TheSports

TheSports provides real-time sports data feeds, live trackers, and widgets covering football, basketball, tennis, esports, and other major sports worldwide. Their API delivers live scores, match statistics, player data, standings, and comprehensive sports analytics for media, broadcasters, OTT platforms, and developers.

TheSports publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Competitions API, Matches API, Players API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Sports, Football, Basketball, Tennis, and Esports.

The TheSports catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

TheSports’ developer surface includes authentication, documentation, signup flow, pricing, support, engineering blog, and 5 more developer resources.

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39.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 23/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessEnterpriseSelf serveFree trial⚡ Free to try

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Composite quality — 39.1/100 · thin

Contract Quality 16.3 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 20

Access Clarity 7.4 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Contract Governance 1.6 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 23/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 9

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Thesports Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

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AGENTIC

Resources

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Signup

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FreeTrial

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Documentation 1

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Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

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AgenticAccess

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Access & Security 2

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DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

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Operate 1

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Support

Support

Commercial 1

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Pricing

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Company 3

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LinkedIn

Website

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Blog

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: thesports
name: TheSports
description: TheSports provides real-time sports data feeds, live trackers, and widgets covering football, basketball, tennis,
  esports, and other major sports worldwide. Their API delivers live scores, match statistics, player data, standings, and
  comprehensive sports analytics for media, broadcasters, OTT platforms, and developers.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: enterprise
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: true
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Enterprise (free trial) · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/thesports.png
tags:
- Sports
- Football
- Basketball
- Tennis
- Esports
- Data
- Real-Time
created: '2025-03-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/thesports/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: thesports:basketball-api
  name: TheSports Basketball API
  description: Real-time basketball data feeds including NBA, EuroLeague, and other major leagues. Covers teams, players,
    matches, live scores, box scores, and season statistics.
  humanURL: https://www.thesports.com/
  baseURL: https://api.thesports.com/v1
  tags:
  - Basketball
  - NBA
  - Sports
  - Real-Time
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thesports.com/docs
- aid: thesports:tennis-api
  name: TheSports Tennis API
  description: Tennis data feeds covering ATP, WTA, and Grand Slam tournaments. Includes player profiles, match results, live
    scores, rankings, and tournament brackets.
  humanURL: https://www.thesports.com/
  baseURL: https://api.thesports.com/v1
  tags:
  - Tennis
  - ATP
  - WTA
  - Sports
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thesports.com/docs
- aid: thesports:esports-api
  name: TheSports Esports API
  description: Esports data feeds for CS:GO, League of Legends, and other major titles. Covers teams, players, tournaments,
    matches, live scores, and statistics.
  humanURL: https://www.thesports.com/
  baseURL: https://api.thesports.com/v1
  tags:
  - Esports
  - CS:GO
  - League of Legends
  - Gaming
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thesports.com/docs
- aid: thesports:thesports-competitions-api
  name: TheSports Competitions API
  description: Football competition and league data
  humanURL: https://www.thesports.com/
  baseURL: https://api.thesports.com/v1
  tags:
  - Competitions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thesports-competitions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thesports.com/docs
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.thesports.com/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.thesports.com/api
  - type: FreeTrial
    url: https://www.thesports.com/api
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/thesports-match-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/thesports-team-schema.json
- aid: thesports:thesports-matches-api
  name: TheSports Matches API
  description: Football match fixtures, results, and live data
  humanURL: https://www.thesports.com/
  baseURL: https://api.thesports.com/v1
  tags:
  - Matches
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thesports-matches-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thesports.com/docs
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.thesports.com/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.thesports.com/api
  - type: FreeTrial
    url: https://www.thesports.com/api
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/thesports-match-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/thesports-team-schema.json
- aid: thesports:thesports-players-api
  name: TheSports Players API
  description: Football player profiles and statistics
  humanURL: https://www.thesports.com/
  baseURL: https://api.thesports.com/v1
  tags:
  - Players
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thesports-players-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thesports.com/docs
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.thesports.com/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.thesports.com/api
  - type: FreeTrial
    url: https://www.thesports.com/api
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/thesports-match-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/thesports-team-schema.json
- aid: thesports:thesports-standings-api
  name: TheSports Standings API
  description: League tables and competition standings
  humanURL: https://www.thesports.com/
  baseURL: https://api.thesports.com/v1
  tags:
  - Standings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thesports-standings-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thesports.com/docs
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.thesports.com/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.thesports.com/api
  - type: FreeTrial
    url: https://www.thesports.com/api
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/thesports-match-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/thesports-team-schema.json
- aid: thesports:thesports-statistics-api
  name: TheSports Statistics API
  description: Match and player statistics
  humanURL: https://www.thesports.com/
  baseURL: https://api.thesports.com/v1
  tags:
  - Statistics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thesports-statistics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thesports.com/docs
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.thesports.com/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.thesports.com/api
  - type: FreeTrial
    url: https://www.thesports.com/api
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/thesports-match-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/thesports-team-schema.json
- aid: thesports:thesports-teams-api
  name: TheSports Teams API
  description: Football team information and statistics
  humanURL: https://www.thesports.com/
  baseURL: https://api.thesports.com/v1
  tags:
  - Team
  tags_raw:
  - Teams
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thesports-teams-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thesports.com/docs
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.thesports.com/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.thesports.com/api
  - type: FreeTrial
    url: https://www.thesports.com/api
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/thesports-match-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/thesports-team-schema.json
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/thesports-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/thesports-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/thesports-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thesportsapi
- type: Website
  url: https://www.thesports.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.thesports.com/docs
- type: Signup
  url: https://www.thesports.com/register
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.thesports.com/api
- type: FreeTrial
  url: https://www.thesports.com/api
- type: Support
  url: https://www.thesports.com/
- url: https://www.thesports.com/newsroom
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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