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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": 222760,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "333beb6b8ba18cc22dc157bb26dea571",
            "title": "Verstappen wins Qatar Grand Prix, Piastri second",
            "description": "Australian Oscar Piastri was leading until a strategic mistake by McLaren allowed Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to steal in and claim victory.",
            "content": "Max Verstappen won the Qatar Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday to take the Formula One title battle with McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to a season-ending showdown in Abu Dhabi next weekend.\nBriton Norris finished fourth, behind the William... [2100 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorsport/verstappen-wins-qatar-grand-prix-piastri-second-20251201-p5njne.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.45009999999999994%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_54/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/30b5084af90f7b6ec5b8cf489096abbe9caff9ae",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-30T17:41:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "65045958568caf3ea94d17e4238416e8",
                "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
                "url": "https://www.smh.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6d563be605501a8b7de85bcfd8e93a4e",
            "title": "F1 live Qatar: Oscar Piastri on pole, pressure mounts on Lando Norris",
            "description": "Oscar Piastri starts on pole for the Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix, with F1 championship leader Lando Norris feeling the pressure in second. Follow live.",
            "content": "Let's have a quick run down on what needs to happen if the F1 drivers championship is to be decided this weekend — with thanks to F1 for the tidy graphic.\nEssentially, if Lando Norris wins tonight's race, he will win the title if Oscar Piastri finish... [6646 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-01/f1-live-qatar-grand-prix-oscar-piastri-lando-norris/105995110",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/3713e54773fd41dcfee6026c9196e1f4?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2142&cropW=3808&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-30T14:14:58Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "abc.net.au",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2fa351cb9f95b5210287d9d80e2d54be",
            "title": "Happy Head takes a swing at cricketing convention",
            "description": "Australia's free-flowing left-hander content with any role, agreeing with his captain that batting...",
            "content": "Travis Head channelling Happy Gilmore? Add it to the list of traits that make him Australia's loveable-larrikin cricketer.\nIt was with a nod to the iconic \"gold jacket, green jacket – who gives a shit?\" line that Head gave his take on whether day-nig... [7177 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cricket.com.au/news/4411631/travis-head-batting-position-opening-number-five-khawaja-australia-england-second-ashes-test-gabba-brisbane-day-night-pink-ball-happy-gilmore",
            "image": "https://resources.cricket-australia.pulselive.com/cricket-australia/photo/2025/11/30/5eb5fa50-5841-448c-ab09-2ec47898e899/Head-presser.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-30T10:35:27Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9522074746a59fd577de946aba66e5bb",
                "name": "cricket.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.cricket.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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