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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": 228304,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ea843da410e4d6799241eb73d9e6b41b",
            "title": "Australian water polo star switches allegiances to Croatia ahead of World Cup campaign",
            "description": "Luke Pavillard, who starred for the Aussie Sharks Water Polo team at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, says he will be switching his national allegiance to Croatia.",
            "content": "Australia's men's water polo team have suffered a major blow, with left-handed shooter Luke Pavillard switching his national allegiances to Croatia just months out from Sydney hosting the World Cup finals.\nThe 30-year-old, who was born in Kalgoorlie,... [6415 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-31/australian-water-polo-sharks-luke-pavillard-croatia/106516066",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e2618ee9170dabf778969abe3a0e120f?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=126&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-31T05:54:10Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "46794a2611003b15640790b1a84fa3a8",
            "title": "BARRETT: Why 'rebuild' should be a dirty word for footy's cellar",
            "description": "History shows that brutal list culls rarely result in premiership glory, writes Damian Barrett",
            "content": "BEWARE the rebuild. Or the re-positioning, re-stumping, re-wiring and all other spin-driven words and phrases football clubs choose to apply to time-buying list management projects.\nBeware the planned bottoming-out. Be sceptical of contrived celebrat... [5371 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.afl.com.au/news/1487969/barrett-why-rebuild-should-be-a-dirty-word-for-footys-cellar-dwellers",
            "image": "https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/photo/2026/03/31/b7a7e051-a978-469d-8741-30bbb3e1c7bb/3103_damo_on_tuesday.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-31T05:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a46a0522ac739f3ecebe94711f4dabe",
                "name": "afl.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.afl.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "76e35e057da2c66284a42cc632694c5e",
            "title": "Injury Report: Round Four",
            "description": "An update on Jordan Dawson, Rory Laird, Mitch Hinge and more ahead of Round Four.",
            "content": "Adelaide is expected to welcome back experienced trio Jordan Dawson, Taylor Walker and Rory Laird for Round Four's match against Fremantle on Friday night.\nCrows General Manager High Performance Ian McKeown said Captain Dawson was managed for last we... [1340 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.afc.com.au/news/1985419/injury-report-round-four",
            "image": "https://resources.afc.com.au/aflc-adel/photo/2026/03/31/4291baf7-fa22-48b4-b055-b578e70a6d8f/FB-X-Web-1920x1080-.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-31T05:22:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9dfd04c7ccfe571ae5c5178eb651003b",
                "name": "afc.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.afc.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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