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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": 216590,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ec81a8537790a4f0e085ed31239e2d37",
            "title": "Deep, dynamic, dangerous: How this tweak could put Freo in flag contention",
            "description": "A strategic shift along with internal improvement could see the Dockers climb up the ladder",
            "content": "FREMANTLE'S deeper and more dynamic midfield shapes as a weapon in 2026 as well as an insurance policy as the team prepares to enter round one with all of its midfield stars available.\nThe Dockers have remained incredibly steady with their line-up fr... [3210 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.afl.com.au/news/1476554/deep-dynamic-dangerous-this-internal-tweak-has-fremantle-dockers-in-flag-contention",
            "image": "https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/photo/2026/03/12/d7b73384-c0d0-47e8-8012-dfafa0202cc6/Serong.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T01:07:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a46a0522ac739f3ecebe94711f4dabe",
                "name": "afl.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.afl.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "02cc38d4d17e8d0b6d2f475cac5bd519",
            "title": "Police allege newspaper boss Antony Catalano attacked woman with clothes iron",
            "description": "The co-owner of national newspaper company ACM appears in court, with police alleging he assaulted a woman and swung a clothes iron at her head.",
            "content": "Media boss Antony Catalano has been charged with assaulting a woman, with police alleging he dragged her through an apartment and swung a clothes iron at her head.\nThe woman suffered a fractured tailbone and was hospitalised on Friday after the alleg... [3138 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-14/media-figure-antony-catalano-charged-with-assault/106455160",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/d37e8ef715de0f6aab6cd622a7c794ae?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=675&cropW=1200&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-13T22:22:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "ABC News",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f8ed4c4082652b96885f24ea3a4f40d0",
            "title": "Wayne Bennett calls pitch invasion after Alex Johnston's NRL try",
            "description": "A grumpy Wayne Bennett has told reporters he has already answered enough questions about Alex Johnston's try-scoring record, and described fans rushing the field as \"pretty disruptive\".",
            "content": "A grumpy Wayne Bennett has told reporters he had already answered enough questions about Alex Johnston's try-scoring record and described fans rushing the field in celebration as \"pretty disruptive\".\nSouth Sydney winger Johnston entered rarefied air ... [1795 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-14/wayne-bennett-alex-johnston-nrl-try-record-pitch-invasion/106455186",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/4a9718677721d026c2ae9d9192463c6c?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=159&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-13T22:19:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "ABC News",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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