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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": 230580,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5001caba85657da3769b19d927a5a8c4",
            "title": "Friday night footy: Raiders v Storm; Cowboys v Panthers",
            "description": "Follow all the action from Round 2 of the 2026 Witzer Pre-Season Challenge on NRL.com's live blog.",
            "content": "73 min: The Storm are on the board with Jordan Hamlin scheming down the short side and putting Liam Williams over for a try. Amaziah Murgha converts. Raiders 28-6.\n72 min: Storm five-eighth Eli Morris is caught high by Mark Tuialii who is sent to the... [4453 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nrl.com/news/2026/02/13/friday-night-footy-raiders-v-storm-cowboys-v-panthers/",
            "image": "https://www.nrl.com/siteassets/2026/pre-season-challenge/week-2/raiders-v-storm/80147599_utaj_260213_jm240_8_2026213155951.jpg?center=0.252%2C0.505&preset=share",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-13T06:40:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6e9cb848877718eb091dd0195c10d23e",
                "name": "NRL.com",
                "url": "https://www.nrl.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "63743ab57710887491cea76ab48bba1a",
            "title": "Australia v Zimbabwe: T20 World Cup cricket - live",
            "description": "Over-by-over report: Australia seek to take another step toward the Super Eight stage as they face Zimbabwe in Colombo. Join Martin Pegan for updates",
            "content": "Key events\nShow key events only\nPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature\n14th over: Zimbabwe 118-1 (Bennett 45, Burl 28) Ben Dwarshuis returns for the first time since the opening overs as spin is failing to put the clamps on the Zimbabwe batter... [10865 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2026/feb/13/australia-v-zimbabwe-t20-world-cup-cricket-live",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/38e400c77652a6f82d1a987354512fb9510902f1/552_0_4487_3591/master/4487.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=a3ea0c0f0e8bc9fb9d6d7f9b52a9fb1f",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-13T06:13:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "80560ae8aa5961fdd6ae47b779203e70",
            "title": "Watch: Internal trial in Port Augusta",
            "description": "Tune in to our internal trial LIVE on Friday from 4pm ACDT.",
            "content": "Adelaide's community camp will culminate with an internal trial at Central Oval, Port Augusta, on Friday from 4pm ACDT.\nThe match forms part of the Crows' preparations for the upcoming AFL season.\nPlayers will be split into two teams for the match, w... [293 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.afc.com.au/news/1953308/watch-internal-trial-in-port-augusta",
            "image": "https://resources.afc.com.au/aflc-adel/photo/2026/02/13/e9f57918-4c3c-4184-9407-bb9f26b7bddf/WebCycler-952x592-16-.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-13T05:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9dfd04c7ccfe571ae5c5178eb651003b",
                "name": "afc.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.afc.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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