Does flashscore.com block AI crawlers?

Blocks AI training, allows AI answers

flashscore.com blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.

Checked Oct 2, 2026 from flashscore.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.

AI crawlers blocked: 3 of 12
AI bots named in robots.txt: 3
llms.txt: Not found
Popularity: Tranco top 2,000 (#1,006)

Can AI assistants cite flashscore.com?

ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site

flashscore.com opts out of AI training by Common Crawl, ByteDance, Meta. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.

AI crawler access, bot by bot

Crawler	Used for	Status on flashscore.com
GPTBotOpenAI	AI training	Some paths restricted
OAI-SearchBotOpenAI	AI answers	Some paths restricted
ChatGPT-UserOpenAI	AI answers	Some paths restricted
ClaudeBotAnthropic	AI training	Some paths restricted
Claude-SearchBotAnthropic	AI answers	Some paths restricted
Claude-UserAnthropic	AI answers	Some paths restricted
PerplexityBotPerplexity	AI answers	Some paths restricted
Google-ExtendedGoogle	AI training	Some paths restricted
Applebot-ExtendedApple	AI training	Some paths restricted
CCBotCommon Crawl	AI training	Blocked
BytespiderByteDance	AI training	Blocked
Meta-ExternalAgentMeta	AI training	Blocked

How flashscore.com compares

19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; flashscore.com does not.
18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; flashscore.com does not.
14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; flashscore.com does not.
Among 200 sites of similar popularity, 32% block at least one AI crawler.

The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers

User-agent: *
Disallow: /standings/
Disallow: /draw/
Disallow: /newsfeed/
Disallow: /live/
Disallow: /my/
Disallow: /finished/
Disallow: /scheduled/
Disallow: /watch/yesterday/
Disallow: /tennis/live/
Disallow: /tennis/my/
Disallow: /tennis/finished/
Disallow: /tennis/scheduled/
Disallow: /tennis/watch/yesterday/
Disallow: /basketball/live/
Disallow: /basketball/my/
Disallow: /basketball/finished/
Disallow: /basketball/scheduled/
Disallow: /basketball/watch/yesterday/
Disallow: /hockey/live/
Disallow: /hockey/my/
Disallow: /hockey/finished/
Disallow: /hockey/scheduled/
Disallow: /hockey/watch/yesterday/
Disallow: /american-football/live/
Disallow: /american-football/my/
Disallow: /american-football/finished/
Disallow: /american-football/scheduled/
Disallow: /american-football/watch/yesterday/
Disallow: /baseball/live/
Disallow: /baseball/my/
Disallow: /baseball/finished/
Disallow: /baseball/scheduled/
Disallow: /baseball/watch/yesterday/
Disallow: /handball/live/
Disallow: /handball/my/
Disallow: /handball/finished/
Disallow: /handball/scheduled/
Disallow: /handball/watch/yesterday/
Disallow: /rugby-union/live/
Disallow: /rugby-union/my/

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.

Sites with a similar AI policy

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Does flashscore.com block GPTBot?

No. As of Oct 2, 2026, flashscore.com's robots.txt doesn't block GPTBot, though some paths are restricted for all crawlers.

Can ChatGPT search show results from flashscore.com?

Its robots.txt doesn't block OAI-SearchBot or ChatGPT-User, so ChatGPT's search crawlers may read it. Whether pages are actually shown depends on ChatGPT.

Does flashscore.com have an llms.txt file?

We didn't find a valid llms.txt at flashscore.com/llms.txt when we checked.

Data: flashscore.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.