10 best WordPress sports themes  

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Sports are now global. In this age of digitizations, games have spread beyond playgrounds. Lots of websites and other electronic media outlets are disseminating sports related information around the clock. Sports teams, clubs, fans and other relevant entities have a growing trend of launching dedicated sites for achieving a solid online presence.

To ensure the best user experience, these sites must be powered by great themes. But how to find one? For this post, I’ve created a collection of top 10 sports WordPress themes that you can use on your sports/gaming related site.

  1. WP Soccer

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  • A sports theme especially for soccer/football and any other sports related club or news site.
  • Features include built-in system to add list of players, player profile, league table, point table, fixtures, results etc.
  • Theme package offers Visual Composer (free with the theme, but value $34), Themeum Poll, Themeum Soccer plugins etc.
  • Price: $54.
  1. Sportsline

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  • Sportsline is a sports news theme with stunning and professional design. Anyone looking to launch a sports news or blog site, can choose this theme without thinking for a second.
  • SEO friendly, custom widgets, custom gallery post format, RTL & translation support etc.
  • A handful of shortcodes such as Accordion, Button, Blocknumber, Block, Columns, Dropcap, Testimonial etc.
  • Price: $44.
  1. AllStar

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  • AllStar is a responsive WordPress theme built for sports clubs, athletes, teams and Individuals related to sports.
  • 11 custom HTML snippets, 23 custom shortcodes, 18 custom widgets, 4 different gallery styles.
  • Theme package includes CleanTabs (value $6), Slider Revolution (value $15) and utilizes free plugins like bbPress, BuddyPress, The Events Calendar etc.
  • Price: $59.
  1. Goal Club

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  • Goal Club is a fully responsive sports theme for websites related to Football, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey, Soccer, Tennis and any other sports related club.
  • Player management, fixture management, team management, news/blog management, image rollovers with link icons and lightbox and more.
  • Theme package includes Advanced Page Builder for drag-and-drop page building.
  • Price: $59.
  1. Brentwood

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  • A Golf course and event WordPress theme that is specifically designed for Golf sports updates, teams and related sites.
  • One-click demo install, responsive layout, ecommerce support, contact form, translation ready, retina support etc.
  • The theme package includes Visual Composer ($34 value) and Slider Revolution ($19 value) premium plugins.
  • Price: $59.
  1. Triathlon

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  • Triathlon is a responsive WordPress theme built for triathlon events, gyms, fitness centers, sports and other relevant websites.
  • It comes with two pre-packaged home pages (i.e. Triathlon and Fitness). Also there are pre-designed pages for a shop and events.
  • Features include single-click installation, page builder, shortcodes etc.
  • Price: $59.
  1. N7 for Golf Club, Sports & Events

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  • The N7 theme is targeted at tennis clubs, personal trainers, sports centers, sports magazines, sports stores and such other sites.
  • Interactive Ajax search, custom shortcodes, custom widgets, Retina ready, translation ready.
  • Visual Composer (value $34) and Slider Revolution (value $19) included in the theme package.
  • Price: $59.
  1. Splash

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  • Splash is a sports WordPress theme for basketball teams, soccer teams, sports news, clubs and other sports related sites.
  • SportsPress compatible, built with Sass, parallax and video backgrounds, unlimited colors etc.
  • Theme package includes Visual Composer (value $34) and Slider Revolution (value $19).
  • Price: $59.
  1. Tennis Club

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  • Tennis Club theme is built for tennis clubs (as well as other sports clubs), sports centers, trainers’ sites, game review magazines, sports store and such purposes.
  • One-click demo install, custom shortcodes, custom widgets, shortcode builder etc.
  • Theme package includes Visual Composer (value $34) and Slider Revolution (value $19).
  • Price: $59.
  1. Xtreme Sports

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  • Xtreme Sports is suitable for any kind of sports related website, sports club or online sports shop.
  • Responsive design, translation supported, real time customization, ecommerce ready.
  • Yellow Pencil Visual CSS Style Editor, Visual Composer (value $34), Slider Revolution (value $19).
  • Price: $59.

Bonus: Reign – BuddyPress & bbPress WordPress theme

I hope the above list will help you find a suitable theme to launch a sports site. Do you have any suggestion regarding this post? If so, please let us know via comments.