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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": 234080,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c7ff70ed1ca1d761896ee3a631a10a3f",
            "title": "Claudia Hollingsworth sensationally reinstated as 1,500m national champion, after initial disqualification",
            "description": "The twists and turns of the women's 1,500 metres final at the Australian Athletics Championships continue, with Claudia Hollingsworth winning her appeal against her disqualification, after favourite Jess Hull crashed out.",
            "content": "In short:\nClaudia Hollingsworth has been reinstated as the women's 1,500m winner at the Australian Athletics Championships in Sydney.\nShe was disqualified last night after being involved in an incident that saw three-time defending champion Jess Hull... [2073 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-11/claudia-hollingsworth-jess-hull-australian-athletics-champs-1500/106554698",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/f648bf8e15c7c9e3d880ac1e14d3ffa1?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1688&cropW=3000&xPos=0&yPos=548&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-11T06:26:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f25986ae9c984c5fed0c783220bea168",
            "title": "Lions fight off Roos' challenge for third straight win",
            "description": "The Lions have overcome the Roos in a hard-fought contest",
            "content": "BRISBANE has seen off a valiant North Melbourne to notch its third straight win on Saturday, holding off the Kangaroos by 26 points at Barossa Park.\nIn wet and windy conditions, the Lions trailed by 12 points at quarter-time but held sway for much of... [4388 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.afl.com.au/news/1495046/brisbane-lions-fight-off-north-melbourne-kangaroos-challenge-for-third-straight-win",
            "image": "https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/photo/2026/04/11/501b23d5-5873-4d89-a9e5-e973d9d418fd/IYBdDmhr.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-11T05:17:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a46a0522ac739f3ecebe94711f4dabe",
                "name": "afl.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.afl.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2651c6b5442d97d0cee04634bf049803",
            "title": "Super Saturday: Rabbitohs v Raiders; Roosters v Shark; Storm v Warriors",
            "description": "Follow all the action from Round 6 of the NRL Telstra Premiership on NRL.com's live blog.",
            "content": "Rugby league fans will get a glimpse of the growing anticipation for the Perth Bears' 2027 arrival when Optus Stadium hosts a double-header on Saturday afternoon.\nThe Rabbitohs will take on the Raiders before Cronulla faces the Roosters in what will ... [4451 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nrl.com/news/2026/04/11/super-staturday-rabbitohs-v-raiders-roosters-v-shark-storm-v-warriors/",
            "image": "https://www.nrl.com/contentassets/76f0f687a45e435eb8375679690add9d/80690156_sasagis-260411_th1_9900_202641115296.jpg?center=0.3%2C0.5&preset=share",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-11T04:39:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6e9cb848877718eb091dd0195c10d23e",
                "name": "NRL.com",
                "url": "https://www.nrl.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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