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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": 234258,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c4950280c95ae79f0fcd95d1a032c0f5",
            "title": "Mitch Duke to retire from Socceroos after FIFA World Cup bid",
            "description": "Mitch Duke will retire from international football this year, but is still hopeful of being part of Australia's FIFA World Cup squad.",
            "content": "If Socceroos veteran Mitch Duke has his way, he will retire after playing at the World Cup.\nBut the 35-year-old Duke will call time on his international career regardless of whether he makes Tony Popovic's squad and pulls off his swansong.\nThe 50-cap... [2457 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-08/mitch-duke-to-retire-from-socceroos-after-fifa-world-cup-bid/106540856",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/64ce34032f84b53b403d817796c1eeaf?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2570&cropW=4568&xPos=0&yPos=181&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T23:32:29Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9c319bcfed6fc151e1347ada206375d9",
            "title": "‘Walking the plank’: Vandalism double act to cost mega sum as heat rises on coaches —AFL Daily",
            "description": "‘Walking the plank’: Vandalism double act to cost mega sum as heat rises on coaches —AFL Daily",
            "content": "There’s been a A vandalism double act as pressure rises on coaches. MORE IN AFL DAILY.\nWatch every match of every round of the Premiership Season LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? Join now and ge... [1587 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/port-adelaide-power/afl-2026-connor-rozee-on-zak-butters-future-free-agency-call-vandalism-double-act-graphite-on-cafe-ran-by-carlton-fans-damages-to-essendons-tullamarine-surface-latest-news/news-story/cc1577433aa13218d2a528083119f1b3",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/1694350e5e020381b73e6efb1038b732",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T22:01:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "Fox Sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8df735293a1686286b0e2eec3d1b96e3",
            "title": "Swimming Australia's support dog experiment wins plenty of fans at Australian Open",
            "description": "The swimmers at the Australian Open championships this week have had additional support from the side of the pool in the form of three retriever dogs.",
            "content": "Anyone who has ever been to a major swim meet will be familiar with the scene.\nHundreds of swimmers mill around in various states of stress, rushing from warm-up pool to change rooms, while coaches hover nearby, clipboards in hand and concern on thei... [8962 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-08/support-dogs-for-swimmers-australian-open/106537944",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e30f6b09cd0753b1d72ce9f37447c419?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1262&cropW=2243&xPos=1092&yPos=421&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T22:00:05Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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