Sports is a free, multipage HTML5 Bootstrap 3 template from ThemeWagon for building sports and gaming news websites, packaged with a full-screen background slider, video section, blog, and contact form.
What is Sports?
Sports is a free multipage Bootstrap 3 sports template created by HTML Design and distributed through ThemeWagon. It takes static HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files and renders a complete sports/gaming news site with a full-screen slider, video section, blog, and contact form. The template runs entirely client-side—no backend or build step—and is served as plain files compatible with any web host. Over 12,000 downloads are recorded on ThemeWagon.
Key Features
- Multipage structure — Sports ships with 10 HTML files covering separate pages for home, blog, and other content areas, plus 13 CSS files, 13 JavaScript files, 4 font files, and demo videos.
- Full-screen slider — The homepage opens with a full-screen background image slider that rotates hero content, complemented by an Owl Carousel slider for additional media.
- Video section — A dedicated video block lets you embed or link match highlights and game coverage directly in the layout.
- Login and registration — A login/registration button pair sits in the header, ready to wire to a backend or demo auth flow.
- Mega menu and search — A megamenu navigation bar includes a search bar for filtering site content, with on-hover effects across menu items.
- Google Maps contact form — The contact page integrates a Google Maps embed alongside a working contact form, plus social media icons and an elaborate footer.
- Responsive and cross-browser — The layout is fully responsive and mobile-friendly, and tested compatible with Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, and Opera.
- SEO-optimized structure — Semantic markup and a preloader are built in, and the template is open source with lifetime free updates under ThemeWagon's license.
Who is it for?
- Sports news publishers: create a magazine-style news site for match reports, transfer news, and commentary using the blog and video sections.
- Gaming communities: launch a hub for game news, trailers, and community updates, leveraging the carousel slider and mega menu for content organization.
- Sports clubs and academies: build a team website with a full-screen hero, gallery, and contact form so fans can reach out via the integrated Google Maps form.
- Web developers: use Sports as a free starting point for client projects that need a ready-made sports or entertainment front end, then customize the Bootstrap 3 components.
What can you do with Sports?
- Sports bloggers: publish articles and match recaps in the blog section and embed highlight videos in the dedicated video section to keep readers engaged.
- Event promoters: use the full-screen slider to announce upcoming tournaments or ticket sales, with the contact form capturing inquiries.
- Community managers: set up login and registration buttons to mimic a member portal, then extend the mega menu to organize forums, schedules, and standings.
FAQ
Is Sports free to use?
Yes, Sports is free to download from ThemeWagon and is open source. The license permits use in commercial projects and includes lifetime free updates, so you can build a client site without paying a licensing fee.
What frameworks does Sports use?
Sports is built on Bootstrap v3.3.7, jQuery v1.12.4, Owl Carousel, FontAwesome, Animate.css, Bootstrap Select, and PrettyPhoto. All dependencies are included in the download package.
How many files are included in Sports?
The template package contains 10 HTML files, 13 CSS files, 13 JavaScript files, 4 font files, and demo videos. This gives you multiple predefined pages to customize.
Is Sports responsive?
Yes, Sports is fully responsive and mobile-friendly. It is listed as compatible with Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, and Opera, and includes a meta viewport for mobile device scaling.
Yes, the contact page includes a contact form and an integrated Google Maps embed. The form is static HTML/CSS/JS, so you'll need to connect it to a backend form handler or service before going live.
