
Australia Sports News API
Get the live top sports headlines from Australia with our JSON API.
Get API key for the Australia Sports News APIAPI 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": 7090802, "articles": [ { "id": "49fb3e527b66a0cf17df2516f0029fcc", "title": "Photographer Shane Batham settles action against Hamilton Island operators over art classes", "description": "Shane Batham confidentially settles a court action against the operators of Hamilton Island over claims that an art class reproduced his photos without permission.", "content": "A prominent landscape photographer has settled a court action with one of Australia's largest island operators after claims it misused copyrighted photos.\nPhotographer Shane Batham sued Hamilton Island Enterprises Limited in the Federal Court in June... [3572 chars]", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-22/photographer-settles-hamilton-island-operator-over-copyright/105747928", "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/a03c768d27ab013623d66eb8b0919159?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=399&cropW=709&xPos=245&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic", "publishedAt": "2025-10-21T20:44:19Z", "lang": "en", "source": { "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74", "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au", "country": "au" } }, { "id": "591d45e4bd26fc4130dbc7f379ddb373", "title": "Millions of red crabs begin annual migration on Christmas Island as numbers 'skyrocket'", "description": "Authorities say the number of red crabs on the island has \"skyrocketed\" as the annual migration begins.", "content": "On a tropical island 1,500 kilometres from Australia's mainland, employers understand if you can not make it to work because of crabs on the road.\nThis week, Christmas Island residents are once again sharing their home with millions of the island's e... [2515 chars]", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-22/red-crab-migration-begins-on-christmas-island/105916362", "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/c7a0cb5ea6157752a82f02124721200a?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=250&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic", "publishedAt": "2025-10-21T20:35:40Z", "lang": "en", "source": { "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74", "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au", "country": "au" } }, { "id": "6302b6977720dd7f2cf7bd410e47b9b4", "title": "Mark Nawaqanitawase becomes dual international as Kangaroos name Ashes Test squad", "description": "Ex-Wallabies winger Mark Nawaqanitawase and Reece Walsh are among four players named to make their debuts for Australia in the opening Ashes rugby league Test against England.", "content": "In short:\nMark Nawaqanitawase has been named to start on the wing for the Kangaroos in the first Ashes Test at Wembley.\nReece Walsh has also selected to make his Test debut.\nWhat's next?\nThe Kangaroos and England will face each other in three Tests.\n... [2105 chars]", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-22/australia-kangaroos-mark-nawaqanitawase-test-squad-england/105919382", "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/36ab62f696d02bef425823286601661d?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2095&cropW=3724&xPos=0&yPos=157&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic", "publishedAt": "2025-10-21T19:58:49Z", "lang": "en", "source": { "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74", "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au", "country": "au" } } ] }