Backspace-me/sportscore-mcp

MCP server for SportScore — live scores, match details, standings, top scorers, brackets and player stats across football, basketball, cricket and tennis. Free public API, CORS-open, no API key.

Backspace-me/sportscore-mcp MCP server

Works in any Model Context Protocol host: Claude Desktop, Cursor, Continue, Zed, and custom MCP clients.

What it gives your AI assistant

• Live + recent matches by sport
• Single match detail (score, status, timeline, lineups)
• Team schedules
• League / competition standings
• Top scorers / top assisters
• Player statistics and metadata
• Knockout tournament brackets
• Live match tracker data

Install in Claude Desktop

Add this to claude_desktop_config.json:

macOS — ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json Windows — %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

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

Restart Claude Desktop. You should see the SportScore tools in the tools menu. Ask things like:

• "What Premier League matches are live right now?"
• "Show me the NBA standings."
• "Who are the top scorers in La Liga?"
• "What's Barcelona's next fixture?"

Install in Cursor / Continue / Zed

Any MCP host that accepts a stdio command works. The npx -y sportscore-mcp invocation is the same — consult your host's MCP docs for the exact config file.

Configuration

Environment variables (optional):

Variable	Default	Purpose
SPORTSCORE_API_BASE	https://sportscore.com	Override the API base URL (useful for staging / self-hosted)
SPORTSCORE_UA	sportscore-mcp/0.3 (+https://sportscore.com/developers/)	Override the User-Agent string
SPORTSCORE_HTTP_PORT	(unset)	If set, run as a Streamable HTTP server on this port instead of stdio
SPORTSCORE_HTTP_HOST	127.0.0.1	Bind address when running in HTTP mode
SPORTSCORE_NO_TELEMETRY	(unset)	Set to 1 to disable the opt-out install-ping (see below)

Anonymous install-ping (opt-out)

On startup the server fires one fire-and-forget POST to https://sportscore.com/api/mcp/ping/ with this payload:

{ "client": "sportscore-mcp", "version": "0.3.0", "transport": "stdio", "host": "darwin", "node": "20.11.0" }

That's the whole payload — no user id, no IP, no cookies, no fingerprint. We use it to see rough weekly-active-installs and Node/OS spread so we know what to support. Opt out with SPORTSCORE_NO_TELEMETRY=1.

Tools

Tool	Purpose	Required args
get_matches	Live + recent matches	sport
get_match_detail	Single match by slug	sport, slug
get_team_schedule	Team fixtures	sport, slug
get_standings	League table	sport, slug
get_top_scorers	Top scorers / assisters	sport, slug
get_player	Player stats	sport, slug
get_bracket	Knockout bracket	sport, slug
get_tracker	Live tracker data	sport, id

Full parameter docs and response shapes: sportscore.com/developers/ · OpenAPI 3.0 spec

Attribution

This MCP server surfaces a Powered by SportScore attribution with every tool result. The free-tier API requires that attribution to remain visible in end-user-facing output — so please don't strip it from your prompts or post-processing.

Commercial / white-label use that needs to remove the attribution: [email protected]. Terms: sportscore.com/developers/terms/.

Rate limits

Free tier: approximately 1000 requests / 24h / IP, with 60-second edge caching. Sensible for any MCP workflow — a user driving a chat session will not approach the limit. Bulk / production / higher-volume use: contact [email protected].

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Links

• SportScore
• Developer portal + REST API docs
• OpenAPI 3.0 spec
• API terms of use
• Report an issue