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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": 218976,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "cadb1c10356060c35802d310ab0fa02f",
            "title": "England captain Ben Stokes dismisses 'arrogant' label amid criticism of Ashes Test loss to Australia",
            "description": "Captain Ben Stokes responds to England's critics in the wake of the defeat to Australia in the first Test, maintaining his squad will not step back from its aggressive approach.",
            "content": "Ben Stokes has rejected accusations his England squad is arrogant, while maintaining their aggressive approach to cricket will not change during the Ashes.\nEngland's two-day defeat in Perth prompted heavy criticism after it was bowled out twice in th... [2349 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-29/ashes-cricket-england-australia-ben-stokes-arrogant-label/106082046",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/73d60c12ecfdf415bdc7a6d5e89dbe91?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1959&cropW=3483&xPos=0&yPos=287&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-29T05:10:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "abc.net.au",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "900b470402e905f6d9907122aa440f97",
            "title": "Cricket Australia to seek explanation over Khawaja’s pitch criticism",
            "description": "The veteran opener will begin another week of intense scrutiny after his incendiary remarks about the Perth pitch.",
            "content": "Cricket Australia officials will seek a ‘please explain’ from veteran Test opener Usman Khawaja over his description of the Perth Stadium pitch as “a piece of shit” once he returns to the national team set-up.\nKhawaja’s off-field dramas will continue... [2961 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/cricket-australia-to-seek-please-explain-over-khawaja-s-pitch-criticism-20251129-p5njgl.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2582%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_150%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/007dc709e15ea08e0a0d50ec064d66fa00782080",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-29T04:53:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "729ab4c78307ad78af78e2bd51d815b6",
            "title": "‘Looked like an idiot’: Fan altercation mars impressive Josh Giddey statement",
            "description": "‘Looked like an idiot’: Giddey confronts fan in ugly scene after Aussie’s statement game",
            "content": "Josh Giddey’s impressive return to form on Saturday (AEDT) in Charlotte has been marred by a fan altercation.\nGiddey fell one assist shy of a triple-double as the Chicago Bulls lost 123-116 to the lowly Charlotte Hornets, scoring 25 points on 50 per ... [3171 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/basketball/nba-2025-los-angeles-lakers-court-deemed-unplayable-oily-and-slippery-surface-luka-doncic-complaint-nba-cup/news-story/e26daa9a1af27a22177202818a5442f7",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/4d7eef7b335349bd46a94082c723da95",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-29T04:10:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "fox sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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