India Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from India 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 India. 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=in&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=sports" \
  --data-urlencode "country=in" \
  --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": "in", "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: "in",
    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"  => "in",
    "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=in&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": 968016,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "234b12b4abb6c59246bcf9f60422be19",
            "title": "Bengal vs Maharashtra Day 2: শেষ উইকেটে ৪৯ রান যোগ করে বাংলার যন্ত্রণা বাড়াল মহারাষ্ট্র, ইডেনে লিড হজম অভিমন্যুদের",
            "description": "Ranji Trophy: মঙ্গলবার, ম্যাচের দ্বিতীয় দিনও পুরো ওভার খেলা করা যায়নি। দুপুরের পরই আকাশ মেঘলা হয়ে আলো পড়ে আসে। ৭১ ওভার খেলা হয়। সারাদিনে পড়ল ৮ উইকেট।",
            "content": "সন্দীপ সরকার, কলকাতা: রঞ্জি ট্রফিতে এক বছর পর ইডেন গার্ডেন্সে খেলতে নেমেছে বাংলা দল। আর মহারাষ্ট্রের বিরুদ্ধে সেই ম্যাচে কোচ লক্ষ্মীরতন শুক্লর ছেলেদের প্রাপ্তি একরাশ উৎকণ্ঠা।\nমহারাষ্ট্রকে বাগে পেয়েও অল আউট করতে পারল না বাংলা। উল্টে প্রথম ইনিংসের লিড ... [1664 chars]",
            "url": "https://bengali.abplive.com/sports/cricket/bengal-vs-maharashtra-prithvi-shaw-led-maharashtra-taking-lead-at-eden-gardens-inseparable-49-runs-last-wicket-partnership-1198262",
            "image": "https://feeds.abplive.com/onecms/images/uploaded-images/2026/11/04/14aa6a9e04b2c07227c4b8f13b00f0ff179375778391650_original.jpg?impolicy=abp_cdn&imwidth=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T02:36:31Z",
            "lang": "bn",
            "source": {
                "id": "cf49be7e28a8ba37e64c575229e5078b",
                "name": "ABP Ananda",
                "url": "https://bengali.abplive.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c5139dc3877058823ff9190087879217",
            "title": "NZ vs IND 1st ODI : ભારતે જીત્યો ટોસ, પહેલાં કરવાનો લીધો નિર્ણય બોલિંગ, આવી છે પ્લેઇંગ XI",
            "description": "ભારતના કેપ્ટન શુભમન ગિલે ઓકલેન્ડમાં રમાઈ રહેલી શ્રેણીની પહેલી વનડેમાં ટોસ જીતી લીધો છે. ટોસ જીતીને તેમણે પહેલાં બોલિંગ કરવાનો નિર્ણય કર્યો છે. વરસાદની શક્યતા…",
            "content": "ભારતના કેપ્ટન શુભમન ગિલે ઓકલેન્ડમાં રમાઈ રહેલી શ્રેણીની પહેલી વનડેમાં ટોસ જીતી લીધો છે. ટોસ જીતીને તેમણે પહેલાં બોલિંગ કરવાનો નિર્ણય કર્યો છે. વરસાદની શક્યતા છે અને આ જ કારણસર ગિલે પહેલાં બોલિંગ પસંદ કરી છે. આ ન્યુઝીલેન્ડ પ્રવાસ પર ભારતે 6 મેચમાં અત્... [1098 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.gstv.in/news/sports/india-won-the-toss-bowled-first-came-in-to-bat",
            "image": "https://demoadmin.gstv.in/media-files/media/2026/11/04/1-jacket_93P787t81793758248_w1200.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T02:10:59Z",
            "lang": "gu",
            "source": {
                "id": "289a04eed804e10fa804da1d820f4548",
                "name": "GSTV Gujarati news",
                "url": "https://www.gstv.in"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6b9ff798e8fcdbcba3bd0e13b7b27a53",
            "title": "SAFF Championship 2026: হোটেলে ঘর নেই, বাংলাদেশে গিয়ে বিপাকে ভারতীয় দল! সাফ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপের আগে চরম অব্যবস্থা",
            "description": "সাফ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ খেলতে বাংলাদেশে গিয়ে হোটেলে ঘর পেল না ভারতীয় ফুটবল দল। ৫ নভেম্বর পাকিস্তানের বিরুদ্ধে প্রথম ম্যাচের আগে তৈরি হল অস্বস্তিকর পরিস্থিতি।",
            "content": "Indian Football Team: সাফ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপের (SAFF Championship 2026) খেতাব ধরে রাখার অভিযান শুরু হওয়ার আগেই বড় সমস্যায় পড়ল ভারতীয় ফুটবল দল। ৩ নভেম্বর বাংলাদেশে পৌঁছে হোটেলে থাকার ঘর পেলেন না ফুটবলাররা। অথচ ৪৮ ঘণ্টারও কম সময়ের মধ্যে তাঁদের প্রথম ম্যাচ... [2488 chars]",
            "url": "https://bengali.indianexpress.com/sports/india-football-team-no-hotel-rooms-bangladesh-saff-championship-2026-12780887",
            "image": "https://img-cdn.publive.online/fit-in/1200x675/indian-express-bangla/media/media_files/2026/11/03/indian-football-team-15-2026-11-03-23-21-30.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:57:37Z",
            "lang": "bn",
            "source": {
                "id": "5c29870a13770e906d367417a1a6739f",
                "name": "Indian Express Bengali",
                "url": "https://bengali.indianexpress.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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