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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": 227144,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "51b89c1c1ee2498c9542a6a3953da70b",
            "title": "Iran beaten in opening game of Women's AFC Asian Cup as tensions escalate back home",
            "description": "Playing despite heightened tensions back home, Iran were thrashed 3-0 by 2022 runners up South Korea on the Gold Coast in their opening match of the tournament ahead of Thursday's game against the Matildas.",
            "content": "In short:\nIran's women have lost their opening match of the AFC Asian Cup, going down 3-0 to South Korea on the Gold Coast.\nTheir first game in the tournament comes after the US and Israel strikes on their nation over the weekend.\nWhat's next?\nThe Ir... [1551 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-02/iran-beaten-in-opening-game-of-women-s-afc-asian-cup/106407622",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/a498e29c90dc270839a887c3158267b8?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=450&cropW=800&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-02T12:39:37Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6c133f721b180fe701a9a4d1031b0c16",
            "title": "Formula 1 teams scramble to get to Melbourne amid Middle East conflict",
            "description": "Australian Grand Prix boss Travis Auld is confident all 22 Formula 1 drivers and their teams will be in Melbourne by Wednesday for the first race of the season, despite at least one team being forced to change travel plans.",
            "content": "Australian Grand Prix boss Travis Auld is confident all 22 Formula 1 drivers and their teams will be in Melbourne by Wednesday for the first race of the season, despite at least one team being forced to change travel plans amid chaos caused by the co... [5600 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/sport/motorsport/officials-confident-australian-grand-prix-will-go-ahead-as-planned-despite-iran-conflict-causing-travel-havoc-20260302-p5o6n2.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.1765%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_81/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/8ae89194874af88cf23496d19aab0c8c609e8c6d",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-02T11:23:41Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "dac8982386d252bc3ec2db06bbe4642b",
            "title": "‘Complete lack of trust in him’: Great savages Merrett with claim he'll seek trade again",
            "description": "‘Complete lack of trust in him’: Great blasts Merrett with claim he'll seek trade again",
            "content": "Richmond great Jack Riewoldt has criticised Zach Merrett, saying he would have no trust in him as a teammate, following the Essendon star’s off-season trade request.\nMerrett failed to get to Hawthorn as he desired, with the Bombers rejecting the Hawk... [2196 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/essendon-bombers/afl-2026-jack-riewoldt-has-complete-lack-of-trust-in-essendons-zach-merrett-after-trade-request-leaving-bombers-after-2026-season-latest-news/news-story/e05b22de0a0dea6d2f49e0f2c2b80d4d",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/a09c629d7066fa7339f1b47e1b6a2442",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-02T09:58:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "fox sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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