How to follow your favorite teams with My Sports on iPhone

With My Sports, 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.

Before you can use My Sports, you must sign in to your Apple Account and to the App Store on your iPhone.

Here’s how to follow your favorite teams with My Sports on iPhone.

Set up iPhone to use My Sports

You need to do the following before you can use My Sports:

• Sign in to your Apple Account: Go to Settings , tap “Sign in to your iPhone,” then enter your Apple Account information.
• Sign in to the App Store: Go to Settings , tap your name, then tap Media & Purchases.

Get started with My Sports

To use My Sports, you first need to allow syncing between the Apple TV app, Apple News, and the Apple Sports app. Once syncing is allowed, you’ll automatically follow the same teams in all three.

1. Open the News app on your iPhone.
2. From the Today feed, tap Sports.
3. Tap Pick Your Teams and tap Pick Your Teams.
4. On the Manage My Sports screen, tap the Follow button next to sports, teams, leagues, and major sporting events to follow them.

   Sports topics you previously expressed interest in appear below Suggested. To search (by team name or location and more), tap the search field.

5. Tap the Close button to close the Manage My Sports screen and then do any of the following:
   • View comprehensive sports coverage: Tap Following and then tap Sports (below Sections).
   • Check the most important sports stories at a glance: Tap Today and swipe up to the Sports group.
   • Get stories and team updates: After you follow a topic or team and allow syncing between Apple News, the Apple TV app, and the Apple Sports app, you can sign up for the Sports newsletter for stories and team updates. (Not available in all countries or regions.)
   • Get notified about a team or league you follow: Allow syncing between Apple News, the Apple TV app, and the Apple Sports app. turn on notifications for Sports.

Browse all available sports

1. Open the News app on your iPhone.
2. From the Today feed, tap Sports.
3. Tap All Sports at the top of the screen and then tap a sport or league to go to its feed.
4. To follow that sport or league, tap the Follow button.

Manage sports topics

Once you’ve set up My Sports, you can follow and unfollow sports topics.

1. Open the News app on your iPhone.
2. From the Today feed, tap Sports.
3. Scroll down to My Sports, tap Manage, and then do any of the following:
   • Follow a topic: Tap the Follow button next to each topic you want to follow.
   • Unfollow a topic: Tap the Unfollow button next to topics you want to unfollow and then tap Unfollow.
   • Reorder topics: Touch and hold the Reorder button, then drag topics to the order you prefer.
4. Tap the Cancel button.

Show scores, schedules, highlights, and more

With My Sports, you’ll get scores and schedules for your favorite teams, plus video highlights, stats and stories for individual games and events, and stories related to your favorite teams.

1. Open the News app on your iPhone.
2. From the Today feed, tap Sports, then do any of the following:
   • Show scores and schedule: Swipe left on the scores at the top of the feed and 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.
   • Follow game updates with a Live Activity: During a game, tap a score at the top of the feed and tap Follow Live. You’ll get real-time updates from the Apple Sports app on your Home Screen and Lock Screen.
   • Watch a live game: Tap a score at the top of the feed. 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 and tap the game’s tile. Tap Open in Apple TV or Watch on Apple TV. If the game is available in your area and you subscribe 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 and then tap the Play button in the thumbnail. Tap Highlights 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.

Stop syncing My Sports

You can also stop syncing between the Apple TV app, Apple News, and the Apple Sports app.

Note: You can no longer use My Sports if you turn off Sync My Sports.

1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
2. Tap Apps, then tap News.
3. Turn off Sync My Sports.