Canada Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Canada 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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Request and live response

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);
}

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"  => "ca",
    "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=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": 460460,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "caf1876b18f626f88044eb7c62a1d404",
            "title": "Dan Milstein dément les informations de Martin McGuire",
            "description": "Hier soir, Martin McGuire nous a partagé des informations très intéressantes concernant la relation entre Nikita Kucherov et Victor Hedman.",
            "content": "Hier soir, Martin McGuire nous a partagé des informations très intéressantes concernant la relation entre Nikita Kucherov et Victor Hedman.\nCette relation semblerait toxique, selon lui, et mon collègue Charles-Alexis Brisebois en a fait un résumé ce ... [1525 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.danslescoulisses.com/dan-milstein-dement-les-informations-de-martin-mcguire/",
            "image": "https://www.danslescoulisses.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Kucherov-1-4.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:46:51Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "29c5df32dcaa3831226cefc8cd2cfc7b",
                "name": "DansLesCoulisses.com",
                "url": "https://www.danslescoulisses.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b28e1cd5edffd3c5d9efcd89c1afc764",
            "title": "Mark Carney declares Russia can’t come to Canada for World Juniors",
            "description": "While everyone waited for Hockey Canada to stand up and join the right side of sporting history, the prime minister moved ahead. Read more.",
            "content": "Last week, the Court of Arbitration for Sport had ruled a ban on Russian teams put in place by the International Ice Hockey Federation after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine had no merit\nArticle content\nWhile everyone waited for Hockey Canada to stand up... [8778 chars]",
            "url": "https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/hockey-canada-still-in-a-holding-pattern-on-russia-policy",
            "image": "https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/theprovince/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/1104-hockey-russia-1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:50:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "723cbae4f0f3a3f58b2469d5563c2a10",
                "name": "The Province",
                "url": "https://theprovince.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d25b1f6ab270ec3fbec5712a5ed2570b",
            "title": "Champions League Roundup: Man United make dramatic comeback",
            "description": "Manchester United staged a stunning comeback to recover from its worst-ever start to a European home game by beating Roma 3-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday.",
            "content": "MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United staged a stunning comeback to recover from its worst start to a European home game by beating Roma 3-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday.\nParis Saint-Germain, meanwhile, set a record as the quickest team to sc... [4745 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/champions-league/article/champions-league-roundup-man-united-make-dramatic-comeback/",
            "image": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Man-u.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:40:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "46feeb00f639cdb65f2e57274ee65901",
                "name": "Sportsnet.ca",
                "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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