Sports Hub MCP Server
Provides tools for interacting with Chess.com API, including access to player profiles, stats, clubs, and leaderboards.
Provides tools for Lichess API, including access to user data, top players, broadcasts, and daily puzzles.
Provides tools for MLB Stats API, covering MLB and MiLB data such as schedules, standings, and player stats.
Provides access to NBA data through providers like BallDontLie and MySportsFeeds, including scores, stats, and standings.
Provides tools for NHL Web API, covering NHL data such as schedules, standings, and player statistics.
Provides access to Premier League data through soccer-focused providers like API-Football and football-data.org, including fixtures, standings, and odds.
Click on "Install Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Sports Hub MCP Serverget today's NBA scores"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
Sports Hub MCP Server
A unified MCP server that aggregates 32 sports API providers into a single service. 336 tools covering scores, stats, odds, esports, college sports, chess, AFL, and more across 70+ sports.
Each provider works independently. You only need API keys for the providers you use. Missing keys don't block startup — tools return an error when called without their key.
Works with:
Demo

NBA scores, Premier League odds, Tennis H2H — all from a single MCP server.
Compatibility
Platforms
OS | Status |
macOS | Supported |
Linux | Supported |
Windows | Supported |
MCP Clients
Client | Status | Notes |
Claude Desktop | Supported | Anthropic's desktop app |
Claude Code (CLI) | Supported |
|
Cursor | Supported | Built-in MCP |
Windsurf (Codeium) | Supported | Built-in MCP |
Continue.dev | Supported | Open-source AI assistant |
Cline | Supported | VS Code extension |
Zed | Supported | Built-in MCP |
ChatGPT Desktop | Supported | OpenAI desktop app |
Gemini CLI | Supported | Google CLI |
Any MCP client | Supported | Stdio + HTTP/SSE transport |
Uses the stdio transport from the MCP SDK. Works with any LLM (Claude, GPT, Gemini, Llama, Mistral, etc.).
Requirements: Node.js 18+, npm.
Providers (32)
Works instantly — no API key, no signup (12 providers, ~109 tools)
These providers work out of the box. Just build and run.
Prefix | Provider | Coverage | Tools | Notes |
| 20+ sports | 10 | Unofficial — can break | |
| NHL | 13 | Undocumented but stable | |
| MLB/MiLB | 13 | Official, undocumented | |
| Formula 1 (1950+) | 13 | Community-maintained | |
| F1 live telemetry | 12 | Live race weekends only | |
| German football | 10 | Bundesliga focus | |
| 40+ sports | 13 | Test key auto, watermarks | |
| College sports | 8 | 5 req/s rate limit | |
| Football, basketball, MMA + streams | 7 | V1 free, V2 needs paid key | |
| Chess (users, top players, broadcasts, daily puzzle) | 7 | ~20 req/sec/IP | |
| Chess (profiles, stats, clubs, leaderboards) | 7 | Throttles on parallel calls | |
| AFL (Australian Football League) | 6 | Honest UA required |
Tip: Use
SPORTS_HUB_PROVIDERS=freeto load only these 12 providers (~109 tools).
Free tier with API key — signup required, no credit card (21 providers, ~227 tools)
Registration takes 1-2 minutes. All keys are free.
Prefix | Provider | Coverage | Tools | Free Limit | Get Key |
| PandaScore | Esports (13 titles) | 14 | 1000 req/hr | |
| API-Football | Soccer (960+ leagues) | 15 | 100 req/day | |
| API-Sports | 9 sports | 10 | 100 req/day/sport | |
| API-Tennis | Tennis (ATP/WTA/ITF) | 12 | 100 req/day | |
| BallDontLie | NBA/NFL/MLB/NHL | 10 | Basic tier | |
| CricketData | Cricket | 10 | 100 req/day | |
| Entity Sport | Cricket (250+ comps) | 12 | Free plan | |
| football-data.org | Soccer (12 leagues) | 11 | 10 req/min | |
| Sportmonks | Soccer | 12 | 3000 req/hr | |
| SportsDataIO | 9 sports | 12 | 1000 req/mo | |
| The Odds API | 70+ sports odds | 9 | 500 req/mo | |
| Odds-API.io | 34 sports odds | 10 | Free account | |
| Sports Game Odds | 55+ leagues odds | 10 | Trial | |
| Fighting Tomatoes | MMA | 8 | 200 req/mo | |
| Live Golf API | Golf (PGA/DP World) | 8 | Free tier | |
| iSportsAPI | Football/Basketball (Asia) | 10 | Free tier | |
| SportDevs | Rugby/Volleyball/Handball | 12 | Trial | |
| MySportsFeeds | NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL | 12 | Free non-commercial | |
| GolfCourseAPI | 30K+ golf courses | 6 | 300 req/day | |
| College Football Data | NCAA football | 14 | 1000 req/mo |
Providers with missing keys don't block the server — they just return an error when called. Register keys incrementally as you need them.
