Ireland Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Ireland 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 Ireland. 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=ie&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=sports" \
  --data-urlencode "country=ie" \
  --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": "ie", "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: "ie",
    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"  => "ie",
    "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=ie&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": 342114,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9addf11c9d60eb92e19c52b16f9e6c31",
            "title": "United players 'don't need to save anyone's job'",
            "description": "Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes said the players \"don't need to save anyone's job\" after they fought back from 2-0 down against Roma to win 3-2 and halt a nine-game winless run.",
            "content": "Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes said the players \"don't need to save anyone’s job\" after they fought back from 2-0 down against Roma to win 3-2 and halt a nine-game winless run.\nUnited’s struggles on and off the pitch this season have seen ... [1958 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2026/1103/1597891-united-players-dont-need-to-save-anyones-job-bruno/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00254792-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:10:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9e822714cf7ba1c91f92e297feded854",
            "title": "Manchester United keen on signing Manchester City defender Rayan Ait-Nouri who is open to crossing divide in January - Paper Talk",
            "description": "Plus: David Beckham backed to become new Manchester United owner; Russell Martin once emerged as a shock target for Man Utd; United reach out to the representatives of Bayern Munich teenager Lennart Karl; Chelseas Aaron Anselmino called up by Argentina despite not playing this season",
            "content": "The top stories and transfer rumours from Wednesday's newspapers...\nPREMIER LEAGUE\nManchester United are keen on signing Manchester City defender Rayan Ait-Nouri, who's open to the crossing the divide in January - Daily Mirror\nTransfer Centre LIVE! |... [1004 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.skysports.com/football/transfer-paper-talk/13607697/manchester-united-keen-on-signing-manchester-city-defender-rayan-ait-nouri-who-is-open-to-crossing-divide-in-january-paper-talk",
            "image": "https://e0.365dm.com/26/08/1600x900/skysports-paper-talk-football_7317647.jpg?20260809160824",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:26:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "375c6022b40a085995083df0ed1ac413",
                "name": "Sky Sports",
                "url": "https://www.skysports.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "191d211a1c7d9633459c7673cbfbf37e",
            "title": "Kenny injury blow, more Cullen minutes",
            "description": "Republic of Ireland international striker Johnny Kenny was forced in the first half of Preston's 3-2 defeat to Sheffield United at Deepdale after suffering a hamstring injury.",
            "content": "Republic of Ireland international Johnny Kenny was forced off in the first half of Preston's 3-2 defeat to Sheffield United at Deepdale after suffering a hamstring injury.\nThe former Sligo Rovers and Shamrock Rovers striker was chasing down a long pa... [6462 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2026/1103/1597868-championship-wrap-kenny-injury-blow-more-cullen-minutes/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00254765-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:43:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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