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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": 235812,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "eb8e31c6249d0473a74d60d431c3ff7c",
            "title": "Iran football chief pessimistic about FIFA World Cup following US air strikes",
            "description": "Reverberations from the Middle East conflict hits global sport, with Iran's soccer chief offering a bleak outlook for the FIFA World Cup in the United States.",
            "content": "Reverberations from the Middle East conflict are hitting global sport, with Iran's soccer chief offering a bleak outlook for the FIFA World Cup in the United States.\nThe day after the US and Israel began air strikes against his country, Iran's footba... [2334 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-02/iran-pessimistic-about-fifa-world-cup-after-us-air-strikes/106404046",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/4c9ed340ca101f7b9c84a057900dd071?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2195&cropW=3903&xPos=0&yPos=72&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-01T21:48:29Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "22928825e7b6391d3f8272833100dcac",
            "title": "We asked an NFL writer to watch the NRL. This is his scouting report on 12 Las Vegas stars",
            "description": "A veteran NFL writer watched NRL Vegas. He may have found ‘the next great Aussie’",
            "content": "Cam Inman is a San Francisco Bay Area-based sports reporter who has covered the NFL and the 49ers since 2000 for the Bay Area News Group and CBS-5 San Francisco. He also extensively covered Jarryd Hayne’s crossover from the NRL to the NFL in 2015.\nAn... [4455 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-las-vegas-2026-us-reporter-cam-inman-scouting-report-matt-burton-stephen-crichton-kalyn-ponga-lachie-galvin/news-story/175813af3c6fea1a7ece25705bfa751b",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/8fa14ee5416bf68e05d84bbc2744506d",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-01T20:15:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "fox sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b1067994dc00b65406306166daf255eb",
            "title": "‘CHEAT’: New Spurs boss’ rage as relegation nightmare looms; Utd great’s epic record — PL Wrap",
            "description": "‘CHEAT’: New Spurs boss’ rage as relegation nightmare looms; Utd great’s epic record — PL Wrap",
            "content": "Arsenal re-established a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League as the Gunners overcame 10-man Chelsea 2-1 on Sunday, while Benjamin Sesko fired Manchester United up to third with victory over Crystal Palace.\nDefenders William Saliba and Ju... [3851 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/how-to-cheat-new-spurs-boss-ref-rant-in-latest-meltdown-utd-great-equals-record-pl-wrap/news-story/ef00d94b41acd9b98d321e4fb79221d4",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/c4c1ec26eefced782faa1943815f8dae",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-01T20:12:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "fox sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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