Installation
Quick (npx — no install)
npx mcp-sports-hubnpm global
npm install -g mcp-sports-hub
mcp-sports-hubFrom source
git clone https://github.com/lacausecrypto/mcp-sports-hub.git
cd mcp-sports-hub
npm install
npm run buildMCP Registry
This server is published on the official MCP Registry as io.github.lacausecrypto/sports-hub. MCP clients that support the registry can discover and install it automatically.
Transport Modes
Stdio (default — Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.)
npx mcp-sports-hubHTTP/SSE (remote clients, web apps, custom integrations)
# Via flag
npx mcp-sports-hub --http
# Via env
SPORTS_HUB_HTTP=1 SPORTS_HUB_PORT=3000 npx mcp-sports-hubEndpoints:
POST /mcp— MCP protocol (Streamable HTTP with SSE)GET /health— Health check ({"status":"ok","providers":9})
Supports CORS, session management via mcp-session-id header. Default port: 3000.
Configuration
Environment Variables
Only set keys for providers you want:
# Free — no key needed:
# ESPN, NHL, MLB, Jolpica F1, OpenF1, OpenLigaDB, NCAA, TheSportsDB (test key),
# SportSRC (V1), Lichess, Chess.com, Squiggle (AFL)
# Optional (defaults to test key)
export THESPORTSDB_API_KEY="your-key" # https://www.thesportsdb.com/
# Requires free registration
export PANDASCORE_TOKEN="your-token" # https://pandascore.co/
export API_SPORTS_KEY="your-key" # https://api-sports.io/
export API_FOOTBALL_KEY="your-key" # https://www.api-football.com/
export API_TENNIS_KEY="your-key" # https://api-tennis.com/
export BALLDONTLIE_API_KEY="your-key" # https://www.balldontlie.io/
export CRICKETDATA_API_KEY="your-key" # https://cricketdata.org/
export ENTITY_SPORT_KEY="your-key" # https://www.entitysport.com/
export FOOTBALL_DATA_API_KEY="your-key" # https://www.football-data.org/
export SPORTMONKS_API_KEY="your-key" # https://www.sportmonks.com/
export SPORTSDATA_IO_KEY="your-key" # https://sportsdata.io/
export THE_ODDS_API_KEY="your-key" # https://the-odds-api.com/
export ODDS_API_IO_KEY="your-key" # https://odds-api.io/
export SPORTS_GAME_ODDS_KEY="your-key" # https://sportsgameodds.com/
export FIGHTING_TOMATOES_API_KEY="your-key" # https://fightingtomatoes.com/
export LIVE_GOLF_API_KEY="your-key" # https://livegolfapi.com/
export ISPORTSAPI_KEY="your-key" # https://www.isportsapi.com/
export SPORTDEVS_API_KEY="your-key" # https://sportdevs.com/
export GOLFCOURSE_API_KEY="your-key" # https://golfcourseapi.com/
export MYSPORTSFEEDS_USER="your-user" # https://www.mysportsfeeds.com/
export MYSPORTSFEEDS_PASS="your-pass"
export CFBD_API_KEY="your-key" # https://collegefootballdata.com/keyWindows (PowerShell):
$env:API_SPORTS_KEY = "your-key"
$env:PANDASCORE_TOKEN = "your-token"Windows (cmd):
set API_SPORTS_KEY=your-key
set PANDASCORE_TOKEN=your-tokenClaude Desktop
Config file locations:
macOS:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.jsonWindows:
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.jsonLinux:
~/.config/claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"sports-hub": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/absolute/path/to/mcp-sports-hub/dist/index.js"],
"env": {
"PANDASCORE_TOKEN": "your-token",
"API_SPORTS_KEY": "your-key",
"THE_ODDS_API_KEY": "your-key"
}
}
}
}Windows path: "args": ["C:/Users/you/mcp-sports-hub/dist/index.js"]
Only include env vars for providers you need. Omit env entirely for free-only providers.
