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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": 218940,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1e0fa978fe7acf732be50695a8ab2272",
            "title": "Bad Day for Hawks as luckless star suffers injury",
            "description": "Will Day's AFL season has already been put on hold after the luckless Hawthorn star suffered an injury during preseason training.",
            "content": "Will Day's AFL season has already been put on hold after the luckless Hawthorn star suffered an injury during preseason training.\nThe gun midfielder will miss the season start after dislocating his right shoulder during training at the club's new Din... [1535 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/id/47617204/bad-day-day-hawks-luckless-star-suffers-injury",
            "image": "https://a4.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0115%2Fr1600866_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-15T07:59:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4287a58a1f2600be6a9d1f210efe72f8",
                "name": "ESPN",
                "url": "https://www.espn.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3fba6a279cfc5866a2d1dc8597952952",
            "title": "Roger Federer hails Alcaraz and Sinner’s ‘great’ rivalry amid Australian Open return",
            "description": "Six-time champion returns to headline opening ceremony, while world No 1 will face Australia’s Adam Walton in first round at Melbourne Park",
            "content": "Roger Federer hailed the dominance of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner as the six-time champion returned to the Australian Open for the first time since his retirement in 2022.\nFederer, who last travelled to Australia in 2020, will headline the inaug... [2733 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jan/15/roger-federer-hails-alcaraz-sinner-rivalry-australian-open-draw",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/60ef6e329b475f9608076197ac67ce41db30b316/0_0_6768_5415/master/6768.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=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=4ce3b46ddbee8b4b9cd83687731d485a",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-15T07:41:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2c5b449ffc989dfa9441ce1954e9f7ef",
            "title": "Australian Open 2026: Roger Federer hopes Carlos Alcaraz can complete career Grand Slam in Melbourne",
            "description": "Roger Federer says he hopes Carlos Alcaraz can win the upcoming Australian Open and become the youngest man to complete the career Grand Slam.",
            "content": "Roger Federer says he hopes Carlos Alcaraz can win the upcoming Australian Open and become the youngest man to complete the career Grand Slam.\nSix-time major champion Alcaraz, 22, will bid to add the Melbourne title to his two Wimbledon, two French O... [1172 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/articles/c0er9wxvry9o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/933e/live/df94f3c0-f1de-11f0-8ff3-07679dfb902e.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-15T07:39:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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