Australia Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Australia with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as JSON.

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This request returns the current top sports headlines from Australia. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=sports&country=au&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=sports" \
  --data-urlencode "country=au" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "sports", "country": "au", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "sports",
    country: "au",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$params = http_build_query([
    "category" => "sports",
    "country"  => "au",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=sports&country=au&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 288560,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3891df1925fca87caf59bcaeb2e3e23f",
            "title": "Alice Springs beams with pride after local Ethan Brown's win at Melbourne Cup",
            "description": "As people across Australia watched the country's most famous horse race, Alice Springs locals roared when it became clear local boy Ethan Brown could bring home the win. The town is still in celebration mode, praising the dedication of the young jockey.",
            "content": "As crowds gathered at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne yesterday, more than 2,200 kilometres further north, a country town roared as it became clear in the last 12 seconds of the race that a local boy could bring home the win.\nRidden by Alice Sprin... [3630 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-04/alice-springs-pride-at-jockey-ethan-brown-melbourne-cup-win/107343362",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/0ecddb3e00424045e3edfed806fdc302?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1981&cropW=3522&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:03:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "25c7b9cc6323effcea6700b176744356",
            "title": "Supercars scraps Enduro Cup expansion plan",
            "description": "The Supercars Enduro Cup will remain a two-round contest in 2027. - Speedcafe.com",
            "content": "A 14-round calendar set to be released on Thursday will feature the current balance of nine Sprint Cup rounds, two Enduro Cup events and a three-round Finals Series.\nSupercars’ owner RACE had pushed to expand the Enduro Cup by returning Sandown to it... [1196 chars]",
            "url": "https://speedcafe.com/supercars-news-2027-sandown-calendar-14-rounds-enduro-cup-schedule-events/",
            "image": "https://speedcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Supercars-Sandown-Saturday-193-copy.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:36:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "dfb01b7ae62a6f60563388cd18710b92",
                "name": "Speedcafe.com",
                "url": "https://speedcafe.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a17ccbc6c8115317b0384deab709500b",
            "title": "How Gus Teixeira overcame mystery health concerns to stamp himself as top draft prospect",
            "description": "Gus Teixeira spent most of his draft year feeling fatigued. He still ended it with All-Australian honours and as one of the top AFL draft prospects.",
            "content": "November 4, 2026 — 11:35am\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nGift icon0 / 3\nNo gift articles left\nYou've used all of your gift articles. 3 more will become available on the 1st of ever... [5363 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/power-speed-creativity-and-a-penetrating-kick-this-young-gun-has-the-lot-and-now-he-s-healthy-20261104-p61adk.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.1456752928473776%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/ac298fb4a73d5613f7db931336f81398e2c9f0df",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:35:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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