The 22nd FIFA World Cup is upon us. Although it might be in a rather obscure location at a somewhat inconvenient time of the year, the 2022 FIFA World Cup is all set to take the Middle Eastern nation of Qatar by storm. It’s one of the few events in the annual sporting calendar when the sportsbooks go big on their promotions, with dozens of campaigns listed on oddschecker as the anticipation builds to the tournament.
With so much expectation, we can only hope that the world’s top 32 footballing nations can put on a show worthy of the Jules Rimet trophy and all its heritage. It might be tough considering most players are midway through domestic campaigns, but it will be fascinating to see which countries handle the pressure best.
One of the biggest problems for football fans is staying abreast of all the action, particularly in the group stages when there’s four matches daily. If you’re busy at work and you won’t have the capacity to catch all the games on TV, we’ve got you covered with a selection of apps that will keep you up to date with every kick of the action.
Yahoo Sports
Yahoo! We receive a lot of information from STATS, Inc. It employs dozens of writers and has pages for nearly every major North American sports team. If you just want the latest interviews and breaking injury or selection news coming out of World Cup 2022 camps, the Yahoo Sports app is a solid, no-frills choice. You can set up push notifications to be displayed on your smartphone for selected teams, giving you the news as it’s breaking. You’ll even get updates on World Cup betting odds throughout the tournament.
FotMob
FotMob is one of the world’s most popular football apps with over 20 million downloads. We help people follow the world of football, wherever they are. FotMob is built by a nimble, independent team in the fjords of Bergen, Norway. FotMob is a football news and data app that allows the passionate fan to customize their news and notifications to a fine degree. You can create your own ‘homepage’ with custom widgets displaying the news and latest scores for selected teams. The downside is that it’s not possible to live stream any games, and particularly World Cup 2022 games, which are heavily restricted to licensed broadcasters.
FIFA+
Earlier this year, FIFA unveiled its own digital streaming platform, FIFA+. Football fans can download the FIFA+ app and get access to live streams of FIFA events. This includes coverage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, with the FIFA+ Match Centre showcasing the latest scores, line-ups and fixtures. There’s also access to original shows and documentaries from within the FIFA archive. The FIFA+ app also provides direct links to the 2022 World Cup Fantasy game. So in short, there are live matches, on-demand shows and documentaries, and full match replays from past FIFA competitions.
LiveScore
LiveScore is another faithful football app that you should install onto your smartphone for the 2022 World Cup. If you cannot live stream World Cup games involving your favorite nations, you can still rely on ball-by-ball text commentary through the LiveScore app. There’s no audio commentary or video highlights, but the text commentary is descriptive enough to get the job done. The app also features a ‘dark mode’ which makes it possible to view in bed late at night without impacting on your sleep pattern.
This quartet of native apps should be your go-to options to help you get through the 2022 FIFA World Cup. You might just find that some of them become helpful assets during future domestic campaigns too!