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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": 225966,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b7dc5dcf70edf42fa89554891c45b7eb",
            "title": "Garang Kuol: what happened to the Socceroos’ nearly-hero of 2022 World Cup?",
            "description": "After a few nomadic years in Europe the wonder kid has ‘remembered what he is all about’, giving hope he may yet reach his immense potential",
            "content": "But for Emiliano Martínez’s outstretched arms, eh? A golden chance, deep in injury-time, for Australia’s wonder kid to become their golden boy, to push Argentina into an extra 30 minutes in the last 16 of the 2022 World Cup.\n“Liked what you saw there... [6099 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/dec/11/garang-kuol-socceroos-2022-world-cup-newcastle-united-football-australia",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/12ba1c21d72d26a381cbbc22acd7b5b2666a6fc5/561_0_4616_3695/master/4616.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=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=2fd3f7bdbeee6c4f706e24802bb34c1a",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-11T14:02:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1f6d46df0b08c2e41631e1ba93c2070e",
            "title": "Brendon McCullum’s distrust of specialist coaches is hurting England",
            "description": "Ben Stokes bemoaned side’s mental fragility after latest Ashes defeat in Brisbane, but trimmed-down backroom staff may be root cause of team’s struggles",
            "content": "With a bowling attack short of experience and lacking a natural leader — other than Stokes himself — poor body language in the field was all the more harmful. James Anderson and Stuart Broad would have been barking their disapproval had they still be... [4672 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thetimes.com/sport/cricket/ashes/article/england-australia-ashes-fielding-run-outs-vwvwdpj7j",
            "image": "https://www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2F9ae6c4e4-777b-4060-9230-2fd7be888a79.jpg?crop=3174%2C1786%2C990%2C176&resize=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-11T13:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9e0e1039092ec85a0b069e08b66bb337",
                "name": "The Times",
                "url": "https://www.thetimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5d88aaa9681536e43a4b3cdceba4134b",
            "title": "Masterful Mooney sets up Scorchers' charge to WBBL Final",
            "description": "Beth Mooney's glorious finals run rolls on as her big knock set the platform for Scorchers' defeat...",
            "content": "Beth Mooney has continued her golden run in WBBL|11, hammering 76 to lead the Perth Scorchers to an 11-run win over the Sydney Sixers, setting up a date with the Hurricanes in Saturday's decider.\nThe world's best T20I batter was at her imperious best... [4659 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cricket.com.au/news/4417995/sydney-sixers-v-perth-scorchers-wbbl11-challenger-north-sydney-oval-finals-toss-teams-match-report-highlights-videos-score",
            "image": "https://resources.cricket-australia.pulselive.com/cricket-australia/photo/2025/12/11/d73c8baf-1a74-4a27-a946-c02b09504b7f/Mooney.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-11T11:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9522074746a59fd577de946aba66e5bb",
                "name": "cricket.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.cricket.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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