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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": 238700,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "84ea7d893b70de1e59729f0d2dcc685a",
            "title": "ACT Brumbies face Queensland Reds in Super Rugby Pacific clash",
            "description": "The ACT Brumbies made a perfect start to the Super Rugby Pacific season, but Stephen Larkham was forced to make late changes to face the Queensland Reds.",
            "content": "The ACT Brumbies' perfect start to the season has gone up in smoke after the Queensland Reds pulled off a miracle escape on a chaotic night in Canberra. Recap the action as it happened in our live blog below.\nACT Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham has a ... [7110 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9192523/act-brumbies-face-queensland-reds-in-super-rugby-pacific-clash/",
            "image": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/36vwtM5n3dmMVgNPycRBEHz/33c06b9d-ed14-427a-818e-0556d80f28c6.png/r0_23_1200_653_w1200_h630_fmax.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-07T14:37:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a6f65972b4a593b55dffbc2b25866ab5",
                "name": "The Canberra Times",
                "url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "045f0f3806116301123be4fbb9de2d0f",
            "title": "‘Happens to us a lot’: Ricky not happy at penalty landslide... before classy message to ex-Raider",
            "description": "‘Happens to us a lot’: Ricky calls out penalty landslide... before classy message to ex-Raider",
            "content": "Ricky Stuart was disappointed his side was made to make 60-odd tackles before touching the ball, but praised young halfback Ethan Sanders for slotting the match winner in the Raiders’ 29-28 golden point win.\nThe Raiders came back from 14-0 down to le... [4567 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2026-ricky-stuart-press-conference-golden-point-canberra-raiders-vs-manly-sea-eagles-ethan-sanders-joe-tapine-round-1/news-story/ac8e3d1f2403400a9186ce18d52c6802",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/49a2ddc9191ed3e2d5ef7932e83942cd",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-07T12:40:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "fox sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3597c07c86e4c524718bdd45044fe5b2",
            "title": "NRL 2026: Sharks thump the Titans in Josh Hannay’s first game in charge",
            "description": "Titans coach Josh Hannay insists his side’s drubbing at the hands of the Sharks won’t define their season after they were the victims of a horror show a week out from Friday the 13th.",
            "content": "The 50-10 result proved that trial form means absolutely nothing as long-suffering Titans fans could only watch on in horror as Hannay’s return to the Shire ended in disaster.\nA terrific pre-season and key re-signings suggested the tide was turning o... [3089 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/sinking-ship-titans-cop-sobering-reality-check-as-sharks-make-terrifying-statement-with-firsthalf-blitz/news-story/36ae443c8aa7b8290c1966033270fa8f",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/420ff7152a04d4fbda08e12f6b7c9108",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-07T11:42:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fb80671fb5d2de16a7e1a267ced6d12a",
                "name": "News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.news.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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