Sports Republic - Sport news & views
Description of App
"Sports Republic is to sport news what Messi is to football - essential!" - Carnet Sport
Just like a top athlete trying to get ahead of the competition, it's always difficult to stay at the forefront of sports news. Not a day goes by without a sporting event to fire up the passion of fans across the world.
Make sure you are never left sat on the side lines with Sports Republic - it gathers news about every major sport from across the world so you never miss what matters to you.
With a sleek and fully customisable interface, Sports Republic lets you become your own sports news editor. Build your own personal news channels and be alerted - in real time - on the sports topics that interest you the most. Whether you want to know about all sports or a select few, this app is perfect for you. Follow any football team from the lower leagues right up to the Premiership. Get the lowdown on events in the Olympics. Keep on top of the Formula 1 world and never get left in the pit lane!
Sports Republic explores and organises hundreds of articles from a select collection of sources including major news agencies, websites and national and international specialized sports blogs. Full articles and photos are delivered directly to your device so you never miss a thing. Set custom alerts so you are always fully up to date when a new story about your favourite sport or team breaks.
Tip > Create your own news channels on the topics of your choice, and explore the news through the TagNav™, an innovative navigation system to browse the news. Get a complete overview on any topic!
An edition just for you > Sports Republic is available in 7 regional editions - UK, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, LatAm and International, so you can always find the news that speaks to you!
MAIN FEATURES:
PERSONALIZE
Create your own channels and follow only the topics that matter to you.
EXPLORE
Browse the news through the innovative TagNav™ explorer.
GET ALERTED
Set custom alerts on your favorite topics and never miss important news.
SHARE
Read any article and share it with friends by email, Twitter or Facebook.
REACT
Express your mood on any topic and read the articles with the most reactions.
EXTEND
Find out more about the article you just read from a selection of top online resources.
Accessibility Comments
There appear to be a number of issues with this app, but you can still browse and read news stories.
The issues that I've noticed so far are:
The menu button on the home screen of the app opens a submenu - you need to tap on the top third of the screen for VoiceOver to find it.
When browsing the list of categories to add or remove them from your home screen, VoiceOver does not read their selection status.
When viewing a list of stories double-tapping on the button labelled 'Tags' causes the app to crash. This does not happen when VoiceOver is disabled.
When viewing a news story the menu cotton again opens a submenu where you have to tap on it for VoiceOver to find it. From this menu, the Related Stories button takes you to a page that VoiceOver does not read.
If you can tolerate these problems, the rest of the app seems to be usable.