The general rundown: the biggest stories across all of sport

Most sports coverage is built around a handful of leagues. The general rundown is an add-on in Get Your Sports Here that works the other way round. Instead of following a set of teams, it covers the biggest things happening across all of sport that day, from a rugby final to a sailing race, and keeps the major leagues to a line each. You can add it to your briefing, at the bottom or the top, or have it on its own.

The short version

• The general rundown covers the biggest stories across all of sport, rather than a list of teams you pick.
• Add it to your briefing after your own teams (the default) or before them, or have it as the whole briefing.
• It gives proper room to events outside the big leagues: rugby, cricket, cycling, sailing, athletics, motorsport, the golf and tennis majors, and Olympic sports.
• The major leagues still appear, but kept to a line each so they don't take over.
• It suits people who like sport broadly, fans of one team who want a wider view, and fans of sports that get little coverage where they live.
• Like every briefing, each fact links to its source.

Why a rundown that isn't about the big leagues

The big leagues produce news every day. In season, the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and the top soccer leagues generate results, injury news and trade talk around the clock. Most of it matters mainly to fans of the teams involved.

Many of the events with the widest reach happen outside those leagues, and only a few times a year: a Rugby World Cup final, a cricket World Cup, a Grand Tour, a golf major, a Grand Slam final, an America's Cup. If your apps and feeds are set up around one league, those are easy to miss until they are over.

The general rundown is meant to fix that. It looks at the whole of sport each day and asks what was actually big, rather than what produced the most news.

What it covers

Here is the kind of thing the general rundown is built to pick up, by sport.

• Rugby. The Six Nations each February and March, the Rugby Championship, the World Cups and big tours. The new Nations Championship, a 12-team men's competition played across the July and November windows, holds its first finals weekend in London at the end of November 2026. Background: the Six Nations explained.
• Cricket. Test series, the white-ball formats, franchise leagues and ICC tournaments. If the difference between them is unclear, see cricket formats explained.
• Cycling. The three Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia in May, the Tour de France in July and the Vuelta a España from late August), the spring one-day classics and the world championships. More in cycling's Grand Tours explained.
• Sailing. The America's Cup, SailGP and the big ocean races, which can run for weeks with little coverage in between. See the America's Cup and SailGP explained.
• Athletics. The Diamond League, the world championships and the big city marathons.
• Motorsport. Formula 1, MotoGP, IndyCar and the major one-off races such as the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
• Golf. The four men's majors (the Masters in April, the PGA Championship in May, the US Open in June and the Open Championship in July), the women's majors and the Ryder Cup. Background: golf's majors and the Ryder Cup.
• Tennis. The four Grand Slams (the Australian Open in January, the French Open from late May, Wimbledon from late June and the US Open from late August) and the season-ending finals.
• Olympic sports. Swimming, gymnastics, skiing, track cycling and the rest, which hold their own world championships between Games and only reach most people's screens once every four years.

What's coming up

As of October 2026, these are some of the larger events on the calendar over the next two years:

• The Nations Championship finals weekend in London, late November 2026.
• The America's Cup in Naples, with the Match itself starting on July 10, 2027.
• The Tour de France, which starts in Edinburgh on July 2, 2027.
• The World Athletics Championships in Beijing, September 10–19, 2027.
• The Ryder Cup at Adare Manor in Ireland, with play on September 17–19, 2027.
• The men's Rugby World Cup in Australia, October 1 to November 13, 2027, the first with 24 teams.
• The men's Cricket World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, October 2 to November 21, 2027.
• The Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, July 14–30, 2028.

Dates can move, so check the event's official site before you make plans around them. The year in sport calendar covers the yearly rhythm in more detail.

How the big leagues fit in

The major leagues aren't left out. They are kept to a line each, so a normal night of NBA or NHL games doesn't push a world championship off the page. You still find out that something notable happened, without reading a full roundup of every game.

If you want one of those leagues in depth, add it to your briefing as well. Your teams and leagues come first, with full detail, and the rundown covers the rest of sport below them.

Who the general rundown is for

• People who like sport broadly but don't follow any one team closely, and want to know what's going on.
• Fans of one team who already get plenty of coverage of it and want a wider view alongside.
• Fans of sports with thin local coverage. Rugby, cricket and cycling get far less attention in the United States than in Europe, South Asia or the Southern Hemisphere, and the reverse is true for college sports.
• New fans who are still working out which sports they enjoy.
• Anyone who doesn't want to be caught out by a big result everyone else is talking about.

Adding it to your briefing

It all comes in one email: your own teams and leagues first, then the general rundown at the bottom. If you would rather see the big picture before your teams, put the rundown at the top instead. Either way it skips anything already covered higher up, so nothing is said twice.

If you would rather have the rundown on its own, leave out teams and leagues and it becomes the whole briefing.

Frequently asked questions

Does the general rundown include the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL?

Yes, but kept to a line each so they don't crowd out everything else. If you want one of those leagues in depth, add it to your briefing too.

Can I get the general rundown and my own teams in one email?

Yes. Add the rundown to your briefing and it appears after your teams, or before them if you choose the top.

Where does the information come from?

Each briefing is written by AI (Claude) from public news sources found by web search that day. Every fact links to its source with a small numbered note, and the source list is at the end of the email.

Is the general rundown only for international sports?

No. It covers whatever is biggest that day, which can be a college championship game or a golf major in the US as easily as a rugby test or a cycling stage.

If you want a wider view of sport without following a dozen apps, you can add the general rundown when you set up a briefing. To see how a briefing is put together, read how Get Your Sports Here works.