Botswana Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Botswana 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 Botswana. 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=bw&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=sports" \
  --data-urlencode "country=bw" \
  --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": "bw", "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: "bw",
    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"  => "bw",
    "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=bw&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": 40984,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d71a5208a3a6762b0eaee312bc960a6c",
            "title": "Roma vs Real Madrid quotes: Jose Mourinho, Antonio Rudiger, Endrick, and Federico Valverde on 4-3 UCL win",
            "description": "Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho and his players reacted after scoring three late goals to pull off a 4-3 Champions League comeback victory against Roma.",
            "content": "Real Madrid completed a astonishing Champions League comeback at the Stadio Olimpico, scoring three goals in a frantic final eight minutes to secure a 4-3 victory over Roma. Facing his former club, Jose Mourinho watched his side fall 3-1 down followi... [1996 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.goal.com/en/lists/roma-real-madrid-champions-league-comeback-jose-mourinho/blt9e7ed901f3734f48",
            "image": "https://assets.goal.com/images/v3/getty-2299674447/crop/MM5DKMBQGQ5DEOBRGU5G433XMU5DAORSGYYQ====/GettyImages-2299674447.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:48:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "90ada3ade3c66a756d5cd36c7829c359",
                "name": "Goal.com",
                "url": "https://www.goal.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c844c14020de566b5e2f6e1828626593",
            "title": "Kees van Wonderen on Feyenoord player: ‘I feel he has returned tired from the international break’",
            "description": "Feyenoord secured a 3-2 Champions League win over Como 1907 on Wednesday evening, inspired by standout performers Anis Hadj Moussa and Gjivai Zechiël. Ziggo Sport pundit Kees van Wonderen believes Zechiël can be even better, he said after the match.",
            "content": "Feyenoord beat Como 1907 3-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday evening, with Anis Hadj Moussa and Gjivai Zechiël standing out. Ziggo Sport analyst Kees van Wonderen believes Zechiël has even more to offer.\nAt De Kuip, Feyenoord fell 1-0 behind bef... [1381 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.goal.com/en/news/kees-van-wonderen-on-feyenoord-player-i-feel-he-has-returned-tired-from-the-international-break/blt4f343ad4806ee770",
            "image": "https://assets.goal.com/images/v3/blteb718015d79e570c/crop/MM5DCOJRGY5DCMBXHA5G433XMU5DCORQ/Schermafbeelding%202026-10-14%20234441.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:07:05Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "90ada3ade3c66a756d5cd36c7829c359",
                "name": "Goal.com",
                "url": "https://www.goal.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8721de237b38098d51e0237e02c7d830",
            "title": "Man United's Lisandro Martinez issues statement after explosive interview",
            "description": "Lisandro Martínez has released a statement after his explosive interview that blamed Manchester United's hierarchy for the club's issues.",
            "content": "Lisandro Martínez has released a statement after his explosive interview in which he blamed Manchester United's hierarchy for not doing enough in the transfer market.\nThe Argentine defender made headlines in the wake of United's 2-0 loss to Atlétic... [2576 chars]",
            "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/man-uniteds-lisandro-martinez-issues-220032873.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/2527a882ba8f18a3df743701d5745e1dee09735fc50410f829455659fbc078c8/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200_h675%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fusa_today_sports_articles_558%2F41fcb03af976c2f3cb9c1fa7ab722daa.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:00:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1213ab3f5e360256b89d3b205e3e8e48",
                "name": "Yahoo Sports",
                "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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