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A minimal, ad-free World Cup web-app for fixtures and live scores
by btiwaree·Jun 8, 2026·7 points·4 comments
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Yet another sports tracker in a space dominated by Google, ESPN, and FotMob.
Strengths
- •Clean, focused UX without betting ads or bloat
- •Uses open data source (openfootball/worldcup.json) for transparency
- •Time zone selection helps international viewers plan watch times
Weaknesses
- •No novel technical approach—just a frontend for existing JSON data
- •Established alternatives already handle fixtures, scores, and notifications
Category
Target Audience
Football fans wanting simple fixture tracking
Similar To
FotMob · Google Sports · BBC Sport
Post Description
Hi all! With the World Cup around the corner, and being a football fan, I went looking for apps that would give me a detailed overview of groups, matches categorized by group or team, a daily timeline of when games happen that day (especially useful for us in Europe, since some games run pretty late), and a way to follow my favorite team or teams.
The problem I ran into was that most apps out there are pretty bloated — like, really bloated. The ones that weren't either didn't focus on the World Cup specifically, or were ridden with betting ads and ads in general.
So I built a very minimal ad-free (mostly tailored for myself) World Cup web app for fixtures and live scores. The fixture data comes from the openfootball/worldcup.json project - https://github.com/openfootball/worldcup.json.
I hope you find it helpful, would love any feedback.
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