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": 240328,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "bd40bf1a4f333b57dcb8ad34dfc4494b",
            "title": "Devils prepared to put forward monster deal for Pies midfielder",
            "description": "Tasmania is prepared to put forward a seven-year deal to Beau McCreery",
            "content": "TASMANIA has made Collingwood midfielder Beau McCreery a serious target for its list build as the Devils hit the market.\nAFL.com.au can reveal McCreery, who turned 25 this week, has been identified as a real player of interest for the Devils with the... [2335 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.afl.com.au/news/1502838/tasmania-devils-make-monster-offer-to-collingwood-magpies-midfielder-beau-mccreery",
            "image": "https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/photo/2026/04/21/b769dc49-951b-4e1f-9349-598c80933835/Beau-McCreery.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T11:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a46a0522ac739f3ecebe94711f4dabe",
                "name": "afl.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.afl.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8b36fdbb9ee1c57192b7886968097b61",
            "title": "Tassie’s $7m plot to poach Pie via list loophole; three-team race for free agent — Trade Whispers",
            "description": "Tassie’s $7m plot to poach Pie via list loophole; three-team race for free agent — Trade Whispers",
            "content": "Tasmania is plotting a multi-million dollar play for a Collingwood young gun - just not the one you think.\nPlus a Melbourne free agent is said to be attracting interest from two interstate clubs as the race for his signature heats up. Read on in Trad... [5315 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-trade-news-2026-adelaide-crows-and-port-adelaide-power-interest-in-tom-sparrow-free-agency-melbourne-demons/news-story/7bd976639f9011af51ed4ac693cf6567",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/9ec5823240283855f3a58c5577ea003d",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T10:46:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "Fox Sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9f81ab991ccd3a2e5ee74258b682be43",
            "title": "Injury Report | Reinforcements Building Ahead of ANZAC Day Eve",
            "description": "Check out Melbourne’s latest injury news",
            "content": "MELBOURNE High Performance Manager Selwyn Griffith has provided an update on the club’s injury list ahead of Round 7.\nChangkuoth Jiath will be a test for this weekend after a strong week on the track.\n“CJ had a really strong week, completing full tra... [2091 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2001360/injury-report-reinforcements-building-ahead-of-anzac-day-eve",
            "image": "https://resources.melbournefc.com.au/aflc-melb/photo/2026/04/21/204cde5b-dc42-426b-81c3-34182f045179/Article.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T10:38:43Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "caf9ab078976c691ee5b40621e4dac70",
                "name": "melbournefc.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.melbournefc.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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