How to follow your favorite teams with My Sports on iPad

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.

You can browse all available sports, too. Before you can use it, you sign in to your Apple Account and the App Store on your iPad.

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

Set up iPad to use My Sports

You must do the following before you can use My Sports:

• 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, tap your name, then tap Media & Purchases.

Get started with My Sports

To use My Sports, you first need to turn on syncing among Apple News, the Apple TV app, and the Apple Sports app (on iPhone). Once syncing is on, you automatically follow the same teams in all three apps.

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Tap Sports in the sidebar or tab bar.
3. Tap Pick Your Teams and tap Pick Your Teams.
4. On the Manage My Sports screen, tap the Plus 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 Sports in the sidebar or tab bar.
   • Check the most important sports stories at a glance: Tap Today in the sidebar or tab bar. 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 (on iPhone), you can sign up for the Sports newsletter. (Not available in all countries or regions.) See Receive Apple News newsletters.
   • Get notified about a team or league you follow: Allow syncing between Apple News, the Apple TV app, and the Apple Sports app (on iPhone). Turn on notifications for Sports.

Browse all available sports

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Tap Sports in the sidebar or tab bar. Tap All Sports at the top of the screen.
3. Tap a sport or league to go to its feed.
4. To follow that sport or league, tap the Follow button at the top of the screen.

   Sports and leagues you follow appear in the sidebar.

   If you don’t see the sidebar, tap the Sidebar button.

Manage sports topics

You can follow and unfollow sports topics after you set up My Sports.

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Tap Sports in the sidebar or tab bar.
3. Scroll down to My Sports, tap Manage, and then do any of the following:
   • Follow a topic: Tap the Follow button. Sports topics you follow appear in the sidebar.
   • 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 Done button.

Show scores, schedules, highlights, and more

For your favorite teams, My Sports offers scores and schedules, video highlights, and stories related to your favorite teams, plus stats and stories for individual games and events.

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Tap Sports in the sidebar or tab bar and then do any of the following:
   • Show scores and schedules: 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 topic you follow. 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 stop syncing between Apple News, the Apple TV app, and the Apple Sports app (on iPhone).

Note: Once you turn off Sync My Sports, you can’t use My Sports anymore.

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

See also

• Subscribe to Apple News+ on iPad