Australia Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Australia with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Australia Sports News API

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": 248150,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "558f01454b986afdcf2d7f824feb441f",
            "title": "Austrian Grand Prix: Formula One - live",
            "description": "Lap-by-lap report: It is lights out at the Red Bull Ring as Lewis Hamilton hopes to continue his fine form. Join Philip Cornwall",
            "content": "After David Croft took a break for the last race, it’s Martin Brundle’s turn for a break. Ted Kravitz and Bernie Collins will have grid duties for Sky Sports.\nHere are the constructors’ standings:\n1 Mercedes 262pts\n2 Ferrari 190\n3 McLaren 141\n4 Red B... [3802 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2026/jun/28/austrian-grand-prix-formula-one-live",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a496d451364f3a9861fbeb7bfea16f9f8c63ec5a/266_0_3657_2926/master/3657.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=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctbGl2ZS5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=df24926c05c2128d9cfd4c3eaefa5c26",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-28T12:03:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7e17f20296f344ed42aad30fdd213c7c",
            "title": "‘That’s not a try’: Legend up in arms as Dragons dudded",
            "description": "NRL legend Cooper Cronk couldn’t believe his eyes after Canberra Raiders winger Xavier Savage was awarded a controversial try against the St George Illawarra Dragons, despite a clear knock-on from teammate Simi Sasagi.",
            "content": "NRL icon Cooper Cronk was left stunned on Sunday after the Bunker green-lit a controversial try that paved way for the Raiders to steal victory from the Dragons.\nCanberra were leading by two points in the second half when Savage pinched a cut-out pas... [2274 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nine.com.au/sport/nrl/news-2026-cooper-cronk-reacts-xavier-savage-try-canberra-raiders-st-george-illawarra-dragons-20260628-p60aq2.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.4129%2C$multiply_2%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_344%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_1200%2Cq_88%2Cf_auto/c07340ffdffe91432fa533616c36103dbe1b2a5cbe303ce5dea388ec354f1cad",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-28T10:35:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f24775d826544c821fc5b672e89feda5",
                "name": "Nine.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.nine.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ed4b39b9faec9d1d3ad7e7fe58fc9509",
            "title": "AFL 2026, The Run Home after Round 16",
            "description": "Where every AFL club will finish on the ladder, and who’ll make the first 10-team finals",
            "content": "With the bye rounds done and dusted, we can see September on the horizon. There’s just eight rounds left in the 2026 season - so who’s playing finals?\nThis is The Run Home, where Foxfooty.com.au analyses every club’s remaining fixture and tries to pr... [28394 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2026-the-run-home-after-round-16-predicted-ladder-top-10-and-finals-matchups-ladder-predictor-analysis-fixture-latest-news/news-story/9ba8644f710e073901769660cedab5c5",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/25ae1fd072a10d5fd6d800e5a9cf59fc",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-28T10:04:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "Fox Sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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