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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": 217164,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1c9fc875b47d251695e64b682bd735b1",
            "title": "You’ve gotta be Djoking?! Legend nearly DQd from Aus Open for ballgirl act... and he has form",
            "description": "You’ve gotta be Djoking?! Legend nearly DQd from Aus Open for ballgirl act... and he has form",
            "content": "Novak Djokovic nearly got himself defaulted at a slam for the second time in his career after a moment of madness at the Australian Open.\nDjokovic appeared in control of his third-round match against Botic van de Zandschulp but blasted a ball right a... [1354 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/tennis/australian-open/australian-open-2026-novak-djokovic-nearly-defaulted-for-hitting-ballgirl-during-third-round-match-vs-botic-van-de-zandschulp-bad-behaviour-video/news-story/99d2634ec7e662e0f86ad7ce6f36c1b0",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/01a17d2a637c2166e3432b24a51eb8a8",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-24T10:22:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "fox sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6b804d9e23b1bbb846b2e07d36e7e13e",
            "title": "Lobs and volleys: The best of Day 7 at AO 2026",
            "description": "We’re rounding up the best, wildest and most talked-about moments every day of the AO, all in one place, bite-sized and easy to catch up on - so you never miss a moment.",
            "content": "There’s so much happening at Australian Open 2026. It can be tough to keep up!\nThat’s why we’re rounding up the best, wildest and most talked-about moments every day of the AO, all in one place, bite-sized and easy to catch up on - so you never miss ... [2022 chars]",
            "url": "https://ausopen.com/articles/news/lobs-and-volleys-best-day-7-ao-2026",
            "image": "https://ausopen.com/sites/default/files/styles/facebook_share/public/202601/24/musetti_2257319241_a.jpg?itok=_lNC4im6",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-24T08:31:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6f2287df467d3b787f49fc1750226716",
                "name": "Australian Open",
                "url": "https://ausopen.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4c4cd67db0f54de7f08251122cfbd6b0",
            "title": "‘He wouldn’t have won’: Sinner credits heat rule break after surviving third-round Aus Open clash",
            "description": "‘He wouldn’t have won’: Plea to ‘change the rules’ after Sinner survives amid AO controversy",
            "content": "Jannik Sinner conceded he “got lucky” as the Australian Open heat rules potentially saved him from a shocking third-round elimination on Saturday.\nSinner has struggled in hot weather in the past and as the temperature hit nearly 40 degrees at Melbour... [2594 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/tennis/australian-open/australian-open-2026-jannik-sinner-def-eliot-spizzirri-in-third-round-thanks-to-heat-rule-stoppage-manipulating-serve-clock-change-the-rules-heat-stress-scale-latest-tennis-news/news-story/a2dd13a5dc10b9a7e2429e645d281c21",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/3b976712f3a932afa971ed3b33e8aa14",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-24T08:26:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "fox sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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