It’s annoying to miss a sports event or game simply because you forgot about it. Thankfully, there’s an easy way to add all the upcoming sports events you don’t want to miss right to your iPhone’s calendar.
Calendar Subscriptions Make it Easy to Keep Up With Sports Events
A calendar subscription lets you to add a calendar to your calendar app so you’re automatically reminded of events, appointments, games, and more. Once added, these calendars will be updated with new events and changes, and you can typically recognize them by their .ics file extension.
How to Subscribe to Your Favorite Sports Calendar
Subscribing to a sports calendar is pretty straightforward once you have the link to the calendar. you’re able to usually obtain it by visiting the official website of the sports event you want to follow. I’ll be using the Formula 1 calendar for this article, but you can do this with any sports event that offers an official calendar.
In addition to official websites, sports calendars can be found on other sites, such asFixture Download, which provides a fairly detailed list of various sports events, including ice hockey, baseball, basketball, and soccer.
to get started:
If the calendar downloads in .ics format, you’ll have to add it manually.
The sports calendar should show up alongside your other calendars and you shouldhave the option of tweaking the calendar’s title and auto-refresh frequency.
Maximize Your Calendar Subscription
you may do a couple of things to get the most out of your calendar subscription, such as turning on notifications to see events without opening Apple Calendar.
Simply tapCalendarsin thebottom-middleof your Apple Calendar, tap theinformationicon beside the sports calendar you want to follow more closely and ensure theEvent Alertsoption is toggled on.
This must be done on a Mac, as it isn’t possible on an iPhone. You can only view calendar subscriptions on Apple devices, which means they won’t be accessible on Microsoft Outlook or iCloud.
In some cases, sports calendars aren’t available as subscriptions but instead appear as regular calendars. This means events won’t update automatically—only those listed when you added the calendar will be visible.
The upside, however, is that if you use both an iPhone and a Windows PC, you can still take advantage of the calendar sync feature. For more details, check out this guide onhow to use Apple Calendar on Windows.
