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Australia Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Australia with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Australia Sports News API

API Demonstration

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from Australia.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=au&category=sports&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 214404,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c2f979c56f35377b56751a9c9ef670d6",
            "title": "Manchester City v Everton, Chelsea v West Ham and more: WSL clockwatch - live",
            "description": "Join Emillia Hawkins for goal updates from a stacked schedule of matches",
            "content": "Key events\nShow key events only\nPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature\nKick-off\nTottenham v Leicester and Aston Villa v Brighton are back under way. We’re still waiting on the other two games.\nShare\nHere’s the goal that did not stand for Evert... [8402 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/jan/11/manchester-city-v-everton-chelsea-v-west-ham-and-more-wsl-clockwatch-live",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2eac78f4525ee71287e9344c10aae72763d8b1f1/497_0_4252_3403/master/4252.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctbGl2ZS5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=ae81d13a0e77c54993c2d64a32bcf496",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-11T12:30:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "18d868ee4f4b8f11b4fe962714d2d8ca",
            "title": "Marsh's 88 leads Perth Scorchers up to second place",
            "description": "BBL 2025/26, Strikers vs Scorchers Match Report: Alex Carey and Matt Short gave Adelaide Strikers hope of a huge chase but they will now struggle to play finals",
            "content": "Alex Carey and Matt Short gave Adelaide Strikers hope of a huge chase but they will now struggle to play finals\nTristan Lavalette\n11-Jan-2026 • 1 hr ago\nPerth Scorchers 232 for 4 (Marsh 88, Inglis 42) beat Adelaide Strikers 200 for 8 (Carey 71, Short... [4423 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/big-bash-league-2025-26-1490534/adelaide-strikers-vs-perth-scorchers-32nd-match-1493269/match-report",
            "image": "https://img1.hscicdn.com/image/upload/f_auto/lsci/db/PICTURES/CMS/411700/411738.6.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-11T11:53:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "dd9092e5dfee95dfe0b70232a84c450a",
                "name": "ESPNcricinfo",
                "url": "https://www.espncricinfo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "967494fa3b0bb6cc7972468e5ce1d918",
            "title": "Aussie Road Nationals: Pat Eddy takes surprise win in bizarre finale",
            "description": "Luke Durbridge looked almost certain to be riding to a third career title before teammate Luke Plapp helped chase him down.",
            "content": "Patrick Eddy (Team Brennan) has upstaged the favourites in the elite men's road race at the Aussie Road Nationals, sprinting to victory in Perth ahead of three-time former winner Luke Plapp (Jayco AlUla).\nPlapp's teammate Luke Durbridge had been solo... [647 chars]",
            "url": "https://escapecollective.com/aussie-road-nationals-pat-eddy-takes-a-surprise-win-after-bizarre-finale/",
            "image": "https://escapecollective.com/content/images/2026/01/CAuldPhoto-2026-AusNationals-Day5-9713.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-11T11:31:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1a3da5548314615e986a28b9f4ee36eb",
                "name": "Escape Collective",
                "url": "https://escapecollective.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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