Botswana Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Botswana 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 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);
}

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"  => "bw",
    "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=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": 45578,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1b0ceee1629246ca8ab26892e8e684a9",
            "title": "Lucas Herbert Reveals Major Reason For LIV Golf Exit",
            "description": "Lucas Herbert says a lack of meaningful tournaments and lack of access to the Majors prompted him to end his time with LIV Golf and return to the DP World Tour",
            "content": "When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.\nLucas Herbert says a lack of both quantity and quality events on the proposed LIV Golf 2.0 was a big reason behind him turning his back on the team... [2117 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/lucas-herbert-reveals-major-reason-230647587.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/1abce95a19b09096851277f4055617b4320d504ac6c1961a47823b6d1bf76506/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fgolf_monthly_808%2F684026d1e3d34a7f9737f50040d9dc99.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:06:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "99e8a2cb4638bb798cf9167e5af5b83b",
                "name": "Yahoo",
                "url": "https://www.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "51bc0d118f94dd063de87dac42380cbf",
            "title": "Man Utd fightback can be 'start of something good' - Fernandes",
            "description": "Bruno Fernandes said a rally from 2-0 down to beat Roma in the Champions League can turn around Manchester United's season as he took aim at \"lies\" about his relationship with under-fire manager Michael…",
            "content": "Fernandes kickstarted the Red Devils' fightback after a miserable first half at Old Trafford threatened to extend a nine-game winless run.\nThe Portuguese midfielder scored from the penalty spot at the second attempt after being handed a reprieve by e... [1717 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20261103-man-utd-fightback-can-be-start-of-something-good-fernandes",
            "image": "https://s.france24.com/media/display/796f08a8-d7d7-11f1-9ca6-695cb59fade5/w:1280/p:16x9/c885f48e5de2cc31436a980436e8d85bf70dc370.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:39:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f501fcfec9884d330bc84a73998805a5",
                "name": "France 24",
                "url": "https://www.france24.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8bd10bc8f0fa9493432ce8a89f32ff0f",
            "title": "2 goals, 4 successful dribbles: Matheus Cunha singlehandedly powered Man United to 3-2 CL win over Roma",
            "description": "Manchester United secured a nail-biting 3-2 win over AS Roma at Old Trafford on Tuesday in the Champions League. Bruno Fernandes scored from the spot before Matheus Cunha registered a brace to help th...",
            "content": "Manchester United secured a nail-biting 3-2 win over AS Roma at Old Trafford on Tuesday in the Champions League. Bruno Fernandes scored from the spot before Matheus Cunha registered a brace to help the Red Devils pick up their first win in nine games... [2769 chars]",
            "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/2-goals-4-successful-dribbles-220900040.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/c4ef89a672f5ca5cc9b1642f7ba25c4646ead13138d39c14042a0fdb8fffcf3f/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200_h675%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fthe_peoples_person_articles_356%2Fbd48f12c52cd2f3306e542686ebbdb9b.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:09:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1213ab3f5e360256b89d3b205e3e8e48",
                "name": "Yahoo Sports",
                "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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