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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": 204102,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "0cf068ce67247d762463bda7b3da1022",
            "title": "What you need to know about 2026 F1 testing day two",
            "description": "The second day of Formula 1 testing at Barcelona was book-ended by red flags caused by Red Bull, though one incident was more severe than the other. Here's what you need to know:",
            "content": "The second day of Formula 1 testing at Barcelona was book-ended by red flags caused by Red Bull, though one incident was more severe than the other.\nMax Verstappen got his first taste of Red Bull’s RB22 on Tuesday and immediately slid through the gra... [4803 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/what-you-need-to-know-about-2026-f1-testing-day-two/",
            "image": "https://www.the-race.com/content/images/size/w1200/2026/01/SI202601270644.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-27T19:32:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1c7708af8027e6931a954e0007b879d3",
                "name": "The Race",
                "url": "https://www.the-race.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5a5a04280f95535eb6f68dfbefab0768",
            "title": "Arne Slot: Liverpool can still do 'special things' this season and Andy Robertson set to stay",
            "description": "Liverpool boss Arne Slot says his side can do \"special things\" if they improve, but refuses to say what he considers to be an \"acceptable\" season.",
            "content": "Arne Slot believes his Liverpool side can still achieve \"very special things\" this season but refused to discuss what an \"acceptable\" outcome would look like.\nLiverpool have won just five of their past 18 Premier League games, leading to \"noise\" that... [4374 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ckgvpjx4yy9o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/1167/live/35ca4440-fba1-11f0-a1ee-f9a3598885a9.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-27T17:42:27Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "120a20fe3319b418679b9328f5128fcf",
            "title": "Alex de Minaur speaks after his straight sets loss to Spain superstar Carlos Alcaraz at Melbourne Park",
            "description": "Alex de Minaur was undeniably brave, and played an aggressive brand of tennis, but he has now won only one set from his seven major quarter-finals so far.",
            "content": "Australian Open with 4K on Stan Sport.\nEvery match, live & on demand.\nStream now\nWorld No.1 Carlos Alcaraz has reminded everyone of his greatness with an awe-inspiring performance to end Alex de Minaur’s Australian Open title dream and reach his firs... [5436 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/sport/tennis/you-feel-quite-deflated-de-minaur-reflects-after-his-quarter-final-loss-to-freakishly-good-alcaraz-20260127-p5nxc7.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.26443553611920956%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_359%2C$y_155/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/d72f22b2e132554282e343a9d09152d50584ed3e",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-27T14:17:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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