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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": 224640,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "58675bd52a366c85353c28602973b383",
            "title": "Newcastle 2-1 Man City: Should Pep Guardiola's side have been awarded a penalty?",
            "description": "Manchester City felt they were on the wrong end of some contentious decisions in their defeat by Newcastle - although Pep Guardiola said \"everything is fine\".",
            "content": "Pep Guardiola made a beeline for referee Sam Barrott at full-time on Saturday evening after Manchester City's Premier League loss at Newcastle.\nFollowing a contest packed with contentious decisions, that particular act from the Spaniard could be seen... [4959 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ce8617ryprro",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/a9a9/live/d48d9430-c7e2-11f0-a715-415645a54121.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-22T21:26:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3837b118bd17219f47e7357a0bb9cc6d",
            "title": "'Haven't seen a game like that ever': Farrell stunned as Irish cop five cards in crazy clash with Springboks",
            "description": "South Africa cracked a 13-year Dublin drought with a 24-13 win in a wild, ill-disciplined Autumn Nations Series Tests including five cards and the…",
            "content": "South Africa cracked a 13-year Dublin drought with a 24-13 win in a wild, ill-disciplined Autumn Nations Series Tests including five cards and the hosts reduced to 12 players in the first half.\nTries to Damian Willemse, Cobus Reinach and Sacha Feinbe... [3577 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theroar.com.au/2025/11/23/havent-seen-a-game-like-that-ever-farrell-stunned-as-irish-cop-five-cards-in-crazy-clash-with-springboks/",
            "image": "https://cdn4.theroar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Andy-Farrell-1200x675.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-22T21:08:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4110bd3b033c2698871da6e8fbbf5b41",
                "name": "The Roar",
                "url": "https://www.theroar.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d4e82b60490b1b6db512b310ac89ee33",
            "title": "'Best back spasms' Khawaja's had still concerning for Gabba",
            "description": "Australia may have sealed victory in an epic first Ashes Test in Perth, but their two oldest players...",
            "content": "Usman Khawaja labelled his injury that opened the door for Travis Head's epic Ashes ton as the \"best back spasm he ever had\", but Australia admitted their opener was not in a good way by the end of the first Test.\nWhile Pat Cummins is growing in conf... [4341 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cricket.com.au/news/4407517/best-back-spasms-khawajas-had-still-concerning-for-gabba-usman-khawaja-2025-ashes-australia-england-perth-stadium-first-test-pat-cummins-nathan-lyon-steve-smith",
            "image": "https://resources.cricket-australia.pulselive.com/cricket-australia/photo/2025/11/22/3156bccc-93f2-4aa3-9743-e084597c9bf1/251123_KHAWAJA_MAIN.png",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-22T20:43:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9522074746a59fd577de946aba66e5bb",
                "name": "cricket.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.cricket.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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