Nigeria Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Nigeria 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 Nigeria. 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=ng&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=sports" \
  --data-urlencode "country=ng" \
  --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": "ng", "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: "ng",
    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"  => "ng",
    "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=ng&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": 82676,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4a47006b5748117660e1323afb4be223",
            "title": "Guardiola left frustrated on Manchester City's darkest night: Paris turn the historic coach's return into a wake",
            "description": "Pep Guardiola, Manchester City's historic manager, suffered a major shock on the night of his return to the Etihad Stadium, after the English side's heavy defeat at the hands of their guests Paris Saint-Germain.",
            "content": "Pep Guardiola returned to the Etihad Stadium and watched his former club get taken apart. Manchester City's historic manager was in the stands for a chastening home defeat to Paris Saint-Germain.\nParis Saint-Germain claimed a thrilling 4-2 win over h... [4176 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.goal.com/en/news/guardiola-left-frustrated-on-manchester-city-s-darkest-night-paris-turn-the-historic-coach-s-return-into-a-wake/bltf90e01cb2af71556",
            "image": "https://assets.goal.com/images/v3/getty-2299653676/crop/MM5DGMRYGA5DCOBUGU5G433XMU5DEMB2GI======/GettyImages-2299653676.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:07:05Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "90ada3ade3c66a756d5cd36c7829c359",
                "name": "Goal.com",
                "url": "https://www.goal.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "dd9e6d0cb02902b911cecd822808aaed",
            "title": "Referees suspect Real Madrid will ‘intensify’ complaints ahead of El Clasico with Barcelona",
            "description": "All is not well in La Liga.",
            "content": "Be respectful in your interactions with contributors and fellow fans. Go here to read our community guidelines. Trolling of any sort, especially going to rival sites and trolling, is expressly against the rules. If you do it, you'll most likely be pe... [371 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.barcablaugranes.com/barcelona-la-liga/135122/referees-suspect-real-madrid-will-intensify-complaints-ahead-of-el-clasico",
            "image": "https://platform.barcablaugranes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2026/01/gettyimages-2243116065.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C10.737568883469%2C100%2C78.524862233062&w=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T21:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da921ab42218b0440227ae6505101aa7",
                "name": "Barca Blaugranes",
                "url": "https://www.barcablaugranes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "80ecacf3ef8a5204d42fa22f6eaf56d1",
            "title": "🤯 City crushed by PSG in 45': 3-0 and 2 goals in 99''! Etihad record ‼️",
            "description": "PSG dominate at the Etihad Stadium and head into half-time with a 3-0 lead: Doué and Dembelé score within 99 seconds of each other (13' and 15'), Hakimi hits the post, and shortly afterwards Vitinha...",
            "content": "PSG dominate at the Etihad Stadium and head into half-time with a 3-0 lead: Doué and Dembelé score within 99 seconds of each other (13' and 15'), Hakimi hits the post, and shortly afterwards Vitinha also scores (32').\nMaresca's City only manage their... [1210 chars]",
            "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/city-crushed-psg-45-3-200100442.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/39a39ff663337b0916cb82dc1998fb1984e47e0bd747b3a00d8ed6b8c7e17f40/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200_h675%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fonefootball_articles_802%2Fcb49d626fb812412129a59062ea6d1ea.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T20:07:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1213ab3f5e360256b89d3b205e3e8e48",
                "name": "Yahoo Sports",
                "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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