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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": 6350508,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "171775ab8f0f7483d71f748f470a7156",
            "title": "Watch: Australian star holds on for dramatic world champs bronze behind Kenyan legend",
            "description": "Jess Hull won bronze in the 1500 metres at the world championships, but four years after Peter Bol missed out on an Olympic medal by half a second, he was knocked out of the worlds by about the same time.",
            "content": "Tokyo: With 100 metres to go, Jess Hull had silver. And when you are racing against the legendary Faith Kipyegon, that is sort of the best you can hope for.\nBut while the Australian star had Kipyegon in front of her, she still had two more Kenyans cl... [3518 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/sport/athletics/peter-bol-left-heartbroken-in-tokyo-once-again-20250916-p5mvlg.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_1.7715814814814814%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_167%2C$y_107/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_jpg/t_theage_no_label_no_age_social_wm/bd4dd0ba6e6949de97efd757d87ead9b83c8e4f43e3c0d094ab37b69a7c94c48",
            "publishedAt": "2025-09-16T13:34:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au",
                "country": "au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0507e4b16467f8cd83fe90fdd1ba031d",
            "title": "‘Rubbing blokes out for multiple weeks’: NRL called out over ‘insane’ headbutt verdict",
            "description": "‘Rubbing blokes out for multiple weeks’: NRL called out over ‘insane’ headbutt verdict",
            "content": "Journalist Andrew Webster said Reece Walsh should have been suspended for his headbutt on Hudson Young, believing it’s “insane” he was only fined.\nWalsh was charged with grade one striking over the incident at the 53rd minute of the Broncos’ thrillin... [2649 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2025-reece-walsh-headbutt-on-hudson-young-fine-suspension-broncos-v-raiders-judiciary-news-video/news-story/c13ec6b5a45175deb508eb68b4b317a3",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/33f3491b984b9548e7dc6bf40b1b9578",
            "publishedAt": "2025-09-16T12:26:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "fox sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au",
                "country": "au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b71f2d6ae68f6420962f3a46f73a33a9",
            "title": "‘Cost themselves a premiership’: The ‘brutal’ fact as Bulldogs’ spine changes called out",
            "description": "‘Cost themselves a premiership’: Brutal ‘fact’ that makes Dogs’ changes even harder to cop",
            "content": "Club great Braith Anasta wonders whether the Bulldogs have “cost themselves a premiership” with their chopping and changing in key positions this season.\nCanterbury were on top of the ladder from Round 4 through until Round 16, with Toby Sexton as th... [3877 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2025-the-bulldogs-have-been-criticised-over-their-spine-changes-this-season-cameron-ciraldo-phil-gould-lachlan-galvin-toby-sexton-finals-series/news-story/493ed2421001d416f8e7380699e398ba",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/6c724e6811a0c444f90439a3d2fa977c",
            "publishedAt": "2025-09-16T10:53:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "fox sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au",
                "country": "au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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