Even being a football fan like I am doesn’t guarantee that I’ll be able to follow every game, whether it’s Real Madrid (sorry to the antis) or its rivals. This is why the power view live match scores This is something that always comes in handy when I’m not in front of the TV. There have been apps that have been offering this feature for a long time and the latest one to arrive is Apple Sports.
Apple is a simple application that stands out for its offer results and statistics of several sports apart from football. An application which, it must be said, is greatly inspired by a concept published a year and a half ago in which the designer Parker Ortolani I imagined a similar app when we didn’t even know Apple was planning to release it.
Everything Apple Sports offers and what sets it apart from other apps
As I already explained in the introduction, Apple Sports is simply a dedicated application to offer Live scores of different sports like basketball, football and hockey. Apart from that, it also allows you to view rankings and other statistics.
As for football, unfortunately it does not offer information for all competitions. The UEFA Champions League is not herefor example, although some of the most important national competitions do so.
Here are the competitions for which Apple Sports currently offers information:
Baloncesto
- NBA (National Basketball Association – United States).
- NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association – Estados Unidos) women’s basketball.
- NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association – United States) men’s basketball.
Hockey
- NHL (National Hockey League – United States).
Soccer
- Bundesliga (Germany).
- LaLiga (USA).
- Liga MX (Mexico).
- Ligue 1 (France).
- MLS (Major League Soccer – United States).
- Premier League (UK).
- Serie A (Italy).
Other sports (to come)
Likewise, Apple has confirmed that it will soon add other competitions and other sports, with these championships already confirmed:
- MLB (Major League Baseball – Baseball – United States).
- NCAAF (National Collegiate Athletic Association Football – Fútbol Americana – United States).
- NFL (National Football League – American Football – United States).
- NWSL (National Women’s Soccer League – American Soccer – United States).
- WNBA (National Women’s Basketball Association – Baloncesto – United States).
How to download Apple Sports in USA and other countries where it is not available
Don’t rush to open the App Store and search for “Apple Sports” to download it. Not if you are no more Canada, United States and United Kingdom, since these are the only three territories in which the application is available. At least for now.
To download the application you must resort to a series of techniques that, although not complex, require knowledge. Especially if you’re not in the habit of downloading apps that aren’t available in your region.
For this we must have an Apple ID from one of these countries, a VPN and change the iPhone region. I have to say that normally I haven’t needed more than another region’s Apple ID to download an app from there, but in this case I had to have those three. Therefore, at the risk of it not working, I will tell you how to get all three.
How to change the region of your iPhone
This is the simplest and quickest part of the process. Everything happens by going to Settings > General > Language and region > Region. There you need to select “Canada”, “United States” or “United King dom”. In my case I chose United States, but you can also select one of the other two. What is important is that the rest of the process follows this choice.
How to create a foreign Apple ID
Although there are ways to do this from the iPhone settings, to avoid having to change primary accounts it is best to create Apple ID from browser. To do this, you need to go to this Apple website.
You must fill out the form with your information and choose the region you selected previously (Canada, United States or United Kingdom). At some point you will probably be asked for an exact address, but you can use any in the country. Don’t worry as no correspondence or anything similar will be sent to this location.
Likewise, you may also be asked for a payment method, which must also come from that region. You can completely ignore this part, since it is only mandatory to make purchases or subscriptions, which is not necessary in the case that concerns us with Apple Sports.
How to enable a VPN on iPhone
If you don’t know what a VPN is, in short it is a type of connection that allows you to use the Internet as if you were browsing from another location. There are many VPN apps, some free and some paid. For this specific case, anyone works for you.
Once you have downloaded and opened them, you will see that you are guided through their configuration giving quick access to the iPhone settings that need to be activated. The key is that when connecting to the VPN you choose a server located in the same country that you chose previously
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Download Apple Sports and use the app
With the iPhone region changed, Apple ID created and the VPN working, it’s time to Log in to the App Store with this new Apple account. To do this, you need to click on your photo, scroll down to click “Sign out”, then click “Sign in”, entering the credentials for this new account.
Then simply search for “Apple Sports” to download it. You can also find it quickly from this link. The download will proceed normally and you will need to open the application to configure Apple Sports. It is in English, although it is easy to understand as you will see. You will be asked to add your favorite competitions and teams and that’s it.
There application interface It is structured around three tabs: “Yesterday” for matches played the day before, “Today” for today’s matches and “Upcoming” for those to come. If you click on each match you can get more information about them. Likewise, at the top you can alternate the view between your favorite teams (“My teams”) and your favorite championships (“My leagues”).
Furthermore, you can receive real-time notifications matches and even view them as “live activity” in the notification panel. These are small banners that will display the minute of the match and the score in real time.
Then you can “revert” to your usual region on the iPhone
Once you’ve set up Apple Sports, you can remove the VPN, change the region again, and use your regular Apple ID. The application will continue to work without problems like all the others you have installed. The only downside is that when an update comes out, you will have to go to the App Store and log in again with the new account to update it.
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