The Sports Calendar Block – Fastory

The Calendar Block displays a sports schedule in your Fanzone, with the upcoming matches and events of your teams and competitions. Your fans can see the next key dates at a glance.

What is it for?

This Block centralizes your sports calendar in the same place as the rest of your content. It automatically follows the teams and leagues you choose and displays their fixtures.

The benefit is keeping your audience informed effortlessly: as soon as a match is scheduled, it appears in the schedule. You can also add your own events, even if they are not covered by a sports data source.

It is an ideal Block for clubs, federations, media outlets, and sports brands that want to engage their community around the match calendar.

Depending on your plan, this Block may require the sports calendar option to be enabled on your workspace.

Add the Calendar Block to your Fanzone

Open your Fanzone in the editor.

Add a new Block.

Select the Calendar Block.

Follow your teams and competitions, then save.

Main features

Follow teams and competitions

Use the search to find a team or a league.

Type at least 3 characters to start the search.

Select the team or competition from the results.

Upcoming fixtures are retrieved automatically.

The search covers football and MMA, with basketball, handball, and hockey coming soon. You can follow several teams and several leagues in the same Block.

Add a manual event

For an event not covered by a sports data source, add it yourself.

Click Event.

Choose the relevant sport.

Fill in the teams or fighters, the competition, the date, and the time.

If needed, add the status and the result.

Manage the displayed fixtures

From each followed team or league, you can:

hide or show a specific fixture;

swap the order of the teams displayed on a match;

remove a team or a competition from your follows.

Display bookmaker odds

You can select a reference bookmaker to display odds on fixtures. Three display styles are available:

Style	What it displays
Separated	Colored gauges for each outcome
Compact	Simple numbers with team codes
Simple	A progress bar with win probabilities

If no bookmaker is selected, odds are not displayed.

Choose the display mode

The Block offers several display modes:

Calendar: displays events by date, with day-by-day navigation;

List: displays live fixtures, upcoming ones, and the most recently finished;

Mosaic: grid view, coming soon.

In Calendar mode, if no fixture is scheduled on the selected date, a button lets you jump straight to the next day with matches.

Best practices

Follow a league rather than each team one by one when you want to cover a whole competition.

Hide the fixtures that are not relevant to your audience to keep the schedule easy to read.

Only enable the odds display if it is relevant to your community.

Use manual events for special dates: a gala, a friendly match, a club event.

Check the display mode on mobile, since most fans view the Fanzone on their phone.

Concrete use cases

If you want to keep your fans informed about upcoming matches, follow your teams

Search for your teams or your league, let the calendar fill in automatically, then publish. The schedule stays up to date as matchdays go by.

If you want to highlight a special event, add it manually

Create a manual event with its date and teams, then place it in your calendar alongside the official fixtures.

FAQ

How can I display a sports calendar in a Fanzone?

You can display a sports calendar with the Calendar Block. It shows the upcoming matches and events of the teams and competitions you follow, directly in your Fanzone.

How do I follow a team or a league in the Calendar Block?

Use the Block's search, type at least 3 characters, then select the team or competition. Upcoming fixtures are retrieved automatically and appear in the schedule.

How do I add an event that is not in the sports data?

Click Event to create a manual event. Choose the sport, fill in the teams or fighters, the competition, the date, and the time, then add the status and the result if needed.

How do I display match odds in the Calendar Block?

Select a reference bookmaker in the Block settings. You can then choose an odds display style: separated, compact, or simple. Without a selected bookmaker, odds are not displayed.

Which display modes does the Calendar Block offer?

The Block offers a Calendar mode with date navigation, a List mode that groups live, upcoming, and finished fixtures, and a Mosaic mode coming soon. You choose the mode in the display settings.

How do I hide a specific match in the sports calendar?

From the followed team or league, open the fixture management and hide the match in question. It will no longer appear in the schedule shown to fans, without being removed from your follows.