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": 245120,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2128ad20e892403765b5424d1e2cc5f3",
            "title": "The numbers that show Pies-Hawks draw should never have been close",
            "description": "Collingwood somehow led for most of the night on Thursday, but the key statistics all suggested Hawthorn should have won in a canter.",
            "content": "May 1, 2026 — 1:27am\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nIt was the Thursday night thriller that really shouldn’t have been.\nAn out-matched Collingwood team on paper had little right to ... [5296 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/the-numbers-that-show-pies-hawks-draw-should-never-have-been-close-20260430-p5zsqn.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2988148984198645%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_127/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/4dbd51bf14b885718bc15b0da49b697474cc904e",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T15:27:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0222abb68b0995f055b8a2bbd9159efa",
            "title": "'Odd': Mitchell, McRae share mixed emotions as clubs nurse sore players",
            "description": "Collingwood was taking a 'glass half-full' approach to the draw with Hawthorn after Dylan Moore kicked a goal after the siren",
            "content": "COLLINGWOOD and Hawthorn are counting the costs of their eventful draw, with a number of players receiving treatment throughout the game.\nHarry Perryman's hamstring appears the most severe issue, with scans needed to ascertain the extent of the conce... [4705 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.afl.com.au/news/1508351/craig-mcrae-sam-mitchell-share-mixed-emotions-as-both-clubs-nurse-sore-players",
            "image": "https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/photo/2026/04/30/402c44ed-b08f-4814-8fba-114ca536f20c/fPYPytIz.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T14:18:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a46a0522ac739f3ecebe94711f4dabe",
                "name": "afl.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.afl.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b8dc2830ec523f07cf108f8897e86e08",
            "title": "Moore for the draw! Hawks, Pies can't be split in drama-packed finish",
            "description": "Hawthorn and Collingwood have played out an epic draw on Thursday night",
            "content": "DARCY Moore, Dylan Moore, a draw.\nCollingwood and Hawthorn have played out an extraordinary 93-93 draw at the MCG on Thursday night, with Dylan Moore kicking the equalising goal on the final siren to pinch two points for the Hawks.\nMAGPIES V HAWKS Fu... [4572 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.afl.com.au/news/1508348/its-a-draw-hawks-pies-cant-be-split-after-mcg-thriller",
            "image": "https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/photo/2026/04/30/0184afeb-fe80-4a39-93c8-10eea17dc49f/t2xiDPTR.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T12:15:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a46a0522ac739f3ecebe94711f4dabe",
                "name": "afl.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.afl.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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