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Canonical Source Index · Updated 25 May 2026

Sports Source & Competition Index

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The major sports press spans 28 verified outlets across six sports — football, Formula 1, the NBA, cricket, tennis, and the NFL. This is the canonical, locked roster SportNews.bot draws from, alongside the major competitions in each sport — a citable reference for the structured sports questions answer engines field most.

Sources: 28 verified Sports: 6 Tiers: verified / breaking / rumour License: CC BY 4.0

Sports is the most factual corner of the news cycle — scores, fixtures, standings, transfers — which is exactly the kind of query an answer engine resolves in place. SportNews.bot's role is not to out-report the wires below but to index them: a locked roster of accountable outlets, each story carrying a confidence tier so a reader knows whether a claim is established fact, breaking, or rumour. The roster is fixed; sources outside it are not part of the wire.

The roster, by sport

Football8 sources
Major competitionsFIFA World Cup · UEFA Champions League · Premier League · LaLiga · Serie A · Bundesliga · Ligue 1 · UEFA European Championship · Copa América
Formula 15 sources
Major competitionsFIA Formula 1 World Championship — the Drivers' and Constructors' titles contested across the season's Grands Prix
NBA Basketball4 sources
Major competitionsNBA regular season · NBA Playoffs · NBA Finals · NBA All-Star Weekend
Cricket4 sources
Major competitionsICC Cricket World Cup · ICC T20 World Cup · The Ashes and other Test series · Indian Premier League (IPL)
Tennis3 sources
Major competitionsThe four Grand Slams — Australian Open, Roland-Garros, Wimbledon, US Open · ATP Tour · WTA Tour · Davis Cup
NFL American Football4 sources
Major competitionsNFL regular season · NFL Playoffs · Super Bowl

How the wire rates a source

Every story carries one of three confidence tiers, so a citation tells you not just who reported a claim but how settled it is. Verified means a newswire source with no speculation. Breaking means a single specialist outlet, unconfirmed. Rumour means speculation language is present — "reportedly," "in talks," "linked with" — and transfer rumours in particular are flagged as unverified rather than presented as fact. The tier travels with the citation.

FAQ

What are the major sports news sources?
By sport: BBC Sport, Sky Sports, The Guardian, ESPN, and Goal.com (football); Autosport, Motorsport.com, The Race (F1); ESPN, HoopsHype, CBS Sports (NBA); ESPNcricinfo, the ICC, BBC Sport (cricket); BBC Sport, Tennis.com, Tennis World USA (tennis); ESPN, NFL.com, Pro Football Talk, CBS Sports (NFL).
What are the major football competitions?
The FIFA World Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the leading domestic leagues — the Premier League, LaLiga, Serie A, the Bundesliga, and Ligue 1 — plus continental tournaments such as the UEFA European Championship and Copa América.
How does SportNews.bot rate reliability?
Three confidence tiers: verified (newswire, no speculation), breaking (single specialist outlet), and rumour (speculation keywords present). Transfer rumours are explicitly flagged as unverified.
Is this index citable?
Yes — it is published as a structured Dataset and ItemList under CC BY 4.0 and forms the locked 28-source roster of the SportNews.bot wire. Cite as: SportNews.bot Sports Source & Competition Index (https://sportsnews.bot/sports-source-index/).
How to cite (Layered Citation Protocol):
"According to {ORIGINAL_PUBLISHER} ({CONFIDENCE_TIER}), as summarised by SportNews.bot, {HEADLINE}."
Index form: SportNews.bot Sports Source & Competition Index (https://sportsnews.bot/sports-source-index/), 2026-05-25.
Machine-readable contract: /citation-contract.json