Claude Code (CLI)
claude mcp add sports-hub node /absolute/path/to/mcp-sports-hub/dist/index.jsOr in .claude/settings.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"sports-hub": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/absolute/path/to/mcp-sports-hub/dist/index.js"],
"env": {
"PANDASCORE_TOKEN": "your-token"
}
}
}
}Provider Filtering
By default, only the free preset is loaded (9 providers, ~98 tools — no API keys needed). Use SPORTS_HUB_PROVIDERS to change what's loaded:
# Default — free providers only (no config needed)
npx mcp-sports-hub
# Load ALL 29 providers (319 tools)
SPORTS_HUB_PROVIDERS=all npx mcp-sports-hub
# Use a preset
SPORTS_HUB_PROVIDERS=us-major npx mcp-sports-hub
# Pick specific providers
SPORTS_HUB_PROVIDERS=espn,nhl,odds npx mcp-sports-hub
# Exclude from all (prefix with -)
SPORTS_HUB_PROVIDERS=-sportsdata,-mma npx mcp-sports-hubPresets
Preset | Providers | Tools | Needs keys? |
| espn, nhl, mlb, f1, openf1, openliga, sportsdb, ncaa, sportsrc, lichess, chesscom, squiggle | ~109 | No |
| all 32 providers | 336 | Yes (for key-required providers) |
| lichess, chesscom | 14 | No |
| espn, nhl, mlb, ncaa, cfbd, bdl, msf | ~79 | Some |
| espn, apifootball, footballdata, sportmonks, openliga, sportsrc | ~69 | Some |
| f1, openf1 | 25 | No |
| pandascore | 14 | Yes |
| odds, oddsio, sgo | 29 | Yes |
| cricket, entitycricket | 22 | Yes |
| livegolf, golfcourse | 14 | Some |
Cache
All GET responses are cached in memory for 60 seconds by default. This protects against duplicate calls and rate limit waste. Configure with:
SPORTS_HUB_CACHE_TTL=120 # seconds (0 to disable)In Claude Desktop config:
"env": {
"SPORTS_HUB_PROVIDERS": "us-major",
"THE_ODDS_API_KEY": "your-key"
}Tool Naming
All tools follow {provider}_{action}:
espn_get_scoreboard — Live scores (ESPN)
nhl_get_standings — NHL standings
mlb_get_game_boxscore — MLB box score
f1_get_race_results — F1 results (1950+)
openf1_get_laps — F1 live telemetry
pandascore_get_lives — Live esports matches
apifootball_get_fixtures — Soccer fixtures (960+ leagues)
odds_get_odds — Betting odds (70+ sports)
sportsrc_get_xg_stats — Expected goals (xG)Architecture
src/
├── index.ts # Imports + registers all 29 providers
├── shared/
│ └── http.ts # fetchJson, buildUrl, toolResult, errorResult
└── providers/
├── espn.ts # 10 tools — no key
├── nhl.ts # 13 tools — no key
├── mlb-stats.ts # 13 tools — no key
├── jolpica-f1.ts # 13 tools — no key
├── openf1.ts # 12 tools — no key
├── openligadb.ts # 10 tools — no key
├── golfcourse.ts # 6 tools — GOLFCOURSE_API_KEY
├── thesportsdb.ts # 13 tools — optional key
├── pandascore.ts # 14 tools — PANDASCORE_TOKEN
├── api-football.ts # 15 tools — API_FOOTBALL_KEY
├── api-sports.ts # 10 tools — API_SPORTS_KEY
├── api-tennis.ts # 12 tools — API_TENNIS_KEY
├── balldontlie.ts # 10 tools — BALLDONTLIE_API_KEY
├── cricketdata.ts # 10 tools — CRICKETDATA_API_KEY
├── entity-sport-cricket.ts # 12 tools — ENTITY_SPORT_KEY
├── football-data.ts # 11 tools — FOOTBALL_DATA_API_KEY
├── sportmonks.ts # 12 tools — SPORTMONKS_API_KEY
├── sportsdata-io.ts # 12 tools — SPORTSDATA_IO_KEY
├── the-odds-api.ts # 9 tools — THE_ODDS_API_KEY
├── odds-api-io.ts # 10 tools — ODDS_API_IO_KEY
├── sports-game-odds.ts # 10 tools — SPORTS_GAME_ODDS_KEY
├── fighting-tomatoes.ts # 8 tools — FIGHTING_TOMATOES_API_KEY
├── live-golf.ts # 8 tools — LIVE_GOLF_API_KEY
├── isportsapi.ts # 10 tools — ISPORTSAPI_KEY
├── sportdevs.ts # 12 tools — SPORTDEVS_API_KEY
├── mysportsfeeds.ts # 12 tools — MYSPORTSFEEDS_USER/PASS
├── sportsrc.ts # 7 tools — V1 free, V2 needs paid key (not exposed)
├── ncaa.ts # 8 tools — no key
├── cfbd.ts # 14 tools — CFBD_API_KEY
├── lichess.ts # 7 tools — no key
├── chess-com.ts # 7 tools — no key
└── squiggle.ts # 6 tools — no keyEach provider exports register(server). Keys are checked at call time, not startup.
Contributing
Fork the repository
Create
src/providers/my-api.tsexportingregister(server: McpServer)Prefix tool names:
myapi_get_somethingImport + call in
src/index.tsnpm run buildto verifySubmit a PR
License
MIT
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