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Australia Sports News API

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

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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": 224580,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9ec2577e804e9db4e400b95d5de33a53",
            "title": "West Coast Eagles player Tyler Brockman charged with assault after Geraldton fracas",
            "description": "West Coast Eagles player Tyler Brockman is charged with causing grievous bodily harm following an incident in Geraldton in late December.",
            "content": "West Coast Eagles player Tyler Brockman has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after he allegedly hit a teenager in an early morning fight in Geraldton.\nVideo footage emerged late last month appearing to show Mr Brockman engaged in a figh... [936 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-23/afl-tyler-brockman-charged-over-geraldton-fight/106264146",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e9007eee91158478cfc8e7cf2d039284?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=260&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-23T08:41:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "38187f744e5d2eca7d5d7ad509f0a094",
            "title": "Sam Welsford wins Tour Down Under stage three, fears for riders with 42C temperatures Saturday",
            "description": "Sam Welsford claimed a brilliant Tour Down Under stage victory, the seventh of his career, as experts fear for riders ahead of 40-degree Celsius temperatures predicted for Saturday's fourth stage.",
            "content": "Experts have expressed concerns over the 40-plus degree Celsius temperatures expected on the Tour Down Under on Saturday's stage four as Sam Welsford claimed a brilliant victory on Friday's stage three.\nWelsford roared in delight after claiming an em... [8314 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-23/sam-welsford-wins-tour-down-under-stage-three/106261424",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/94f92e4feeb872a0ae690ee4073797bd?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=694&cropW=1234&xPos=1939&yPos=731&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-23T06:40:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b63aafd6a448f87dd8491629aaa454cb",
            "title": "Ominous sign over biggest winner in F1 shake-up as loophole controversy escalates",
            "description": "Ominous sign over biggest winner in F1 shake-up as loophole controversy escalates",
            "content": "Mercedes has laid down the gauntlet for rival teams by completing a full shakedown program ahead of the first pre-season test next week.\nGeorge Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli both got behind the wheel of Mercedes’s 2026 challenger at Silverstone o... [7508 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/motorsport/formula-one/mercedes-deals-rivals-double-engine-blow-on-big-day-for-early-title-favourite/news-story/84a313f2f62ea20a0883aa04e87137f3",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/dfd4c54e83258e50c0662964b70c480c",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-23T05:34:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "fox sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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