Zimbabwe Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Zimbabwe 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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Request and live response

This request returns the current top sports headlines from Zimbabwe. 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=zw&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=sports" \
  --data-urlencode "country=zw" \
  --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": "zw", "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: "zw",
    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"  => "zw",
    "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=zw&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": 34022,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2e6ce2c48981bcac3e2025958239814b",
            "title": "Raphinha pays tribute to 'DiMi' rather than talk UEFA Champions League",
            "description": "Despite his brilliance on the field for FC Barcelona in a win over Aston Villa, the Brazilian made clear that he wasn't thinking about soccer.",
            "content": "FC Barcelona forward Raphinha had a brilliant day on the field but struggled through the morning after the news of the death of Tenerife's Jesus de Miguel.\nDe Miguel, affectionally called \"DeMi\" by teammates and friends, died Tuesday, Nov. 3, the day... [2082 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/ucl/2026/11/03/raphinha-barcelona-jesus-de-miguel-tenerife/92594889007/",
            "image": "https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2026/11/03/USAT/92595127007-afp-2302938916.jpg?crop=2477,1393,x0,y0&width=2477&height=1393&format=pjpg&auto=webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:46:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8eec8fc7a9ec8be488bc7411d0801c60",
                "name": "USA Today",
                "url": "https://www.usatoday.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ad8ef2861e92cb3ae3770a32b6f30f9a",
            "title": "Simone Biles poses in red-hot string bikini - but fans can't help focus on something else",
            "description": "Simone Biles stunned in a new bikini photo, although fans inundated her comments section with congratulatory messages for a sweet bit of family news instead…",
            "content": "Simone Biles took to Instagram to impress fans with some of her \"october favorites,\" as she put it.\nThe pro gymnast, 29, shared a collection of photos on her Instagram page documenting the past months, from moments on the field with husband Jonathan ... [2572 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/simone-biles-poses-red-hot-222213506.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/c192ad2491198fd8eaa21f8617190e5add877b3c488af5ab955e5f610383a574/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_jpg/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fhello_us_861%2F1b358ca4a06429b97f5d65413d1f26eb.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:22:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "99e8a2cb4638bb798cf9167e5af5b83b",
                "name": "Yahoo",
                "url": "https://www.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a5da9eaa06dd8eb9acc90de91f948b1a",
            "title": "Manchester United dealt major injury blow as star limps off in Champions League",
            "description": "Midfielder looked distraught as he was forced off",
            "content": "Manchester United's evening went from bad to worse as they took on Roma in the Champions League on Tuesday.\nLooking to end their winless run of nine games, the Red Devils welcomed the Serie A side to Old Trafford, only to fall 2-0 down inside 18 minu... [1287 chars]",
            "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/manchester-united-dealt-major-injury-211503044.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/18ad021d3bf521b6d9e784a178ac32d58e85aa4bbb11affee28bf17ce138ccbe/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200_h675%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fevening_standard_239%2F794ed009532b4387965d344155ee72d0.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T21:22:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1213ab3f5e360256b89d3b205e3e8e48",
                "name": "Yahoo Sports",
                "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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