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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": 222528,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b34af5edf29fe5fd5762ac49fc22625f",
            "title": "This could’ve been you, Stokes! Little-known Poms side downs PM’s XI amid odd Konstas sight",
            "description": "This could’ve been you, Stokes! Little-known Poms side downs PM’s XI amid odd Konstas sight",
            "content": "England’s lesser lights took care of business against the Prime Minister’s XI as the majority of the Test squad enjoyed a much warmer training session in Brisbane.\nAs Ben Stokes and company went through their paces at the Gabba nets, doubling down on... [1437 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/the-ashes/ashes-2025-england-lions-def-australia-prime-ministers-xi-in-cricket-tour-match-scorecard-results-sam-konstas-bowling-latest-news/news-story/2b283aff5891314785dc58f1615690c9",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/024c09ba12563531418707ccbd409bc7",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-30T09:56:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "fox sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7a57f7ba814be6a2fa6771229a8e714c",
            "title": "The jeopardy of F1’s most critical start of 2025",
            "description": "An all-in Verstappen, Norris has the most to lose, and Piastri's job is far from straightforward. Welcome to the most important F1 start of the 2025 season. Scott Mitchell-Malm investigates the situation of the three protagonists",
            "content": "Lando Norris faces arguably the most important start of his Formula 1 career in Sunday’s Qatar Grand Prix, before a run to Turn 1 packed with jeopardy for the three championship protagonists.\nNorris is sandwiched by his two title rivals, poleman Osca... [8917 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/the-jeopardy-of-f1s-most-critical-start-of-2025/",
            "image": "https://www.the-race.com/content/images/size/w1200/2025/11/XPB_1388487_HiRes-1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-30T09:53:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "1c7708af8027e6931a954e0007b879d3",
                "name": "The Race",
                "url": "https://www.the-race.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8bc543d1d23bec63bd36a360f44e674a",
            "title": "Australia’s acting captain considers NFL tactic for Ashes Gabba Test",
            "description": "Australia’s acting captain Steve Smith is seriously considering the use of NFL-style eye black to reduce glare and see the pink ball better during the Gabba Ashes Test.",
            "content": "Australia's acting captain Steve Smith is seriously considering the use of NFL-style eye black to reduce glare and see the pink ball better during the forthcoming Ashes Test at the Gabba.\nUsman Khawaja, meanwhile, joined teammates in convening for th... [3469 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/steve-smith-experiments-with-nfl-style-eye-black-to-combat-pink-ball-20251130-p5njmy.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.862051032412478%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_480%2C$y_22/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/912614b8040854c1c1d32fda476bb3e9639796da",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-30T09:14:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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