India Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from India 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 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);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$query = http_build_query([
    "category" => "sports",
    "country"  => "in",
    "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=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": 950040,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d725b931e7414845aedbb06b3fbb60e8",
            "title": "ഫോമോ അതോ പേരുപെരുമയോ? ബെംഗളൂരു ഫൈനലിൽ ഇന്ത്യ ആരെ പ്ലെയിംഗ് ഇലവനിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തും?",
            "description": "The T20 series decider in Bengaluru brings a tough selection dilemma for India. ടീം ഇന്ത്യ ഫോമിന് മുൻഗണന നൽകുമോ അതോ പരിചയസമ്പത്തിന് പ്രാധാന്യം നൽകുമോ എന്നത് ആരാധകർ ഉറ്റുനോക്കുകയാണ്.",
            "content": "By Manu Mohan\nPublished: Thursday, October 15, 2026, 6:15 [IST]\nഒക്ടോബർ 14-ന് ഹൈദരാബാദിൽ നടന്ന മത്സരത്തിൽ 24 റൺസിന് തോറ്റതോടെ അഞ്ച് മത്സരങ്ങളുടെ ടി20 പരമ്പര 2-2 എന്ന നിലയിൽ സമനിലയിലായി. ഇതോടെ ശനിയാഴ്ച വൈകുന്നേരം 7 മണിക്ക് ബെംഗളൂരുവപ്പൊളിക്കുന്ന അവസാന... [3990 chars]",
            "url": "https://malayalam.mykhel.com/cricket/india-vs-west-indies-t20-series-decider-form-vs-reputation-playing-xi-011-115129.html",
            "image": "https://images.mykhel.com/ml/img/2026/10/india-vs-west-indies-t20-series-decider-form-vs-reputation-playing-xi_1200x675_1792025082424_.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-15T00:45:21Z",
            "lang": "ml",
            "source": {
                "id": "1f3dc2a5edf88df37d632093a3d61428",
                "name": "myKhel malayalam",
                "url": "https://malayalam.mykhel.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e7910e6d2cfcb847e8ee2c73cfb28f4f",
            "title": "આકાશ દીપના ઇનસ્વિંગરને સમજી ન શકતાં પપ્પુ યાદવના પુત્રનું સ્ટમ્પ ઊડી ગયું...",
            "description": "કલ્યાણીઃ બેંગાલે અહીં બુધવારે દિલ્હી સામે રણજી ટ્રોફીની નવી સીઝનની પ્રથમ મૅચ નવ વિકેટે જીતી લીધી એ પહેલાં અને મૅચ પછી એક વિકેટની ખૂબ ચર્ચા હતી. આ વિકેટ સંસદસભ્ય...",
            "content": "કલ્યાણીઃ બેંગાલે અહીં બુધવારે દિલ્હી સામે રણજી ટ્રોફીની નવી સીઝનની પ્રથમ મૅચ નવ વિકેટે જીતી લીધી એ પહેલાં અને મૅચ પછી એક વિકેટની ખૂબ ચર્ચા હતી. આ વિકેટ સંસદસભ્ય પપ્પુ યાદવ (રાજેશ રંજન)ના પુત્ર સાર્થક રંજનની હતી.\nબન્યું એવું કે બેંગાલે પ્રથમ દાવમાં 18... [945 chars]",
            "url": "https://bombaysamachar.com/news/akash-deep-sarthak-ranjan-wicket-ranji-trophy",
            "image": "https://bombaysamachar.com/uploads/fileUploads/article_watch-akash-deep-cleans-up-sarthak-ranjan-with-a-brilliant-inswinger-in-ben-vs-del-ranji-trophy-2026-27-clash_1791996014_E5oCt.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:44:12Z",
            "lang": "gu",
            "source": {
                "id": "f3887201a2ec7809e84960529e5e87e2",
                "name": "Mumbai Samachar",
                "url": "https://bombaysamachar.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0ca42076edf6d60c9ab4985aa974102b",
            "title": "Mourinho: “The cat is out of the bag with the federation”",
            "description": "He spoke after beating Roma 4-3 in the Champions League",
            "content": "Real Madrid coach José Mourinho didn’t hide his anger after a 4-3 win over AS Roma, answering a journalist’s question in his press conference by saying: “You are the journalist, but may I ask you a question? Is it normal for a player to find out two ... [6218 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.managingmadrid.com/coach/114118/mourinho-the-cat-is-out-of-the-bag-with-the-federation",
            "image": "https://platform.managingmadrid.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/103/2026/10/gettyimages-2299653764.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C10.732984293194%2C100%2C78.534031413613&w=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:27:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a0cf69eff8b25710a1dece6946586878",
                "name": "Managing Madrid",
                "url": "https://www.managingmadrid.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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