Slovakia Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Slovakia 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 Slovakia. 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=sk&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=sports" \
  --data-urlencode "country=sk" \
  --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": "sk", "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: "sk",
    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"  => "sk",
    "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=sk&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": 64894,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1efeaf3d212f3bcbd6239917a168516c",
            "title": "Montreal - Winnpeg: ONLINE prenos zo zápasu NHL (Slafkovský)",
            "description": "Sledujte spolu s nami ONLINE prenos zo zápasu NHL: Montreal Canadiens - Winnipeg Jets.",
            "content": "Hokejisti tímov Montreal Canadiens a Winnipeg Jets dnes v noci hrali ďalší zápas základnej časti NHL.\nZa Montreal tradične nastúpi Juraj Slafkovský.\nkde sledovať nhl v tv?\nNasledujúce 3 týždne nie je plánovaný žiaden priamy prenos.\nHokej sledujte spo... [7733 chars]",
            "url": "https://sportnet.sme.sk/spravy/hokej-montreal-winnipeg-juraj-slafkovsky-online-4-november-nhl-2026-2027/",
            "image": "https://mediamanager.ws/images/1200x0xresize/pages/s/sportnet.sme.sk/2026/11/copy-of-tipos-extraliga-online-3.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:57:45Z",
            "lang": "sk",
            "source": {
                "id": "25b17c48798f50593bc302e84b7e25ae",
                "name": "Sportnet",
                "url": "https://sportnet.sme.sk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4eec44b239f7edb9a45de44cae09faf4",
            "title": "Liga majstrov: FC Barcelona - Aston Villa 3:0 (sumár zápasu)",
            "description": "Pozrite si sumár z futbalového zápasu 4. kola ligovej fázy Ligy majstrov: FC Barcelona - Aston Villa.",
            "content": "Futbalisti FC Barcelona zvíťazili v zápase 4. kola ligovej fázy Ligy majstrov nad Aston Villou 3:0.\nBarcelona zvládla domáci súboj s Aston Villou a zvíťazila presvedčivo 3:0. Katalánci sa ujali vedenia už v siedmej minúte, keď chybu v rozohrávke angl... [8339 chars]",
            "url": "https://sportnet.sme.sk/spravy/futbal-fc-barcelona-aston-villa-prenos-4-kolo-liga-majstrov-2026-2027/",
            "image": "https://mediamanager.ws/images/0x0x2000x1125-1200x0xresize/pages/s/sportnet.sme.sk/2026/11/spain-champions-league-soccer811281.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:17:12Z",
            "lang": "sk",
            "source": {
                "id": "25b17c48798f50593bc302e84b7e25ae",
                "name": "Sportnet",
                "url": "https://sportnet.sme.sk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4bda82b5677c5bf7871cdf179d5e2318",
            "title": "ONLINE : Montreal - Winnipeg / Juraj Slafkovský / NHL LIVE",
            "description": "NHL / Sledujte ONLINE prenos zo zápasu Montreal Canadiens - Winnipeg Jets na ŠPORT.sk!",
            "content": "ŠPORT.sk • ŠPORT.sk, onlajny.eu • 03. nov 2026 o 23:01\nMontreal Canadiens s Jurajom Slafkovským sa dnes v noci predstaví na domácom ľade Bell Centre proti Winnipegu Jets. Podarí sa slovenskému útočníkovi zapísať sa do kanadského bodovania?\nSledujte O... [2187 chars]",
            "url": "https://sport.aktuality.sk/hokej/clanok/online-montreal-winnipeg-juraj-slafkovsky-nhl-live-2026110322011890921",
            "image": "https://sportal365images.com/process/smp-images-production/sport.aktuality.sk/28012025/ce98f7d6-c77f-4785-989b-cd9a90b9646b.png?operations=fit(1200:)",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:01:18Z",
            "lang": "sk",
            "source": {
                "id": "ef085c05b2f92c5a29fe4e0e6861efbc",
                "name": "Šport.sk",
                "url": "https://sport.aktuality.sk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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