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Lineups Coverage Indicator

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
11/22/2024Competitor Summaries

Competitor vs Competitor

Daily Summaries

Live Summaries

Player Summaries

Season Lineups

Season Probabilities

Season Summaries

Sport Event Lineups

Sport Event Summary

Sport Event Timeline
Added a new match property to each of our Rugby leagues (League, Union, Sevens) to indicate when a match will have lineups available.

See our FAQ for more info on Rugby coverage.
<sport_event id="sr:sport_event:513632" start_time="2008-04-13T14:00:00+00:00" start_time_confirmed="true">
	<sport_event_context>
    --snip--
	</sport_event_context>
	<coverage live="true">
		<properties>
			<property type="boxscore" value="true"/>
			<property type="match_clock" value="true"/>
			<property type="lineups" value="true"/>
		</properties>
	</coverage>


Removed Event Types

DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
08/19/2024Sport Event Timeline

Push Events
Removed the following event - type values:

- try
- penalty
- conversion
- drop_goal
<event id="1332284009" type="try" time="2022-12-18T13:03:49+00:00" match_time="2" match_clock="1:58" competitor="away" x="4" y="18" period="1">
  <player id="sr:player:1887356" name="Rodd, Bevan"/>
</event>

<event id="1332284835" type="conversion" time="2022-12-18T13:04:37+00:00" match_time="3" match_clock="2:45" competitor="away" x="25" y="17" period="1">
  <player id="sr:player:528676" name="du Preez, Robert James"/>
</event>


Round Info Additions

DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
09/26/2023Competitor Summaries
Competitor vs Competitor
Daily Summaries
Live Summaries
Player Summaries
Season Lineups
Season Probabilities
Season Summaries
Sport Event Lineups
Sport Event Summary
Sport Event Timeline
Added data points related to tournament
rounds to bring consistency across APIs.

New data points include:

- Round - Cup Round Sport Event Number
(cup_round_sport_event_number)
- Round - Cup Round Number of Sport Events
(cup_round_number_of_sport_events)
- Round - Cup Round Id
(cup_round_id)
- Round - Other Sport Event Id
(other_sport_event_id) *when 2 legs only
<round name="quarterfinal" other_sport_event_id="sr:sport_event:43573993" 
	cup_round_sport_event_number="2" cup_round_number_of_sport_events="2" 
	cup_round_id="sr:cup_round:1923693"/>
"round": {
    "name": "quarterfinal",
    "other_sport_event_id": "sr:sport_event:43573993",
    "cup_round_sport_event_number": 2,
    "cup_round_number_of_sport_events": 2,
    "cup_round_id": "sr:cup_round:1923693"
},


Active Season Indicator

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08/28/2023Sport Events CreatedAdded a active_season attribute for newly created matches appearing in the Sport Events Created endpoint.

When marked as true this will signify that an added match is part of an active season.
    <sport_event_created id="sr:sport_event:43393169" active_season="true" created_at="2023-08-30T14:42:39+00:00"/>
    <sport_event_created id="sr:sport_event:43393167" active_season="true" created_at="2023-08-30T14:42:39+00:00"/>
    <sport_event_created id="sr:sport_event:43393165" active_season="true" created_at="2023-08-30T14:42:38+00:00"/>
    <sport_event_created id="sr:sport_event:43393163" active_season="true" created_at="2023-08-30T14:42:37+00:00"/>
    <sport_event_created id="sr:sport_event:43393029" active_season="true" created_at="2023-08-30T14:37:40+00:00"/>
{
    "generated_at": "2023-08-30T14:47:30+00:00",
    "sport_events_created": [
        {
            "id": "sr:sport_event:43393169",
            "active_season": true,
            "created_at": "2023-08-30T14:42:39+00:00"
        },
        {
            "id": "sr:sport_event:43393167",
            "active_season": true,
            "created_at": "2023-08-30T14:42:39+00:00"
        },
        {
            "id": "sr:sport_event:43393165",
            "active_season": true,
            "created_at": "2023-08-30T14:42:38+00:00"
        },
        {
            "id": "sr:sport_event:43393163",
            "active_season": true,
            "created_at": "2023-08-30T14:42:37+00:00"
        },


New Cup Round Data

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03/20/2023Season LinksAdded 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

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03/13/2023Competitor 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 DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
03/03/2023Season ProbabilitiesAdded 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

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01/20/2023Competition InfoAdded 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.

Increase in Coverage & Data

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
12/16/2022Competitor Summaries
Competitor vs Competitor
Daily Summaries
Live Summaries
Player Summaries
Season Lineups
Season Probabilities
Season Summaries
Sport Event Lineups
Sport Event Summary
Sport Event Timeline
Push Statistics
Updated coverage for Rugby Union matches. Updates include a running match clock and detailed team and player match statistics, when available.

New statistics include: Carries, Clean Breaks, Lineouts Won, Meters Run, Offloads, Passes, Scrums Lost, Scrums Won, Tackles, Tackles Missed, Total Scrums, Try Assists, Turnovers Won.

Matches with a running clock are indicated by type="match_clock" value="true"

Matches with these additional team and player statistics are indicated by type="boxscore" value="true"

New 'updated' Attributes for Push Feeds

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
11/29/2022Push EventsAdded updated and updated_time flags to the Push Events feed. This update will better display which game events have been updated.

Gender Distinction

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
10/24/2022Competition Info
Competitions
Competitor Summaries
Competitor vs Competitor
Daily Summaries
Live Summaries
Player Summaries
Season Info
Season Lineups
Season Probabilities
Season Summaries
Sport Event Lineups
Sport Event Summary
Sport Event Timeline
Added gender distinction on all competitions.

'Competitor Merge Mappings' Endpoint

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
08/23/2022Competitor 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

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06/29/2022Sport Events CreatedOur 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.

FAQ Update - Match Status

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01/21/2022Match EndpointsAdded a description on status behavior for a match which is not covered live.

Scoring Methods

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
11/03/2021Live Timelines
Live Timelines Delta
Sport Event Timeline
Push Events
Added scoring method for all timeline scoring events.

Category Info

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
11/03/2021CompetitionsAdded category id, category name, and category country_code to the Competitions feed.

Pagination Support

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

Standings Types

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10/05/2021Season StandingsAdded support for additional standings types.

Substitution Updates

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
10/01/2021Live Timelines
Live Timelines Delta
Sport Event Timeline
Push Events
Added descriptions to Timeline information and the FAQ to support addition of substitution data.

Mappings Endpoints

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
09/15/2021Player Merge Mappings
Season Competitors
Sport Links
Season Players
Added data points to support new Seasonal and Mapping feeds.

Lineups Endpoints

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
08/10/2020Season Lineups
Sport Event Lineups
Added data points to support the new Season Lineups and Sport Event Lineups feeds.

Rugby Sevens

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
06/17/2020AllAdded support for Rugby Sevens to all endpoints.

Venue Capacity

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
06/02/2020Competitor Summaries
Competitor vs Competitor
Daily Summaries
Live Summaries
Live Summaries
Player Summaries
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 DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
06/02/2020Season StandingsUpdated group ids in the Season Standings feed to include “sr:group:”

Failover Info

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
12/02/2019FAQAdded a section describing our failover coverage.

API Release

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
10/04/2019AllInitial release of Rugby v3.