South Africa Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from South Africa 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 South Africa. 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=za&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=sports" \
  --data-urlencode "country=za" \
  --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": "za", "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: "za",
    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"  => "za",
    "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=za&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": 53236,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3463983dc9b06c494eae8d33d0c35143",
            "title": "Man City 2-4 PSG: Enzo Maresca's side fall short of comeback in chaotic Champions League match - as it happened",
            "description": "Manchester City were beaten by PSG in their first home game since being found guilty of breaching the Premier League's financial regulations.",
            "content": "After earning a big away win at Liverpool on Sunday, Manchester City were beaten in their first home game since being found guilty on all of the 100-plus charges of serious breaches of Premier League financial regulations.\nChampions League holders an... [1481 chars]",
            "url": "https://africa.espn.com/football/story/_/id/50182355/man-city-vs-psg-live-champions-league-updates-score-commentary-result",
            "image": "https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F1014%2Fr1730848_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T21:33:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d7141cc90c3e4c779a67cca93e93da4f",
                "name": "ESPN",
                "url": "https://africa.espn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7a8847a8d28e0aad23b359c9313890b5",
            "title": "Barcola scores hat-trick as Liverpool hit LASK for six",
            "description": "Bradley Barcola silenced his critics as the Liverpool forward ended his goal drought with a hat-trick in a chaotic 6-3 win against LASK in the Champions League on Wednesday.",
            "content": "Bradley Barcola silenced his critics as the Liverpool forward ended his goal drought with a hat-trick in a chaotic 6-3 win against LASK in the Champions League on Wednesday.\nBarcola had come under fire for some lacklustre performances since his block... [3497 chars]",
            "url": "https://supersport.com/football/news/79f20f42-9c2d-45f5-8205-fc8919ea91ad/barcola-scores-hat-trick-as-liverpool-hit-lask-for-six",
            "image": "https://images.supersport.com/media/cspnmhf4/bradley-barcola-2000g.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T20:12:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d1d8af7869508e78a0a1086727334e38",
                "name": "SuperSport",
                "url": "https://supersport.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b5c39d550f77f4cd439e416d629e396e",
            "title": "Pep Guardiola U-turns on Man City return as discussions come to light",
            "description": "Manchester City icon Pep Guardiola is back at Etihad Stadium for the Paris Saint-Germain clash after making a U-turn on his initial return plans",
            "content": "Manchester City icon Pep Guardiola is back at Etihad Stadium for the Paris Saint-Germain clash after making a U-turn on his initial return plans\nPep Guardiola is said to have chosen to return to Manchester City earlier than expected to show his suppo... [2978 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/pep-guardiola-man-city-psg-34765831",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/article34765884.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_Pep-Guardiola.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T18:49:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d747ad2c8a358a8ac802059a4e88a6a6",
                "name": "Manchester Evening News",
                "url": "https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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