Australia Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Australia with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Stories are selected by Google News rankings and returned as clean 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);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

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

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($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": 282018,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "6ee36302356e5d110932d524ddbb15da",
            "title": "Veteran radio broadcaster Ewan Dixon dies after horse riding accident",
            "description": "Triple M radio host Ewan Dixon has died in hospital months after he was seriously injured in a freak horse riding accident near Melbourne",
            "content": "The radio veteran, who spent several years at Gold FM in Melbourne, died at the Angliss Hospital in Upper Ferntree Gully on September 24, with his death only having recently been relayed to the wider community by his care worker Jason Davis.\nFriend a... [557 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/radio/veteran-radio-broadcaster-ewan-dixon-dies-after-freak-horse-riding-accident/news-story/092b5c2dbd6f6332e20c024533a0e946",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/b7f25ce3f3d7f1bebe95fe777c55b3a5",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:53:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fb80671fb5d2de16a7e1a267ced6d12a",
                "name": "News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.news.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d86ec83102e3a1280435f9c5c5f020fd",
            "title": "Proposed Gippsland feedlot promises benefits amid community concerns",
            "description": "A Victorian farmer has submitted a proposal to create one of the state's first undercover, automated feedlots, drawing criticism from locals who are citing concerns about road safety and odour.",
            "content": "A proposal in Victoria's south-east to create one of the state's first undercover, automated cattle feedlots has drawn community opposition with residents saying it will create road safety and odour issues for neighbouring properties.\nThe proposal to... [4056 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-15/victoria-automated-feedlot-concerns-gippsland/106922316",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/6ee7b957b83ee717ffc7f8707b85abff?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=411&cropW=730&xPos=119&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:40:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0f64d2f04201a7bc3fe133f0f12e7079",
            "title": "Australia's dominance looms over the women's Rugby League World Cup",
            "description": "Ahead of the women's Rugby League World Cup, the dominance of the Jillaroos looms like a spectre.",
            "content": "Almost a decade ago, the women's Rugby League World Cup final was the last day before everything changed.\nAustralia's cracking 23-16 win over New Zealand in 2017 didn't just deliver the team its first-ever World Cup final victory on home soil; it was... [5938 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-15/womens-rugby-league-world-cup-australia-jillaroos-dominance/107267402",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/5d73ecb96fb89f7beaaa3154906c61a5?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1696&cropW=3015&xPos=0&yPos=314&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:37:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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