Ethiopia Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Ethiopia 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 Ethiopia. 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=et&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=sports" \
  --data-urlencode "country=et" \
  --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": "et", "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: "et",
    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"  => "et",
    "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=et&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": 32424,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9600371ac8d2494e0c8b734948edf0ee",
            "title": "Year Guard May Be Odd Man Out In Cleveland Cavaliers Rotation",
            "description": "It do be like that sometimes.",
            "content": "Coming into the season, the Cleveland Cavaliers lineup was set in stone. With that as the case, the attention turned to the bench and a competition for minutes. It began with Mario Hezonja getting on the floor right on opening night. In the third con... [2326 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.si.com/nba/cavaliers/onsi/fourth-year-guard-may-be-odd-man-out-in-cleveland-cavaliers-rotation-01m6h4965ctf",
            "image": "https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4739,h_2665/c_fill,w_1440,ar_1440:810,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images/ReutersImages/mmsport/cavs_insider/01m6h4c9mkc1c4x56b9d.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "575ea392d0e13eb22f04c7febe2c1d3b",
                "name": "Sports Illustrated",
                "url": "https://www.si.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "695ffc726dad6c20c4ba1a8d6c5713b2",
            "title": "Man Utd vs Roma LIVE! Champions League lineups, match updates, news, score and analysis",
            "description": "Man Utd vs Roma LIVE! Champions League lineups, match updates, news, score and analysis",
            "content": "Sorry, this blog is currently unavailable. Please try again later.\nBack to Home\nThis content is provided by , which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons... [321 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.skysports.com/football/live-blog/13607403/man-utd-vs-roma-live-champions-league-lineups-match-updates-news-score-and-analysis",
            "image": "https://e0.365dm.com/26/11/1600x900/skysports-matheus-cunha-man_7396240.jpg?20261103220151",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:18:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "375c6022b40a085995083df0ed1ac413",
                "name": "Sky Sports",
                "url": "https://www.skysports.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b86c6fe74d424ceb43ea976ee25af0db",
            "title": "Nelly Korda clinches 2026 LPGA Rolex Player of the Year honors",
            "description": "It's the second time Korda has claimed the honor, and it puts her on the cusp of earning a spot in the LPGA Hall of Fame",
            "content": "Nelly Korda is nearing the end of a two-month break from competitive golf, but she just clinched the 2026 Rolex Player of the Year award. By winning the award and the single LPGA Hall of Fame point that goes along with it, the 28-year-old is now just... [2481 chars]",
            "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nelly-korda-clinches-2026-lpga-222511308.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/cad84036b2dc33de8d63badac68e36e71d95c2aad9471bef7e0a91d193811681/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w616_h411%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fgolf_digest_articles_737%2F55ec4df91b890a14f0d89874c7dd33e0.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:25:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1213ab3f5e360256b89d3b205e3e8e48",
                "name": "Yahoo Sports",
                "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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