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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": 234104,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c37c8717c68adc3c9177141b38bcbe60",
            "title": "Dragons weigh up shock play for rival star... and it could force Gutherson move",
            "description": "Dragons weigh up shock play for rival star... and it could force Gutho move",
            "content": "Dragons coach Shane Flanagan flagged in his press conference after a 32-0 loss to North Queensland that “changes” are on the way.\nWatch every game of every round of the NRL Premiership LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Ka... [1913 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2026-dragons-consider-signing-trai-fuller-and-moving-clint-gutherson-fullback-roster-contract/news-story/b816bf63e7cbe91fdeaa6ec5384bac7d",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/c18c6f90a86582b1544119ff9ce0db0e",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-04T10:35:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "Fox Sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "42645a7888d1f3a4ac80925044448ccf",
            "title": "‘Crushes your spirit’: Yze fumes at ruck’s ‘silly’ act set to cause ban, selection carnage",
            "description": "‘Crushes your spirit’: Tigers coach fumes at ‘silly’ act set to cause ban, selection carnage",
            "content": "Richmond coach Adem Yze has labelled ruckman Samson Ryan’s needless off-the-ball free kick on Saturday evening as a “spirit crusher”, after their seven-goal loss to Port Adelaide at the MCG.\nThe struggling Tigers had all the momentum heading into the... [3118 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2026-adem-yze-slams-samson-ryan-for-gut-punch-richmond-tigers-coach-round-4-loss-vs-port-adelaide-power-will-he-be-suspended-latest-news/news-story/c02c61d2914dd563adabc80eec9a532a",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/ca85da5431c3458588bf4bd7f09ae56b",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-04T10:22:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4dff6eec49aed8ad858c020da892bcf1",
                "name": "Fox Sports",
                "url": "https://www.foxsports.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f4fe026b0015788ec68aa788e34e378d",
            "title": "The days of sacking coaches in April or May should be gone – even for Carlton",
            "description": "Michael Voss deserves to be given his shot at turning this leaky ship around, and seeing whether he can plug the leaks that have sunk the Blues in three winnable games so far.",
            "content": "Advertisement\nOpinion\nThe days of sacking coaches in April or May should be gone – even for Carlton\nJake NiallChief football writer, The Age\nApril 4, 2026 — 7:57pm\nApril 4, 2026 — 7:57pm\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove ite... [4564 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/the-days-of-sacking-coaches-in-april-or-may-should-be-gone-even-for-carlton-20260404-p5zlbm.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2032%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_63/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_metro_opinion_no_age_social_wm/bf7999432fd9d9a87d764420168d031211c45118",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-04T09:57:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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