Australia Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Australia with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Australia Sports News API

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": 235666,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e4e2b080932ede7fe03feaafe24ce0fa",
            "title": "Four-club ruck calls time on decorated career",
            "description": "Tom Campbell has retired after 58 games across four clubs",
            "content": "NARRM ruck Tom Campbell is hanging up the boots bringing to a close a 15-year career across the Demons, the Western Bulldogs, North Melbourne and Euro-Yroke.\nThe 34-year-old suffered a torn ligament in his neck after a collision at training in Januar... [1332 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.afl.com.au/news/1519169/melbourne-north-melbourne-western-bulldogs-and-st-kilda-ruck-tom-campbell-calls-time-on-decorated-career",
            "image": "https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/photo/2026/05/15/ccf020fa-42e4-477e-aa9b-b0ba88d5a834/VtBcDebA.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T05:45:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a46a0522ac739f3ecebe94711f4dabe",
                "name": "afl.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.afl.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "68ee0fe5719cdf43f0a99decd97a3c3a",
            "title": "ABC boss Hugh Marks flags TV program cuts as broadcaster pivots to new platforms",
            "description": "The ABC's managing director says the public broadcaster's biggest challenge is \"stopping things\" as he seeks to grow audiences on new platforms without increasing staff.",
            "content": "The ABC's managing director, Hugh Marks, has warned audiences to brace for some decades-old shows to be axed over the next year or so, as the public broadcaster struggles to pivot to modern formats with a stagnant budget.\nMr Marks, who took over the ... [7247 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-15/abc-boss-hugh-marks-on-tv-program-cuts-and-new-media/106678644",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/27eaa4866cb055f57b50c841c59aed43?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=742&cropW=1319&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T05:04:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ae0b9ea57a147c04fbaf9f5a04a556b1",
            "title": "Sydney and Fremantle lead early flag chase, but dual styles make Hawthorn a strong chance",
            "description": "An early review of the AFL season so far points to a split between two distinct styles, with one side making a case for being flag favourites by showing it can deliver both.",
            "content": "With winter looming and just over a third of the season gone, some patterns are starting to emerge across the AFL.\nScoring is up across the board as teams angle for a spot in the expanded finals.\nClubs tend to wait at least six or eight weeks to work... [8608 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-15/afl-style-trends-ball-control-grand-final-contenders/106683462",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/978547f49a15f41807811faf8baa93d7?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2232&cropW=3968&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T04:01:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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