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": 240166,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e05c8df529b3599889bda9c86c92ccae",
            "title": "Marc Marquez suffered a high-speed crash at the MotoGP French Grand Prix and will undergo surgery on his broken foot",
            "description": "MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez suffered a horrendous high-speed crash at the French Grand Prix sprint race on Saturday.",
            "content": "The Spaniard, 33, flew off his bike on turn 14 during the penultimate lap and appeared to land on his head.\nHe then skidded along the road towards the barriers as his bike flipped dangerously beside him.\nIncredibly, Marquez was able to walk away from... [1413 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news.com.au/sport/motorsport/moto-gp/horror-crash-as-motogp-world-champion-goes-for-surgery/news-story/e2bee0e97c7e6d7e51c051f3279ed954",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/5ce6b2a6ea90afbd169ac380337f51b2",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-10T11:25:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fb80671fb5d2de16a7e1a267ced6d12a",
                "name": "News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.news.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3e41be0a068409e081820893bc752ee3",
            "title": "Joe Gomez lifts lid on Liverpool dressing room talks and responds to boos",
            "description": "Joe Gomez has been speaking after Liverpool's dreary 1-1 Premier League draw at home to Chelsea on Saturday afternoon",
            "content": "Joe Gomez lifts lid on Liverpool dressing room talks and responds to boos - 'it does hurt'\nJoe Gomez has been speaking after Liverpool's dreary 1-1 Premier League draw at home to Chelsea on Saturday afternoon\nJoe Gomez admits the jeers that rained do... [4663 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/joe-gomez-lifts-lid-liverpool-33920427",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.liverpoolecho.co.uk/article33920801.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_GettyImages-2266262991.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-10T11:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1aa6f0dbd00b7d9acf000f0ae47eaa40",
                "name": "Liverpool Echo",
                "url": "https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b6306eb91421dee36b47c3936ec860cf",
            "title": "Dawson lifts Crows to get past improving Tigers",
            "description": "Richmond impressed early to lead at half-time but couldn't keep up as Adelaide turned on the jets",
            "content": "WHATEVER Matthew Nicks said to his team at half-time, it worked.\nAfter heading into the main break 10 points down, Adelaide came out and kicked six unanswered goals to secure a 37-point win over Richmond on Sunday afternoon.\nTIGERS v CROWS Full match... [3485 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.afl.com.au/news/1517310/adelaide-crows-crank-it-up-to-get-past-improving-richmond-tigers",
            "image": "https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/photo/2026/05/10/4f3e666e-a8cd-40ef-949d-3038e860bd28/09RiAd26MH067170719.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-10T10:43:33Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a46a0522ac739f3ecebe94711f4dabe",
                "name": "afl.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.afl.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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