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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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48.7/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessEnterpriseSelf serveFree trial⚡ Free to try
9 APIs
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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 48.7/100 · developing
Contract Quality 18.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 5.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 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 0 / 4
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APIs 9

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

TheSports Basketball API

Real-time basketball data feeds including NBA, EuroLeague, and other major leagues. Covers teams, players, matches, live scores, box scores, and season statistics.

TheSports Tennis API

Tennis data feeds covering ATP, WTA, and Grand Slam tournaments. Includes player profiles, match results, live scores, rankings, and tournament brackets.

TheSports Esports API

Esports data feeds for CS:GO, League of Legends, and other major titles. Covers teams, players, tournaments, matches, live scores, and statistics.

TheSports Competitions API

Football competition and league data

TheSports Matches API

Football match fixtures, results, and live data

TheSports Players API

Football player profiles and statistics

TheSports Standings API

League tables and competition standings

TheSports Statistics API

Match and player statistics

TheSports Teams API

Football team information and statistics

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Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

TheSports Football API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Thesports Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

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.

Thesports Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Thesports Context

27 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

TheSports API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

TheSports API Rules

6 rules · 2 errors 4 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Match

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Team

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Thesports Match Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Thesports Get Match Details Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Thesports Get Standings Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Thesports List Competitions Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Thesports Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Thesports Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Thesports Agentic Access

13 operations

13 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup
Signup
 FreeTrial
FreeTrial

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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: '0.19'
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:
  - 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