Best Sports apps for Windows 10 – Windows Central
The Windows Store has a solid starting line-up for you to keep up with all the comings and goings of the sports world. These apps deliver the news, scores, standings, stats and rankings to your Windows 10 device. These sports apps offer a great option for keeping up with the scores, especially from your Windows 10 Mobile device while on the go.
Coverage includes a broad range of sports leagues that include the likes of the National Football League, National Basketball League, Major League Baseball, World Cup Soccer, Pro Golf and more. Along with the news, stats, and standings, many of these titles also include live streaming of events or recorded video highlights.
While the Windows Store has plenty of apps that focus on a specific team or league, this collection concentrates on the core grouping of apps that cover a broad spectrum of sporting events. If you like to stay in tune with the world of sports, these are your best options.
ESPN
ESPN rules the roost when it comes to sports information, and the ESPN app is a solid choice to keep up with all the scores, standings and news items from the wide world of sports. This includes coverage on scores, news, and standings from a vast range of sports leagues that includes the NBA, NFL, MLB, College Sports and more.
Available for Windows 10 PC and Mobile, the free app includes features such as:
- Support for your myESPN account
- Breaking news and real-time scoring alerts
- Live Tile support
- Access to your favorite ESPN Podcast
You also get access to all the scores, stats, and standings for your favorite sports leagues and teams. The ESPN app offers an excellent collective of all your favorite sports under one umbrella.
Download the ESPN App from the Windows Store
Eurosport
For those who want to keep up with European sports leagues, there are several apps available in the Windows Store. BBC Sports is a solid app to consider but it has regional restrictions – enter the Eurosport app.
Available for Windows 10 PC and Mobile, Eurosport offers access to daily news, feature stories, the latest scores, and standings in a user-friendly layout. The content includes over 150 news articles written daily, live scoring and calendars from your favorite sports, web chats with sports reporters and players and more.
The Windows 10 app covers football leagues (soccer leagues to some of us) such as the Premier League, ATP and WTA tennis tours, Formula One racing, Dakar’s race, rugby, handball and more. You can even tap into U.S. football and Collegiate sports. Live event coverage includes live scoring and live text commentaries.
The free app does have support for Eurosport.com account management, and if European sports is your cup of tea, the Windows 10 app comes across as a trustworthy source of information.
Download Eurosport from the Windows Store
WatchESPN
While the ESPN app is a great source for news, stats, standings and news from the sports world, the WatchESPN app is an excellent way to keep in touch with sporting events as they are being played out.
The free app is available for Windows 10 PC and Mobile and gives you access to ESPN broadcasts. Broadcasts include programming from the ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPNews, ESPN Deportes, SEC, Longhorn, ACC, ESPN Goal Line, ESPN Buzzer Beater and ESPN Bases Networks. This gives you fantastic access to NFL, MLB, NBA, PGA and NCAA events.
WatchESPN from your Windows Phone is an excellent option while on the go. The Windows 10 PC gives you the option to watch a second game while your main television is cued up to another game or when a significant other or kids have procured it.
Please note that your television provider determines access to the ESPN networks. Providers such as AT&T U-Verse, Charter, Bright House, Comcast, Cox and Time Warner already provide access to ESPN live streams.
Download Watch ESPN from the Windows Store
Sports
What was once known as Bing Sports and then MSN Sports is now known simply as Sports. Available for Windows 10 PC and Mobile, Sports offers a comprehensive look at a wide range of sports leagues such as the NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball, Collegiate sports, and more.
Key features include:
- Get the top headlines from the world of sports
- Access detailed team information from your favorite sports leagues
- Track your favorite leagues and teams
- Video highlights and news clips
- Live Tile support to deliver the latest scores and news to your Windows Start Screen
Sports also provides all the scores, schedules, standings and statistics for your favorite teams and players. Sports is a reliable, free Windows 10 app for keeping up with the world of sports from your PC and Mobile devices.
Download Sports from the Windows Store
If you have given any of these Windows 10 sports apps a try, let us know what you like or dislike about them in the comments below. There are plenty more quality sports related apps in the Windows Store, such as NFL for Windows or CBS Sports. If we have missed your favorite Windows 10 sports app, feel free to toss out your recommendation below as well.