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. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as 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);
}

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"  => "gb",
    "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=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": 771768,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "df8e7ea529c0ac15b531aaaa7645c3e2",
            "title": "Barcelona 3-0 Aston Villa: Raphinha double sees Barca go second in Champions League standings",
            "description": "Match report as Barcelona beat Aston Villa 3-0 in the Champions League; Raphinhas second-half double, after Lamine Yamal had opened the scoring early on, saw the hosts to a comfortable victory; Barca move above Villa into second in the league standings",
            "content": "Raphinha's second-half double inspired Barcelona to a 3-0 victory against Aston Villa at the Camp Nou as Unai Emery's side saw their three-game winning run in the Champions League come to an end.\nVilla boss Emery returned to his homeland on his 55th ... [4103 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.skysports.com/football/news/13607527/barcelona-3-0-aston-villa-raphinha-double-sees-barca-go-second-in-champions-league-standings",
            "image": "https://e0.365dm.com/26/11/1600x900/skysports-raphinha-barcelona_7396177.jpg?20261103212704",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:56:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "375c6022b40a085995083df0ed1ac413",
                "name": "Sky Sports",
                "url": "https://www.skysports.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4f31fc8ae0d11d0e6fe39eef47b99f5a",
            "title": "Manchester United 3-2 Roma: Bruno Fernandes claims players don't need to save Michael Carrick's job after first win in 10 games",
            "description": "Bruno Fernandes feels Manchester United players didnt need to save Michael Carricks job in their 3-2 comeback win over Roma; Carricks side avoided going ten games without a win for the first time in over four decades",
            "content": "Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has come out in support of head coach Michael Carrick, but reiterated that the players didn't need to save his job in their 3-2 comeback win against Roma.\nUnited and Carrick looked dead and buried within the ... [4493 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.skysports.com/football/news/13607700/manchester-united-3-2-roma-bruno-fernandes-claims-players-dont-need-to-save-michael-carricks-job-after-first-win-in-10-games",
            "image": "https://e0.365dm.com/26/11/1600x900/skysports-bruno-man-utd_7396356.jpg?20261103234713",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:39:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "375c6022b40a085995083df0ed1ac413",
                "name": "Sky Sports",
                "url": "https://www.skysports.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "06fa5b97323b2c54ebd6d7d56da90e8f",
            "title": "Man Utd 3-2 Roma: Bruno Fernandes on Michael Carrick future after comeback win",
            "description": "Bruno Fernandes says Manchester United's players \"don't need to save anyone's job\" after their improbable comeback win against Roma.",
            "content": "Bruno Fernandes says Manchester United's players \"don't need to save anyone's job\" after their improbable comeback win against Roma in the Champions League.\nThe Red Devils produced a remarkable second-half fightback to come from 2-0 down to win 3-2 a... [1258 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cqkg5dgvygr1o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/60bc/live/f12e0680-d7d4-11f1-b441-2b33b063138f.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:37:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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