{"id":494357,"date":"2026-02-23T15:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/494357\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T15:42:09","slug":"apple-sports-enhanced-with-ncaa-tournament-brackets-and-huge-soccer-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/494357\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Sports enhanced with NCAA tournament brackets and huge soccer expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/apple-sports-update.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Apple just upgraded its Apple Sports app with new NCAA tournament tracking features, a huge soccer expansion, and the ability to track leagues and teams in more markets.<\/p>\n<p>Apple Sports version 3.8 arrives today with a focus on keeping up with college sports tournament results:<\/p>\n<p>Follow the Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s NCAA tournaments in real time, with brackets showcasing matchups and results at a glance for each round, so you can keep up with every game.<\/p>\n<p>The update also adds \u201ca new soccer category\u201d that Apple says makes it \u201ceasier to find and follow your favorite leagues, cups, and more, all in one place.\u201d The soccer expansion in today\u2019s update also adds these leagues:<\/p>\n<p>Campeonato Brasileiro S\u00e9rie A<\/p>\n<p>Categor\u00eda Primera A<\/p>\n<p>Liga de Primera<\/p>\n<p>Liga Pro<\/p>\n<p>Liga Profesional de Futbol<\/p>\n<p>Primera Divisi\u00f3n del Per\u00fa<\/p>\n<p>And lastly, Apple Sports is expanding with support for following leagues and teams in Latin America and the Caribbean. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/apple-sports\/id6446788829\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Sports for iPhone<\/a> is available for free on the App Store.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1767146409_918_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1767146410_539_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/benqurl.biz\/3WZyqpL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1033835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771861329_288_native-banner_750_150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple just upgraded its Apple Sports app with new NCAA tournament tracking features, a huge soccer expansion, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-494357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}