BBC Sport launches free smartphone app

BBC Sport has launched a free mobile application for iPhone and iPod touch devices in the UK.

Arriving in time for the New Year, the customisable app provides football transfer news, along with live text coverage of many different sports.

The app has a live football scores section, plus live Radio 5 live and 5 live sports extra streams.

Other features, including video highlights, will be introduced soon; as will a version for Android.

The app’s football live scores section allows you to follow the action, whether you’re at the match, or out and about.

For football, it provides a league-by-league overview of the latest scores and goalscorers at a glance, with dedicated match pages for more in-depth information, bringing together starting line-ups, match stats, live text commentary and the post-match report.

The fixtures and results section has been developed to help you keep on top of all the major UK and international football competitions simply by selecting any day in the season from the app’s calendar.

Live text coverage of England’s Test matches, rugby union’s Six Nations and the upcoming Formula 1 season will also be available.

Lucie McLean, executive product manager for sport at BBC Future Media, said:  “The new BBC Sport app builds on the success of London 2012 to give users an even easier way to get the content they love, whether it’s checking out how their team got on, following live text updates on the day’s sporting action or catching up with the latest news.”