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": 237520,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "289d433555ae49f0e20bc0641813d69b",
            "title": "AFL round 11 2026, scores, results, odds, stats and start time from UTAS Stadium",
            "description": "Hawthorn play Adelaide Crows in round 11 of the 2026 AFL premiership season at UTAS Stadium, Launceston at 7.30pm AEST. Seven, Kayo and Fox Footy are broadcasting the match live. Follow this live blog for minute-by-minute updates, scores, results, odds, squads, injury updates and start time.",
            "content": "Hawks star Jarman Impey had 21 disposals and a crucial late mark in the the win tonight and he said the Sir Doug Nicholls Round matches always offered extra motivation.\nImpey is a proud Yorta Yorta man from Shepparton.\n“Sir Doug Nicholls round means ... [2666 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-live-hawthorn-hawks-adelaide-crows-face-off-in-tasmania-footy-fans-brace-for-train-delays-this-weekend-20260521-p5zzak.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.3244%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_157%2C$y_183/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/b0e7ca84283bd22ba67db7216c43f79253e6de1c",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-21T12:01:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a70d09860645b06e9b9e15dd49706e15",
            "title": "LIVE NRL: Bizarre Raiders try you have to see to believe",
            "description": "‘I’ve never seen that’: Bizarre try you have to see to believe — LIVE NRL",
            "content": "The Dolphins will be shooting for four-straight wins for the first time in club history but have to do it without a host of Origin stars when they travel to Canberra to take on the Raiders.\nWatch every game of every round of the NRL Premiership LIVE ... [873 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2026-live-updates-canberra-raiders-vs-dolphins-score-highlights-match-centre-supercoach-stats/news-story/3bc6407ca72a25952334e7f56a162b5e",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/05ea7eebcf7c8f132b4deae3b5536888",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-21T09:59:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "fox sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "adbc113093f525293677dd2c6f710865",
            "title": "Cricket, NRL investigate staffer amid CA redundancies",
            "description": "Cricket Australia is concluding an investigation following whistleblower allegations that a staffer, formerly employed by the NRL, commissioned contracts totalling more than $600,000 to a company they were personally associated with.",
            "content": "Cricket Australia is concluding an investigation following whistleblower allegations that a senior staffer, formerly employed by the NRL, commissioned contracts totalling more than $600,000 to a company they were personally associated with.\nThe whist... [1273 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/cricket-nrl-investigate-staffer-amid-ca-redundancies-20260521-p5zzlo.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.3531%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/bdd8c8643521521b9c9a5dd972ea514b75966d23",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-21T09:20:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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