Global Basketball Change Log

Broadcast Channel Support

🗓️ Release Date 09/03/2026

We've added support for broadcast information in our Global Basketball API.

Broadcast info is returned as a channels array, with each channel including a name, country, country_code, and optional url. This matches the format of our other Global APIs.

This is currently available for the completed FIBA Women's World Cup (sr:season:141348), and will be availalbe for future FIBA competitions.

FIBA World Cup (Men’s): sr:competition:441
FIBA World Cup (Women’s): sr:competition:442

<channels>
  <channel name="Universo" country="United States" country_code="USA"/>
  <channel name="USA Network" url="https://www.usanetwork.com/" country="United States" country_code="USA"/>
</channels>

⭐ Benefit

Show users where select competitions are being broadcast, so they can find where to watch — including any linked broadcaster website when available.

📋 Recommended Actions

Parse the channels array from the returned endpoints to surface broadcast information in your product.
Treat the url field as optional — some channels include a broadcaster website link, others do not.
Only expect broadcast data for the FIBA Women's World Cup (sr:season:141348) at this time. Additional competitions may follow, but do not assume broadcast data will be present for every game.
If your product spans multiple markets, use country and country_code to filter or label channels by region.

🔢 Products

Sport	Product	Version(s)
Basketball	Global Basketball API	v2

🔁 Endpoints Affected

Competitor Summaries
Competitor vs Competitor
Daily Summaries
Live Summaries
Season Lineups
Season Summaries
Sport Event Lineups
Sport Event Summary
Sport Event Timeline

☑️ Sample Request:

curl --request GET \
     --url https://api.sportradar.com/basketball/trial/v2/en/sport_events/sr:sport_event:71036348/summary.json \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

⚙️ Return Samples

Return Samples

<channels>
    <channel name="HBOmax" country="United States" country_code="USA"/>
    <channel name="TNT" country="United States" country_code="USA"/>
    <channel name="TruTV US" country="United States" country_code="USA"/>
</channels>

"channels": [
    {
        "name": "HBOmax",
        "country": "United States",
        "country_code": "USA"
    },
    {
        "name": "TNT",
        "country": "United States",
        "country_code": "USA"
    },
    {
        "name": "TruTV US",
        "country": "United States",
        "country_code": "USA"
    }
    ...
]

City IDs in Venue Objects

🗓️ Release Date 06/01/2026

We've added a city_id unique identifier to all venue objects across our General Sport Media APIs. The new field is included alongside the existing city_name field and is available in all feeds that contain venue information.

This is a non-breaking enhancement to existing responses.

"city_name": "Liverpool",
"city_id": "sr:city:31",

⭐ Benefit

Use a city's unique identifier for entity linking, data enrichment, and cross-feed correlation wherever venue information is available.

☑️ Sample Requests:

Soccer - Competitor Profile

curl --request GET \
     --url https://api.sportradar.com/soccer/trial/v4/en/competitors/sr:competitor:44/profile.json \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

⚙️ Return Samples

<venue id="sr:venue:8117" name="Dodger Stadium" capacity="56000" city_name="Los Angeles, CA" city_id="sr:city:963" country_name="USA" map_coordinates="34.0745409, -118.2408881" country_code="USA" timezone="America/Los_Angeles"/>

"venue": {
    "id": "sr:venue:8117",
    "name": "Dodger Stadium",
    "capacity": 56000,
    "city_name": "Los Angeles, CA",
    "city_id": "sr:city:963",
    "country_name": "USA",
    "map_coordinates": "34.0745409, -118.2408881",
    "country_code": "USA",
    "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles"
},

Standings Win Percentage

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
05/19/2023	Season Standings	Added two new team winning percentage values to the Season Standings endpoint. `win_percentage`: represents a team’s winning percentage for a season (ex. `52.6`) `win_ratio`: represents a team’s winning percentage decimal value for a season (ex. `.526`)

Lineups Availability Signifier

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
05/09/2023	Competitor Summaries Competitor vs Competitor Daily Summaries Live Summaries Season Lineups Season Probabilities Season Summaries Sport Event Lineups Sport Event Summary Sport Event Timeline Live Probabilities Sport Event Probabilities Timeline Probabilities	Added a coverage property for lineups to all relevant game feeds. This update signifies that lineups, with starting players, are available for a game. It will be available prior to a game tipoff.

Cup Round Data

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
03/20/2023	Season Links	Added `order`, `state`, and `winner_id` to cup rounds in the Season Links endpoint. These new fields can be leveraged to determine the status, order, and winner of a cup round within a season/tournament.

