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": 251044,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2514dad314f791dec0a84b7f0ff86e8c",
            "title": "Superbikes move to South Australia leaves Phillip Island community in limbo",
            "description": "The Phillip Island community is coming to terms with the loss of another major sporting event with South Australia claiming the rights to Australia's Superbike World Championship race from 2028.",
            "content": "In short:\nVictoria has lost its second international motoring event since February, with the loss of the FIM Superbike World Championships.\nThe Australian round of the superbikes will be held at Victoria's Phillip Island track for the last time in 20... [2225 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-19/superbikes-move-phillip-island-to-south-australia/106819704",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/44f87476028276d99ee5922dd4f5f7f5?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1049&cropW=1865&xPos=0&yPos=194&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-19T06:43:18Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "00f3e043f002eca65e823cbc64b51161",
            "title": "Fed Square too packed? Where to watch Socceroos v USA in Melbourne",
            "description": "Socceroos face the USA at 5am AEST. It’s pretty well known that Federation Square is Melbourne’s live site home of the 2026 Fifa World Cup, but with every likelihood it reaches capacity before the 5am kick off, pubs like The Great Northern, Victoria Hotel and the Imperial Hotel will show it live.",
            "content": "Updated June 19, 2026 — 4:16pm,first published 4:15pm\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nWhether you plan to extend your Friday night out or set an early alarm for a 5am kick-off, there... [3359 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/fed-square-too-packed-where-to-watch-socceroos-vs-usa-in-melbourne-20260619-p608e9.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5192%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_573%2C$y_241/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/21af811975dba7c3bc7657513904d6f6e3eb65ab",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-19T06:16:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cb30a5f1b2f3206f46a72ea8ffb56f4e",
            "title": "Australia news live: KPMG searched laptop of whistleblower who warned of ‘culture of fear’",
            "description": "Follow live",
            "content": "From 53m ago\nKPMG searched laptop of whistleblower who warned of ‘culture of fear’, inquiry hears\nLuca Ittimani\nKPMG searched a whistleblower’s laptop over concerns he was leaking KPMG data after he reported other colleagues were leaking their client... [13086 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jun/19/news-live-australia-ukraine-jim-chalmers-anthony-albanese-capital-gains-tax-concessions-business-pauline-hanson-one-nation-ntwnfb",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3e79d41311948ee95037ff108dbad784527624b2/711_107_2379_1903/master/2379.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=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctbGl2ZS5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=53a0203b51c461c9fa46578667b6909d",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-19T03:52:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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