Israel Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Israel 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 Israel. 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=il&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=sports" \
  --data-urlencode "country=il" \
  --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": "il", "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: "il",
    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"  => "il",
    "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=il&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": 454790,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "54f8286359adcf0146f842d66d048f39",
            "title": "Ballon d'Or bronze not enough as Shaw misses FIFPRO World 11 shortlist",
            "description": "Jamaican striker Khadija “Bunny” Shaw has suffered a surprising omission from the 26-player shortlist for the 2026 FIFPRO Women's World 11.",
            "content": "Jamaican striker Khadija “Bunny” Shaw has suffered a surprising omission from the 26-player shortlist for the 2026 FIFPRO Women's World 11, despite enjoying an outstanding season with Manchester City and finishing third in the Ballon d'Or voting.\nThe... [3133 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/posts/ballon-dor-bronze-not-enough-as-shaw-misses-fifpro-world-11-shortlist",
            "image": "https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/api/media/file/bunny-shaw-solo-shot-1200x630.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:53:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "37158697791402f665adb68d0b317913",
                "name": "Caribbean National Weekly",
                "url": "https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "57d8ff70fc6e40284626b11d91bede44",
            "title": "Nelly Korda clinches LPGA player of the year and moves closer to Hall of Fame",
            "description": "Korda won four times this year, including two majors at The Chevron Championship and the U.S.",
            "content": "DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Nelly Korda clinched the points-based LPGA player of the year on Tuesday, her second such award in three years and moving her one victory away from qualifying for the LPGA Hall of Fame.\nKorda won four times this year, including ... [1841 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nbcsports.com/golf/news/nelly-korda-clinches-lpga-player-of-the-year-and-moves-closer-to-hall-of-fame",
            "image": "https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/024343d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1913x1076+0+31/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnbc-sports-production-nbc-sports.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Ff8%2F00%2F8c1ecb6f4dd1adeb0e17b29ff68d%2F2295037955.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:43:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "dc8f73f077072c35626eba314ee483bd",
                "name": "NBC Sports",
                "url": "https://www.nbcsports.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2a22781116b233e9bab92096a5c1cccf",
            "title": "Flick celebrates ending Barcelona's negative run and raises mystery over Rodri",
            "description": "Hansi Flick, the Barcelona coach, expressed his satisfaction with his side's defensive display during the 3-0 win over Aston Villa on Tuesday evening, in the Champions League, stressing that all the players contributed to keeping a clean sheet.",
            "content": "Hansi Flick was delighted with Barcelona's defensive display in Tuesday night's 3-0 Champions League win over Aston Villa, stressing that every player played their part in keeping a clean sheet.\nThe Catalans cruised to victory over the English side a... [1232 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.goal.com/en/news/flick-celebrates-ending-barcelona-s-negative-run-and-raises-mystery-over-rodri/blt762c3ead5df67e57",
            "image": "https://assets.goal.com/images/v3/imago-sport-1085483223/crop/MM5DGMRQGA5DCOBQGA5G433XMU5DGMBZHIYA====/imago-image.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:54:29Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "90ada3ade3c66a756d5cd36c7829c359",
                "name": "Goal.com",
                "url": "https://www.goal.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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