Age Group & Gender Additions

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
03/13/2023	Competitor Profile Competitor Summaries Competitor vs Competitor Daily Summaries Live Summaries Player Profile Season Info Season Lineups Season Probabilities Season Standings Season Summaries Seasonal Competitor Statistics Sport Event Lineups Sport Event Summary Sport Event Timeline Push Statistics	Added `age_group` and `gender` to competitor elements in several endpoints. This update follows the existing format of the Soccer API, and will help to efficiently distinguish these competitor (team) characteristics.

Pagination Update to Season Probabilities

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
03/03/2023	Season Probabilities	Added pagination to the Season Probabilities endpoint for several APIs. Going forward, the first 200 events will be displayed. To retrieve further events additional query string parameters will be required. For example, to load the next 200 events you will need to append `&start=200` to the call and to load the next 200 add `&start=400` and so on.

New Category Data

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
01/20/2023	Competition Info	Added the `category` element to the Competition Info endpoint. This includes category `id`, `name`, and `country_code`. The category will be represented by the country or `International` to better distinguish the country designation.

New 'updated' Attributes for Push Feeds

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
11/29/2022	Push Events	Added `updated` and `updated_time` flags to the Push Events feed. This update will better display which game events have been updated.

'Competitor Merge Mappings' Endpoint

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
08/23/2022	Competitor Merge Mappings Player Merge Mappings	Added the Competitor Merge Mappings endpoint to a variety of APIs. This feed provides the valid Sportradar Id in cases when two competitors have been merged into one. This feed was previously present in the Soccer API. Also added a Player Merge Mappings endpoint to the Aussie Rules Football API.

'Sport Events Created' Endpoint

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
06/29/2022	Sport Events Created	Our new Sport Events Created endpoint provides a list of all events created within the last 24 hours. Send requests to this endpoint as needed to assist in locating and storing newly created events.

Competition Gender

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
11/03/2021	Competition Info Competitions Competitor Summaries Competitor vs Competitor Daily Summaries Live Summaries Season Info Season Lineups Season Probabilities Season Summaries Sport Event Lineups Sport Event Summary Sport Event Timeline Live Probabilities Sport Event Probabilities Timeline Probabilities	Added competition gender to several endpoints.

Pagination Support

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
10/15/2021	Daily Summaries Season Summaries Sport Events Updated	Added a pagination support description for the following feeds: Daily Summaries, Season Summaries, Sport Events Updated.

Standings Types

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
10/05/2021	Season Standings	Added support for additional standings types.

Match Time Info for Probabilities

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
09/22/2021	Live Probabilities Sport Event Probabilities Timeline Probabilities	Added ‘match_time’, ‘remaining_time’, and ‘remaining_time_in_period’ for relevant Probability feeds.

Player and Season Data

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
09/09/2021	Season Competitors Season Player Seasons	Added data points to support the addition of player and seasonal data.

'Season Links' Endpoint

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
06/02/2021	Season Links	Added data points to support the addition of the Season Links feed.

Cup Round ID

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
06/02/2021	Competitor Summaries Competitor vs Competitor Daily Summaries Live Summaries Season Lineups Season Probabilities Season Summaries Sport Event Lineups Sport Event Summary Sport Event Timeline Live Probabilities Sport Event Probabilities Timeline Probabilities	Added `cup_round_id` for rounds of a competition.

Probabilities Package

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
04/09/2021	Live Probabilities Season Outright Probabilities Sport Event Probabilities Sport Event Upcoming Probabilities Timeline Probabilities	Added data points to support the addition of the probabilities feeds.

Mappings Endpoints

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
02/19/2021	Competitor Mappings Player Mappings Player Merge Mappings Season Mappings Sport Event Mappings	Added data points to support the addition of the mapping feeds.

Venue Capacity

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
05/19/2020	Competitor Summaries Competitor vs Competitor Daily Summaries Live Summaries Season Lineups Season Probabilities Season Summaries Sport Event Summary Sport Event Timeline	Added the following venue data points: changed, reduced_capacity, and reduced_capacity_max.

Group IDs

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
05/19/2020	Season Standings	Updated group ids in the Season Standings feed to include “sr:group:”

Player Data Removed

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
01/22/2020	Player Profile	Removed support for player role data: active, end_date, and start_date.

Push Feeds

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
08/30/2019	Push Events Push Statistics	Added Data Points in support of the Push Events and Push Statistics feeds.

Parent Competitions

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
06/03/2019	Competition List	Added Boolean flag for parent competitions: is_parent.

Standings Data

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
05/22/2019	Season Standings	Added support for last_ten_win_record and last_ten_loss_record to the standings.

'Competition Info' Endpoint

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
04/26/2019	Competition Info	Added support for the Competition Information endpoint.

API Release

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
02/14/2019	All	Initial release of Global Basketball v2.