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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": 237658,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8087189c5d357dbe4e1643ee7676debb",
            "title": "‘Something I’ll always regret’: Hawks pair jailed briefly in USA after off-season trip gone wrong",
            "description": "‘Something I’ll always regret’: Hawks pair jailed briefly in USA after off-season trip gone wrong",
            "content": "Hawthorn’s Dylan Moore and Connor Macdonald were arrested on an overseas trip last off-season, costing Moore the club vice-captaincy.\nSeven’s Mitch Cleary reported on Tuesday evening the pair spent a night in jail in Phoenix, Arizona and both players... [2659 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/hawthorn-hawks/something-ill-always-regret-hawks-pair-jailed-in-usa-after-offseason-trip-gone-wrong/news-story/07d702bf84250ef3b5abd33605974903",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/0d9596563b647058988b9c2f603889ed",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-10T07:29:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "fox sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "021a3f201e91b769d6853e9fdc6e0dbd",
            "title": "The verdict is in: Lions defender learns his fate at Tribunal",
            "description": "Brisbane is fighting the suspensions handed down to Harris Andrews and Darcy Gardiner",
            "content": "BRISBANE has unsuccessfully used an example of Geelong superstar Patrick Dangerfield escaping suspension, suffering a blow at the AFL Tribunal when Darcy Gardiner's one-match striking ban was upheld.\nGardiner was one of three Lions suspended for stri... [2372 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.afl.com.au/news/1474895/the-verdict-is-in-lions-defender-learns-his-fate-at-tribunal",
            "image": "https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/photo/2025/09/27/60a5d011-40a9-46b1-91b0-ba3516f6ddbf/3KeCKY9h.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-10T07:15:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a46a0522ac739f3ecebe94711f4dabe",
                "name": "afl.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.afl.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "502908f9f34301bdb51f00b875573e5b",
            "title": "Untelevised Max Verstappen team radio emerges after 'super frustrating' Australian GP",
            "description": "Untelevised Max Verstappen team radio has lifted the lid on the Red Bull driver's \"super frustrating\" F1 2026 Australian Grand Prix.",
            "content": "Untelevised team radio from the Australian Grand Prix has revealed the moment Max Verstappen branded the F1 2026 cars “super frustrating to drive” on the cooldown lap.\nFormula 1’s new era got underway at Albert Park last Sunday as pre-season favourit... [7286 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.planetf1.com/news/max-verstappen-red-bull-f1-australian-grand-prix-2026-team-radio",
            "image": "https://images.ps-aws.com/c?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd3cm515ijfiu6w.cloudfront.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2F09154133%2Fmax-verstappen-red-bull-f1-2026-australian-grand-prix-grid.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-10T07:01:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d710ab0e3ed4652de33aded771972171",
                "name": "PlanetF1",
                "url": "https://www.planetf1.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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