
Australia Sports News API
Get the live top sports headlines from Australia with our JSON API.
Get API key for the Australia Sports News APIAPI 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": 6344344, "articles": [ { "id": "8cba40450aac30728dcd6f9d88e9f32e", "title": "Gout Gout to run 200m as Australian Athletics name biggest team for world championships", "description": "Australian Athletics names its biggest-ever team for a global meet, with five Paris Olympic medallists and teenage sensation Gout Gout among an 88-strong squad.", "content": "Australian Athletics has named its biggest-ever team for a global meet, with five Paris Olympic medallists and teenage sensation Gout Gout among an 88-strong squad for the world championships.\nIndoor high jump world champion Nicola Olyslagers and Par... [1665 chars]", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-03/gout-gout-in-australian-team-for-world-athletics-championships/105728412", "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/5878b290537eb2dc5196a12c731ab35f?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2250&cropW=4000&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic", "publishedAt": "2025-09-03T00:24:05Z", "lang": "en", "source": { "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74", "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au", "country": "au" } }, { "id": "81beda9d3059ad44a71690c535a025e6", "title": "‘I will work to regain everyone’s trust’: banned Izak Rankine breaks silence after homophobic slur", "description": "Adelaide star says ‘I am fully committed to bettering myself’ after being banned for four AFL games", "content": "Adelaide ace Izak Rankine says he is committed to regaining society’s trust in the wake of his AFL ban for a homophobic slur. An emotional Rankine returned to Australia on Tuesday night and fought back tears during a public apology at Adelaide airpor... [3679 chars]", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/sep/03/izak-rankine-afl-apology-ban-homophobic-slur-adelaide-crows-ntwnfb", "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2332703c05ebc7c9b5554653419cbe6d63740ce1/841_0_5641_4512/master/5641.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=4b758d75cbb87dd5a52642e34c869078", "publishedAt": "2025-09-02T23:13:00Z", "lang": "en", "source": { "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99", "name": "The Guardian", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com", "country": "au" } }, { "id": "aeb55b58e4397d078f1157ab6da9ea9f", "title": "Rio Ferdinand accuses Crystal Palace of 'bullying' Marc Guehi after Liverpool move collapse", "description": "Marc Guehi was on the verge of joining Liverpool from Crystal Palace but the deal broke down, and Rio Ferdinand believes that the defender was bullied into staying", "content": "Something went wrong, please try again later.\nInvalid email Something went wrong, please try again later.\nSign up to receive the best LFC opinion direct to your inbox\nSomething went wrong, please try again later.\nSign up to receive the best LFC opini... [2961 chars]", "url": "https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/transfer-news/ferdinand-guehi-liverpool-palace-transfer-32401683", "image": "https://i2-prod.liverpool.com/incoming/article32401686.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/0_GettyImages-2231827983.jpg", "publishedAt": "2025-09-02T22:18:45Z", "lang": "en", "source": { "id": "48ffd4260a9b995b5322bbd5bcaa41bc", "name": "Liverpool.com", "url": "https://www.liverpool.com", "country": "au" } } ] }