Canada Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Canada 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 Canada. 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=ca&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=sports" \
  --data-urlencode "country=ca" \
  --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": "ca", "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: "ca",
    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"  => "ca",
    "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=ca&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": 510600,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a5921a5ef3541736ff1d884834dd1ee5",
            "title": "Detroit Red Wings have 'zero interest' in trading Simon Edvinsson",
            "description": "The next step for the Detroit Red Wings is to get Simon Edvinsson in the fold and on the ice.",
            "content": "The next step for the Detroit Red Wings is to get Simon Edvinsson in the fold and on the ice. And to keep Dylan Larkin there.\nThat's been a priority all along, but now it comes into even stronger focus after the extension for Alex DeBrincat (seven ye... [4043 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2026/10/14/detroit-red-wings-simon-edvinsson-trade/92249347007/",
            "image": "https://www.freep.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2026/10/05/PDTF/92101836007-getty-images-2240116575.jpg?crop=6480,3646,x0,y209&width=3200&height=1801&format=pjpg&auto=webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T23:37:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "564259f8248bd9fb864f2f906ce88cda",
                "name": "Detroit Free Press",
                "url": "https://www.freep.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8bf024badbbc2d9a88b235c7b5c0d7fc",
            "title": "Jacob Fowler s'invite (déjà) dans la course au Calder",
            "description": "Jacob Fowler est (encore) considéré comme une recrue dans la LNH. Il a disputé quelques matchs avec le Canadien lors de la dernière saison, mais cela ne change…",
            "content": "Jacob Fowler est (encore) considéré comme une recrue dans la LNH.\nIl a disputé quelques matchs avec le Canadien lors de la dernière saison, mais cela ne change rien à son admissibilité pour le trophée Calder en 26-27.\nEt s'il continue à jouer de cett... [1472 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.danslescoulisses.com/jacob-fowler-sinvite-deja-dans-la-course-au-calder/",
            "image": "https://www.danslescoulisses.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2266037480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:59:31Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "29c5df32dcaa3831226cefc8cd2cfc7b",
                "name": "DansLesCoulisses.com",
                "url": "https://www.danslescoulisses.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8212c633e306802ac4a01ab65472bf8e",
            "title": "WNBA Finals Ticket Prices Reach Historic Levels for Angel Reese, Dream vs. Valkyries at Hawks' Arena",
            "description": "Ticket prices for the 2026 WNBA Finals between the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries have climbed to historic levels.",
            "content": "Ticket prices for the 2026 WNBA Finals between the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries have climbed to historic levels.\nGame 3 in Atlanta currently contains a get-in price of $201, representing the most expensive WNBA Finals game on record (via ... [1179 chars]",
            "url": "https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25510308-wnba-finals-ticket-prices-reach-historic-levels-angel-reese-dream-vs-valkyries-hawks-arena",
            "image": "https://gsp-image-cdn.wmsports.io/cms/prod/bleacher-report/getty_images/2026-10/2298866643_large_cropped.jpg?w=1119&h=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:26:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c6639dea23b7ca540acf63e679a766d3",
                "name": "Bleacher Report",
                "url": "https://bleacherreport.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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