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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": 219032,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "345b8980726bd5935e73525661ada5b0",
            "title": "World Grand Prix: Neil Robertson out as Ronnie O'Sullivan progresses",
            "description": "Defending champion Neil Robertson loses to Jak Jones in the first round of the World Grand Prix in Hong Kong, as Ronnie O'Sullivan progresses.",
            "content": "Defending champion Neil Robertson has been knocked out in the first round of the World Grand Prix in Hong Kong following a 5-1 defeat by Jak Jones.\nWorld number three Robertson entered the tournament in good form after reaching the semi-finals of the... [1142 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/articles/cpqygrq80lxo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/5e0b/live/d7bc5da0-01c4-11f1-9921-b31487791c6e.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-04T12:38:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6dd17f2d42429c1b56d68a37e9849f4c",
            "title": "Australia announces Jakara Anthony, Matt Graham as 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics flag bearers",
            "description": "Jakara Anthony and Matt Graham have been named as flag bearers for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milano Cortina.",
            "content": "Jakara Anthony and Matt Graham will fly the flag for Australia at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games opening ceremony.\nThe two Olympic medal-winning moguls skiers were announced as flag bearers in Livigno on Wednesday morning, local time.\n\"It's ... [3429 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-04/australia-announces-2026-winter-olympics-flag-bearers/106306688",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/869d0d96c59d057cac39142459b3a007?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-04T11:14:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "588931b12a33bc4d0b6e6c4278ca0d9b",
            "title": "‘Captain-in-waiting’: Why Ollie Peake may play Test cricket this year",
            "description": "After making two centuries at the Under-19 World Cup, the precocious teenager could prise open a spot in Australia’s next Test team if he fires for Victoria.",
            "content": "Sheffield Shield centuries, to echo those he just made in Australia’s Under-19 World Cup campaign, would give precocious teenager Ollie Peake the chance to contend for a Test spot against Bangladesh later this year.\nPeake’s 100 from 88 balls was the ... [4249 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/captain-in-waiting-why-ollie-peake-may-play-test-cricket-this-year-20260204-p5nziu.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.7657468057577227%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_1269%2C$y_191/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/f9ac2db3dd3bc1b4f36221c76037def57e305721",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-04T06:54:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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