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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": 214860,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "fb0b0d2e7277396a75ef27deaef24ea3",
            "title": "NRL star Nathan Cleary forced kitchen renovation",
            "description": "NRL star Nathan Cleary is lucky to be alive after part of his multimillion-dollar home was sensationally destroyed.",
            "content": "NRL superstar Nathan Cleary has suffered a nightmare at-home disaster.\nJust days out from the Penrith Panthers’ NRL season opener against Brisbane, Cleary has more than footy on his mind, after the kitchen in his Sydney home was sensationally destroy... [1721 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.realestate.com.au/news/nrl-star-nathan-cleary-forced-kitchen-renovation/",
            "image": "https://www.realestate.com.au/news/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/capi_8572c2801c6978ba3b42acfdfe407943_f829f4490ed928d8094143ad09bcc88e.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-05T02:59:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e77f92e60e3c97e9eee1139d4d6d38e5",
                "name": "realestate.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.realestate.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "034fd0eb75e1f5ccbf0f396094b412a5",
            "title": "Aston Martin reveal fears over nerve damage will prevent F1 team from finishing Australian GP",
            "description": "Aston Martin have admitted that Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll will not be able to complete even half race distance at the season-opening Australian GP in Melbourne",
            "content": "Aston Martin have admitted that Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll will not be able to complete even half race distance at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix this weekend for fear of suffering permanent nerve damage because of a vibration problem... [3885 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/mar/05/f1-formula-one-melbourne-australian-gp-grand-prix-aston-martin",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3b30ed9c9f70cff484d7b32da5e388ecf80dbcf8/715_0_4583_3667/master/4583.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=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=78118db52d678019d62aab02e77ab071",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-05T02:26:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "225592e52a29ca1613ecb0a067215446",
            "title": "‘Permanent nerve damage’: Shock claim stuns F1 as big-spending team says it won’t finish Aus GP",
            "description": "‘Permanent nerve damage’: Shock claim stuns as F1 team says it won’t finish Aus GP",
            "content": "Aston Martin will not complete the Australian Grand Prix because of the risk of permanent nerve damage to its drivers from extreme vibrations in the car.\nAston Martin is in the first season of a works relationship with Honda to coincide with the swee... [7099 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/motorsport/formula-one/permanent-nerve-damage-risk-revealed-as-bigbucks-f1-team-admits-it-wont-finish-australian-gp/news-story/dce17815ca208f9fe91a50efeccc7475",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/a71622928476a9525929b31ed63d77f7",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-05T02:14:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "fox sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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