United Kingdom Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from the United Kingdom 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 the United Kingdom. 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=gb&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=sports" \
  --data-urlencode "country=gb" \
  --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": "gb", "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: "gb",
    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"  => "gb",
    "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=gb&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": 766102,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "723080d1afa767e56931052fef34f627",
            "title": "Lincoln 0-6 West Ham highlights",
            "description": "Lincoln 0-6 West Ham highlights",
            "content": "Sorry, this blog is currently unavailable. Please try again later.\nBack to Home\nThis content is provided by , which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons... [321 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.skysports.com/football/live-blog/13598872/lincoln-vs-west-ham-live-championship-match-updates-news-score-and-highlights",
            "image": "https://e0.365dm.com/26/10/1600x900/skysports-konstantinos-mavropanos_7377130.jpg?20261014210805",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T23:55:22Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "375c6022b40a085995083df0ed1ac413",
                "name": "Sky Sports",
                "url": "https://www.skysports.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "56f9239bc2986cc75230518a7b2a430d",
            "title": "Man City 2-4 PSG: Erling Haaland scores twice but Enzo Maresca's side suffer first defeat of season in front of Pep Guardiola",
            "description": "Man City were beaten by PSG in first Champions League outing since Premier League handed down its guilty verdict; Pep Guardiola was in attendance alongside clubs high-ranking executives; PSG scored three first-half goals to take control; Erling Haaland responded by scoring two",
            "content": "Manchester City were beaten 4-2 by a majestic Paris Saint-Germain as Pep Guardiola watched on from the stands in an enthralling Champions League encounter.\nThe reigning back-to-back European champions were keen to make their power felt early at the E... [4282 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.skysports.com/football/news/13598859/man-city-2-4-psg-erling-haaland-scores-twice-but-enzo-marescas-side-suffer-first-defeat-of-season-in-front-of-pep-guardiola",
            "image": "https://e0.365dm.com/26/10/1600x900/skysports-erling-haaland-man-city_7377213.jpg?20261014223440",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T23:00:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "375c6022b40a085995083df0ed1ac413",
                "name": "Sky Sports",
                "url": "https://www.skysports.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a65e46c068e42bfbb6cd757e11ab43a8",
            "title": "QPR 4-1 Derby: Rangers thump four past struggling Rams",
            "description": "Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Queens Park Rangers and Derby County at Loftus Road on Wednesday; QPR scored four goals against a struggling Rams side in a comfortable win.",
            "content": "QPR continued their impressive early-season form with a thumping 4-1 win at home to struggling Derby County.\nThree of the goals came in the first half, with Alfie Lloyd scoring, Nicolas Madsen tucking away a penalty, and Harvey Vale adding the third.... [4127 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.skysports.com/football/news/13592961/qpr-4-1-derby-rangers-thump-four-past-struggling-rams",
            "image": "https://e0.365dm.com/26/10/1600x900/skysports-harvey-vale-qpr-championship_7377183.jpg?20261014215348",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:41:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "375c6022b40a085995083df0ed1ac413",
                "name": "Sky Sports",
                "url": "https://www.skysports.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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