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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": 227054,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "6601de57b192736bc0249822236e3f16",
            "title": "‘Not going to work’: Flanno extension slammed amid Dragons’ ‘elephant in the room’",
            "description": "‘Not going to work’: Flanno extension slammed amid Dragons’ ‘elephant in the room’",
            "content": "Shane Flanagan’s long-term extension at the Dragons has been called into question as he persists with a halves pairing of son Kyle and Daniel Atkinson, despite the side’s lack of attack.\nThe Dragons came 15th last season and extended Flanagan until t... [5457 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2026-shane-flanagan-extension-slammed-kyle-flanagan-daniel-atkinson-halves-pairing-not-working-st-george-illawarra-dragons-round-4/news-story/fa866bc39bf630ffae9a02c80db9784b",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/8639724c64a830f635f74e7953eb613c",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-24T09:56:57Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "Fox Sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3819598b6f5603ff8336ca2bde283e30",
            "title": "Tottenham choose two shock Tudor replacements as Spurs agree exit by 'mutual consent'",
            "description": "Tottenham have agreed Igor Tudor's exit by 'mutual consent' after their defeat to Nottingham Forest over the weekend, according to reports.",
            "content": "Tottenham have agreed Igor Tudor’s exit by ‘mutual consent’ after their 3-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest over the weekend, according to reports.\nSpurs sacked Thomas Frank earlier this year and replaced him with Tudor in an interim head coach role unti... [3455 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.football365.com/news/tottenham-shock-tudor-replacements-hughton-agree-exit-mutual-consent",
            "image": "https://d2x51gyc4ptf2q.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/2026/03/24091335/Two-Images-Collage-Igor-Tudor-Chris-Hughton.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-24T09:21:27Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "26e19304e086038be53abe196d8409c6",
                "name": "Football365",
                "url": "https://www.football365.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e261f90d0a090b2f427cd889da70b2e7",
            "title": "Medical room: The full AFL injury list, R3",
            "description": "Who's struggling, who's a test, check out the players from your list who are a little sore",
            "content": "Check out the injury updates from all 18 clubs.\nPLAYER INJURY ESTIMATED RETURN Callum Ah Chee Hamstring 6-8 weeks Dan Curtin Knee 6-8 weeks Sid Draper Ankle Test Mitch Hinge Back 1 week Mark Keane Leg 8-10 weeks Rory Laird Calf 1-2 weeks Toby Murray ... [15037 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.afl.com.au/news/1484108/medical-room-the-full-afl-injury-list-r3",
            "image": "https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/photo/2026/03/20/8983830c-008d-4bca-9772-66b6d79cfdfa/yLzwgdGT.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-24T09:18:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a46a0522ac739f3ecebe94711f4dabe",
                "name": "afl.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.afl.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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