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": 247450,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9a8c6ba004d75f73036d94f75c48624a",
            "title": "‘Won’t fight this alone’: Bennett details first signs of Arrow’s diagnosis; Chiefs lock in assistant — NRL Daily",
            "description": "‘Won’t fight this alone’: Bennett details first signs of tragic Arrow diagnosis; PNG lock in assistant",
            "content": "South Sydney Rabbitohs coach Wayne Bennett has detailed the heartbreaking toll Jai Arrow’s MND diagnosis has taken on the club, and when symptoms first presented themselves last December.\nWatch every game of every round of the Premiership Season LIVE... [3808 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2026-wayne-bennett-details-first-signs-of-jai-arrows-mnd-diagnosis-south-sydney-rabbitohs-png-chiefs-lock-in-luke-burt-as-assistant-coach-nrl-news-nrl-daily/news-story/5c735b99a0e94c790ad3ee6c1a98bd57",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/8878f83c54c60f3c17310cafc84e2b1b",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-24T02:34:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "Fox Sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "377c19d4a91f6384078aa5edaf3b170d",
            "title": "AFL live updates: Giants vs Lions, Bulldogs vs Demons",
            "description": "Greater Western Sydney is coming off a disappointing loss to the West Coast Eagles in Perth, and hosts reigning premiers Brisbane. Follow live.",
            "content": "AFL Saturday scoreboard\nM\nBy Michael Doyle\nCollapse all posts\noff\nSort\nSort posts\nNew: Filters\nChoose what information you see below by using filters\nFilter Posts\nAll\n22\nKey Events\n6\nGiants vs Lions\n16\nHighlights\n1\nLachie Neale kicks the first of the... [4539 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-24/afl-round-11-sunday-giants-lions-bulldogs-demons/106715568",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/f3297ffb943195d517a2fb5d80255525?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1978&cropW=3516&xPos=0&yPos=295&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-24T02:03:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b2dc158c81271f9ad7deb8f98b19056e",
            "title": "Oleksandr Usyk retains WBC heavyweight title with 11th round stoppage of Rico Verhoeven",
            "description": "Ukraine's unbeaten heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk stopped Dutch former kickboxer Rico Verhoeven with one second left in the penultimate round of their WBC title fight.",
            "content": "Ukraine's unbeaten heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk stopped Dutch former kickboxer Rico Verhoeven with one second left in the penultimate round of their WBC title fight to avoid what could have been one of the greatest boxing upsets.\nThe fig... [2143 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-24/oleksandr-usyk-retains-wbc-heavyweight-title/106715702",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/48d57fa1c69ed33b469698ffa61891a6?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2656&cropW=4721&xPos=0&yPos=246&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-24T00:34:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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