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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": 214306,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4076d2867346e20af40de4598fb21b76",
            "title": "Women's FA Cup: Sam Kerr scores two as Chelsea beat Crystal Palace, London City defeat Sunderland",
            "description": "Sam Kerr scores two as holders Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 5-0 in the Women's FA Cup, while Sunderland lose to London City.",
            "content": "Sam Kerr scored twice as holders Chelsea put five goals past WSL2 side Crystal Palace to reach the fifth round of the Women's FA Cup.\nMillie Bright found an early opener for Sonia Bompastor's side, nodding in a corner at the back post to take the lea... [942 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/clym6z2x23eo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/ea84/live/c882d850-f3af-11f0-a42e-950e67f27517.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-17T14:35:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d0d730f82d67d50c3e3f23a6c83d03bc",
            "title": "Man Utd v Man City team news: Semenyo starts, Cunha benched",
            "description": "The confirmed team news from the Manchester derby as Antoine Semenyo starts his first City league game. Matheus Cunha is benched for United.",
            "content": "The Manchester derby kicks off Gameweek 22 of Fantasy Premier League (FPL).\nUnited v City gets underway at 12.30pm GMT.\nREAD MORE: FPL Challenge best picks + team reveal – Gameweek 22\nREAD MORE: AFCON Fantasy Gameweek 7: Team reveals\nTEAM NEWS\nBoth s... [1627 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2026/01/17/man-utd-v-man-city-team-news-semenyo-starts-cunha-benched",
            "image": "https://cdn.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/RTS1BVFWG-1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-17T11:37:58Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "19ae9e06500d60c2ba447787db8e3a35",
                "name": "fantasyfootballscout.co.uk",
                "url": "https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3d8eb3fe1fa273b5121f0253ac723b5b",
            "title": "LIVE BBL: Perth in early strife despite Aussie ace’s heroics in fight to host final",
            "description": "LIVE BBL: Perth in early strife despite Aussie ace’s heroics in fight to host final",
            "content": "The Perth Scorchers are chasing 131 for victory and the right to host a qualifying final on Tuesday for finishing top of the BBL table.\nOff the back of Jhye Richardson’s 4-16 off 3.2 overs, the Melbourne Stars had no answers with the bat at Optus Sta... [3248 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/domestic-cricket/big-bash/bbl-2026-perth-scorchers-vs-melbourne-stars-scorecard-teams-mitch-marsh-glenn-maxwell-battle-for-first-place/news-story/b184814868a52114f7bd5eccb01b5b30",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/93435fe4a419d9afd86603db2257f645",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-17T11:36:10Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "Fox Sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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