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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": 221298,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8c9219010c4ab4424452e1c0923e017c",
            "title": "The Ashes 2025 LIVE cricket scores: Australia vs England 1st Test; Day 1 highlights, results and latest updates; Ben Stokes' inspiring bowling change stops fightback; Cameron Green cops 'vicious' blow",
            "description": "Welcome to Wide World of Sports' LIVE coverage of the first Test of the Ashes series between Australia and England at Perth Stadium.",
            "content": "PERTH: England faced 32.5 overs.\nNow Australia have faced the same. And the fifth ball came with Mitch Starc tucking it down to fine leg.\nAustralia are 6-96.\nSo who's in front? You'd have to say England at the moment with a lead of 76 runs.\nPERTH: Be... [1622 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nine.com.au/sport/cricket/the-ashes-2025-live-scores-australia-england-first-test-day-one-highlights-results-latest-updates-20251121-p5nhdd.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_1%2C$multiply_1%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_3395%2C$x_0%2C$y_177/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_1200%2Cq_88%2Cf_auto/294ea8f9841d02979e06df3ad11084d99ca773da",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-21T09:08:22Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f24775d826544c821fc5b672e89feda5",
                "name": "Nine",
                "url": "https://www.nine.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "222758f56f338d8ebb5779b59c90d669",
            "title": "Usman Khawaja criticised by Test greats for 'poor management' as toilet break triggers little",
            "description": "Usman Khawaja is criticised by several Australian Test greats after time off the field means he is forbidden from opening Australia's batting innings, exposing debutant Jake Weatherald.",
            "content": "Usman Khawaja has attracted criticism for missing the start of Australia's batting innings due to spending time off the field for a toilet break and some stretching.\nKhawaja came off the field at the end of the 29th over of England's innings and retu... [2566 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-21/cricket-usman-khawaja-toilet-break-massage-break-criticism-ashes/106039242",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/aac246b3556c44eda4c160f1d232351c?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=994&cropW=1768&xPos=587&yPos=102&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-21T08:45:44Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "abc.net.au",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5d0d8a1d1131bd46f8766dd5105f851d",
            "title": "Flanagan reveals how Dragons will improve, identifies likely halves for 2026",
            "description": "The coach has spoken on his side's preparations for 2026.",
            "content": "St George Illawarra Dragons head coach Shane Flanagan has revealed exactly how he believes his side will turn things around in 2026.\nFlanagan's outfit are widely tipped to again struggle in 2026, after finishing 15th in 2025.\nThat doesn't tell the wh... [1886 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.zerotackle.com/flanagan-reveals-how-dragons-will-improve-identifies-likely-halves-for-2026-229132/",
            "image": "https://www.zerotackle.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/GettyImages-2214327985-scaled.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-21T07:22:44Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8042d8bed4393fe0a7610b136b55a57d",
                "name": "Zero Tackle",
                "url": "https://www.zerotackle.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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