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": 234600,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "446b0e79edfae4f2f1c84f62e6ddab05",
            "title": "Australia news live: Tabcorp under investigation by financial watchdog; NSW police to ‘actively monitor’ returning family linked to IS fighters",
            "description": "Follow live",
            "content": "From 25m ago\nTabcorp under investigation by financial watchdog\nTabcorp said this morning it is being investigated by Austrac, the country’s financial intelligence agency.\nThe company said in an ASX announcement that Austrac had informed the betting g... [19196 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/may/07/royal-commission-antisemitism-budget-cost-of-living-jim-chalmers-anthony-albanese-tax-islamic-state-families-syria-ntwnfb",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ce28fcc813e256ee94e6e3616ed8a1045b45f276/900_1155_2492_1994/master/2492.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=dec77d02614db253391d7fadeff2a70f",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T00:38:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bfcc66669c1309893078d121e1cb4d3a",
            "title": "Dean Young reality Dragons can’t ignore as ‘nightmare’ looms; door open for NSW’s forgotten man — Crawls",
            "description": "Fresh Dragons ‘nightmare’ as Dogs penalty leaves bad smell; NSW’s forgotten man",
            "content": "Dean Young should not be judged on wins and losses. Not this weekend against the Newcastle Knights. And certainly not over the next month.\nThe job Young has inherited at St George Illawarra is as close to a poisoned chalice as you will find in the NR... [7740 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2026-round-10-preview-fixtures-analysis-paul-crawley-column-why-dean-young-should-not-be-judged-on-dragons-wins-and-losses/news-story/032c43475f1ca255fd696d5d9346951b",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/bc6d643d9e8ff0668736fe2b4824a7de",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T00:00:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "Fox Sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "360aee697ea4c9930a7bfdd774a9f934",
            "title": "Mary Fowler's Manchester City wins WSL title ahead of Arsenal and Matildas teammates",
            "description": "Australian star Mary Fowler becomes an English football champion with Manchester City after Arsenal blow their WSL title hopes with a draw at Brighton.",
            "content": "Mary Fowler has become a Women's Super League champion with Manchester City, but some of her Matildas teammates have been left frustrated in their bid to lift the English title with Arsenal.\nFowler and her City colleagues were gifted the crown on Wed... [2107 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-07/mary-fowlers-manchester-city-wins-wsl-title/106651466",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/296ecd8227bb7f23f27b501ea2db1970?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1985&cropW=3528&xPos=0&yPos=51&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-06T23:17:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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