Malaysia Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Malaysia 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 Malaysia. 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=my&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=sports" \
  --data-urlencode "country=my" \
  --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": "my", "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: "my",
    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"  => "my",
    "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=my&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": 39478,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a5fe9b8499c5fff4f2be45676748a2e1",
            "title": "Steely Lee won’t waver",
            "description": "PETALING JAYA: The brickbats can come like hard smashes for Datuk Seri Lee Chong Wei in his position as Badminton Association of Malaysia's (BAM) performance committee chairman, but his service to the sport remains sincere and committed.",
            "content": "PETALING JAYA: The brickbats can come like hard smashes for Datuk Seri Lee Chong Wei in his position as Badminton Association of Malaysia’s (BAM) performance committee chairman, but his service to the sport remains sincere and committed.\nAnd after a ... [3068 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/badminton/2026/11/04/steely-lee-wont-waver",
            "image": "https://apicms.thestar.com.my/uploads/images/2026/11/04/4195945.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:34:18Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9e101ab52b61103bab415ad7fb0e5659",
                "name": "The Star",
                "url": "https://www.thestar.com.my"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "819ba10f67d52bc0d80ea863ed1a7f74",
            "title": "Carrick seemed intent on becoming first Man Utd boss sacked at half",
            "description": "FOR 45 minutes against Roma, Michael Carrick seemed intent on becoming the first Manchester United manager to be sacked at half-time.\nHe will...",
            "content": "FOR 45 minutes against Roma, Michael Carrick seemed intent on becoming the first Manchester United manager to be sacked at half-time.\nHe will hope the next 45 minutes are his Mark Robins moment. That is doubtful, but as a United player and coach, he ... [4071 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/40906456/man-utd-michael-carrick-mark-robins/",
            "image": "https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/TM-03-11-REGISTERED-Carrick_OP-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1920&h=1080&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:05:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8312b3960d99553247ab475ee7eeed9a",
                "name": "The Sun",
                "url": "https://www.thesun.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "53aeb6e81a744f631dc51f804fb807af",
            "title": "mouthed rant after Man Utd's dramatic Roma comeback",
            "description": "Bruno Fernandes scored the first goal in Manchester United's comeback against Roma and came out fighting in his post-match interview when speaking about his relationship with Michael Carrick",
            "content": "Bruno Fernandes slams 'lies' in foul-mouthed rant after Man Utd's dramatic Roma comeback\nBruno Fernandes scored the first goal in Manchester United's comeback against Roma and came out fighting in his post-match interview when speaking about his rela... [2473 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/bruno-fernandes-manchester-united-roma-37840293",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/article37840316.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/1_Screenshot-2026-11-03-at-223535.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:46:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6cae1c46bb8b237dc470e08f1d7ce41a",
                "name": "The Mirror",
                "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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