Ghana Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Ghana 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 Ghana. 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=gh&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=sports" \
  --data-urlencode "country=gh" \
  --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": "gh", "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: "gh",
    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"  => "gh",
    "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=gh&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": 61582,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a703f56a53e76f5428849c626e368a30",
            "title": "Canada joins coalition refusing to play ice hockey against Russia over Ukraine war",
            "description": "Growing number of countries are resisting Russia’s reintegration into international hockey after a sports court lifted a ban on competition",
            "content": "Canada has joined a coalition of countries refusing to play ⁠ice hockey teams from Russia, with prime minister Mark Carney saying Russian skaters will not be able to compete in ⁠a world junior championship next month due to the war in Ukraine.\n“Whil... [2325 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/04/canada-bans-russian-players-junior-ice-hockey-championships-ukraine-war",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f0bbcfe146440a78d027f9f2fbcb5c78f9284465/493_0_4911_3931/master/4911.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=9636aa244ea9133326593a9ba8953653",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:35:18Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "529f0bd934d8bc6497f90d69bace5080",
            "title": "New Zealand vs. India 1st ODI live score, win probability and chances of victory in Auckland",
            "description": "NZ vs IND 1st ODI live score: Follow real-time scorecard updates from Eden Park, Auckland, including toss results, win probability, lineups, and highlights.",
            "content": "Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are back in India colours, and the New Zealand ODI series gives them a chance to step into the spotlight once more after nearly a month away from international cricket.\nIndia arrive for the five-match ODI series on the ba... [1445 chars]",
            "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/zealand-vs-india-1st-odi-003001052.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/409bd3afab857c02ed521569070361f572ef9965ccd635ff5a0e1649e610f9f0/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200_h675%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fthe_sporting_news_articles_584%2F49aa5feb819669ee73c1d5c1864819d6",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1213ab3f5e360256b89d3b205e3e8e48",
                "name": "Yahoo Sports",
                "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "422e7df73e76943bf5e5202a602c0986",
            "title": "Lennart Karl steals in behind Atlético Madrid to inspire Bayern Munich win",
            "description": "Lennart Karl’s opportunistic finish broke the deadlock for Bayern Munich’s 2-0 win at Atlético Madrid in the Champions League",
            "content": "“This stadium brings back bad memories but I hope to be able to replace them with good ones,” Harry Kane had said on Monday night, and 24 hours later this was a start. A small step, perhaps, towards coming back on 5 June and having a second go at win... [5195 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/nov/03/atletico-madrid-bayern-munich-champions-league-match-report",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/76ac46a8d3074b1298b04016958d0cbb01395e59/499_102_1688_1350/master/1688.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=047c10388dda4ac81ed46072dfea3f74",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:54:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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