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": 245976,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "18aee7da7fab3d1233c52f6cb31c37eb",
            "title": "Pies veteran in doubt for next week after Anzac Day masterclass",
            "description": "Despite having one of the best games of his career against Essendon, Scott Pendlebury is likely to take a breather",
            "content": "COLLINGWOOD coach Craig McRae has hailed Scott Pendlebury a \"legend of the game\", but has declared his brilliant veteran is unlikely to play next week following his extraordinary Anzac Day heroics.\nPendlebury claimed a record fourth Anzac Medal at th... [4724 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.afl.com.au/news/1504214/coaches-essendon-bombers-v-collingwood-magpies",
            "image": "https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/photo/2026/04/25/58fb69f9-25c3-47e0-934e-dfa4e47bf970/2SqR3uz9.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-25T14:00:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a46a0522ac739f3ecebe94711f4dabe",
                "name": "afl.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.afl.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e6e110a9a0fbc24e835bbcce65f726af",
            "title": "Classy Dockers turn on jets late to ease past Blues",
            "description": "Fremantle has maintained its place in the top two on the ladder after sinking Carlton",
            "content": "FREMANTLE star Shai Bolton produced a game-breaking final quarter on Saturday night to keep a spirited Carlton at arm's length and ensure the Dockers won their sixth straight game by 14 points at Optus Stadium.\nWith Freo challenged by the Blues throu... [4701 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.afl.com.au/news/1504249/classy-fremantle-dockers-turn-on-jets-late-to-ease-past-carlton-blues",
            "image": "https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/photo/2026/04/25/dcf1e472-70a6-4a5f-8b3a-b56262590cac/KLgyxT1e.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-25T12:53:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a46a0522ac739f3ecebe94711f4dabe",
                "name": "afl.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.afl.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "249c807bf950a3aca7aeef9ce6a6d22c",
            "title": "Power stun Cats with shock upset made worse by injury to key tall",
            "description": "Port Adelaide dominated but was wasteful in front of goal early before straightening up to stun Geelong",
            "content": "GEELONG has crashed to an upset 30-point loss to Port Adelaide, with versatile veteran Mark Blicavs suffering a knee injury.\nThe Power, inspired by Jason Horne-Francis, logged first-year coach Josh Carr's best win with a 13.17 (95) to 10.5 (65) Anzac... [3859 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.afl.com.au/news/1504246/port-adelaide-power-stun-geelong-cats-with-shock-upset-made-worse-by-injury-to-key-tall",
            "image": "https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/photo/2026/04/25/1f32b4ab-9196-4135-8c45-d73f4d04a3b6/07PAGe26SR06408-COPY.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-25T11:54:10Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a46a0522ac739f3ecebe94711f4dabe",
                "name": "afl.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.afl.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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