view shows the final scores, live games, and upcoming games for all of your leagues in one place. To navigate to views specific for each supported league, tap the button in the upper-right corner, then tap any league name.

Turn on Sync My Sports

  1. Open the Apple Sports app.

  2. Select your account icon in the top-right corner of the screen.

  3. Select Sync My Sports.

  4. Tap Done.

When you add or remove favorites through My Sports, they also update across the News app, Apple TV app, and other supported apps, and across your other Apple devices that are signed in with the same Apple ID.

Turn off betting odds

  1. Go to Settings, then select Sports.

  2. Select Hide Betting Odds to turn the setting on or off.

    iPhone screen showing how to turn Bettind Odds on and off

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