BBC Sport 1.7.2.218

Keep up with sports news using this neat official app by BBC
It's very important to keep up with your favorite sports team when you're a true fan. Therefore, people install news reader apps that would get them the latest reports on their favorite teams.

BBC Sport is one of those app, although it's quite simplistic compared to other applications in the market. It lets you pick your favorite sport and team, enable notifications and read all the latest articles on topics that interest you the most.

Simplistic interface with some features

We've tested our fair share of sports apps here and have concluded that such applications need a nice interface to make them more appealing to users. Still, the app has a rather intuitive layout with a side menu and plenty of sections to check out and lots of content on each topic and category.

The app comes with a very comprehensive tutorial that shows users how to access all features and how to navigate inside the app. It has a widget with top stories, you can customise the widget to see headlines for your favourite sports.

Stay on top of sports news

The app doesn't really have a menu with settings only the side menu with lots of sections. You can get articles on football, formula 1, cricket, tennis and many more.

The app comes with articles and reports on basically any sports that you're interested in and it provides well-written articles from one of the top news agencies in the world.

All articles come with tags and the option of sharing them with friends on Facebook or Twitter. You can also send content by email but you can't save them for offline reading. You can add shortcuts to topics in the quick links section, so you'll have easy access to all content in the app.

Set alerts for topics that interest you the most

Another neat feature inside the app is that you can set alerts for topics that you're interested in. Users can enable notifications only for a few sports, football, formula 1 or cricket.

Still, they can choose from several championships and teams depending on the sport they choose. You can have the app set alerts for line-ups, kick-of, goals and results during a match.

However, there's no option of choosing when the content inside the app will be updated or of increasing the size or changing the style of font. The app also comes with one theme, there's no dark theme or a reading mode.

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softpedia rating

3.5/5

user rating

UNRATED
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Hits & Misses

hits

  • plenty of well-written articles
  • a whole selection of sports
  • enable notifications for your favorite sport or team
  • share articles with friends

misses

  • the UI could use some improvements
  • articles can't be saved for offline reading
  • no option to increase font size
  • no live scores
Bottom Line
Design / UI8
 

The interface is nice, but it could really use some improvements and extra themes or the option of adjusting font size or style.

Function8
 

The app works just fine, but it could really use some extra features and the option of setting alerts for more than three sports.

Security9
 

It only needs a few permissions from your phone, to areas that are connected to its features.

Battery8
 

Consumption isn't high, but you should still keep an eye on resources when using this app.

Price10
 

It's completely free of charge, no ads or in-app purchases whatsoever.

Compatibility8
 

It should work just fine on devices running Android version 2.3 or later, making it accessible to many users.

Editor's Review
VERY GOOD

A nice news reader app with lots of sports news but it would need some more features.

Reviewed by Alexandra Vaidos, last updated on July 3rd, 10:51 GMT.
Specifications
price:
100% Free
current version:
1.7.2.218
reviewed version:
1.7.2.218
developer:
BBC Worldwide
category:
SPORTS
os version req.:
Android version 4.0.3 or later
age rating:
N/A
in-app purchases:
No
hits:
4623

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