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": 245692,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "44d4ba3252482f3b171ff8d9f6246150",
            "title": "Gibcus and Smillie faced with injury setbacks",
            "description": "Richmond duo Josh Gibcus and Josh Smillie face further injury woes.",
            "content": "Richmond's High Performance Manager, Ben Serpell, provides the Round 8 Injury Report ahead of the Club's clash with West Coast.\nDespite Friday night's Anzac Day Eve loss, Serpell took positives from key forward Tom Lynch's performance after working h... [4981 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2007884/injury-set-backs-for-gibcus-and-smillie",
            "image": "https://resources.richmondfc.com.au/aflc-rich/photo/2026/04/28/b460f00d-38c4-4d76-8aa6-078410371246/INJURY-REPORT-5-.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T06:56:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5bd3b96049a0857e5bf337a438cf738c",
                "name": "richmondfc.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.richmondfc.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c99acfe8f3bd2d732e1b6f965d287e41",
            "title": "Jarome Luai agrees to join PNG Chiefs from 2028",
            "description": "The Wests Tigers co-captain has informed teammates he will move to the NRL’s expansion franchise after next season.",
            "content": "April 28, 2026 — 4:46pm\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nJarome Luai has agreed to join the NRL’s expansion franchise PNG Chiefs from 2028.\nThe 29-year-old Wests Tigers co-captain inf... [2554 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/jarome-luai-agrees-deal-to-join-png-chiefs-from-2028-20260428-p5zrtn.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5703%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_414%2C$y_206/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/b07d375cd082a7bcb2b42b9b1394035cbca7f50a",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T06:46:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "65045958568caf3ea94d17e4238416e8",
                "name": "SMH.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.smh.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ff2ff81a4fbfb126215375e00f8fd12a",
            "title": "Team List: NRL Round 9 v Cronulla Sharks",
            "description": "Wests Tigers NRL Head Coach, Benji Marshall has selected his 22-man squad to take on the Cronulla Sharks at Ocean Protect Stadium in Round 9 of the NRL Telstra Premiership.",
            "content": "Coming off the back of a convincing 33-14 ANZAC Round victory over the Raiders at Leichhardt Oval, the Tigers are sitting in third place on the competition ladder ahead of their trip to Cronulla.\nThere are two changes to the forward pack, with Trista... [1457 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2026/04/28/team-list-nrl-round-9-v-cronulla-sharks/",
            "image": "https://www.weststigers.com.au/contentassets/d8a9cbaa75af4c18a817266fabb5e6b6/wt2026_team-list_webvssharks.jpg?center=0.31%2C0.45&preset=share",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T06:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "78cace08a2cebb66bc812375ce74109a",
                "name": "Wests Tigers",
                "url": "https://www.weststigers.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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