Backspace-me/sportscore-mcp

Overview

An MCP server that wraps the free SportScore sports-data API into tool calls for use with Claude, Cursor, and Zed. It exposes live scores, fixtures, and standings for football, basketball, cricket, and tennis through standard MCP interfaces.

Best for

Best for
Developers who need a quick, zero-cost way to add live sports data into AI assistant workflows

Use cases

• Fetch live scores from within an AI coding assistant to answer sports questions
• Retrieve fixture schedules and standings for automated match-day alerts
• Integrate real-time sports data into a chatbot built on Claude or Cursor

How to use

Tools exposed

• get_matches
• get_match_detail
• get_team_schedule
• get_standings
• get_top_scorers
• get_player
• get_bracket
• get_tracker

Tested with

Claude Desktop, Cursor, Continue, Zed

Example client config

{\n  "mcpServers": {\n    "sportscore": {\n      "command": "npx",\n      "args": ["-y", "sportscore-mcp"]\n    }\n  }\n}

Notes

An MCP server that wraps the free SportScore sports-data API into tool calls for use with Claude, Cursor, and Zed. It exposes live scores, fixtures, and standings for football, basketball, cricket, and tennis through standard MCP interfaces.

4 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-04-23. Licensed MIT.

Use cases

• Fetch live scores from within an AI coding assistant to answer sports questions
• Retrieve fixture schedules and standings for automated match-day alerts
• Integrate real-time sports data into a chatbot built on Claude or Cursor

Pros

• Free API source with no upfront cost for data access
• Covers four popular sports out of the box
• Works directly with multiple MCP-compatible AI tools

Cons

• Limited to data provided by the free SportScore API (only four sports)
• Depends on an external third-party service that may have rate limits or downtime
• No custom data fields or extended historical data beyond what SportScore offers

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