Canada Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Canada with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Canada 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 Canada.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=ca&category=sports&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 399170,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9505846ca40ad6421c1d0a001c0f9154",
            "title": "Ottawa Senators swept out of NHL playoffs by Carolina Hurricanes",
            "description": "\"It's heartbreaking,\" said captain Brady Tkachuk, fighting back tears in an empty Ottawa dressing room.",
            "content": "Article content\nHurricanes 4, Senators 2\nTHIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY\nSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.\nUnlimited digital access to the Ottawa Citizen.\nAnalysis on all things Ottawa by Bruce Deachm... [8072 chars]",
            "url": "https://ottawacitizen.com/ottawa-senators/ottawa-senators-swept-playoffs-carolina",
            "image": "https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/ottawacitizen/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ottsensapril25_302784786.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T03:05:08Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3dec654feac9c56f809eba71cfba0755",
                "name": "Ottawa Citizen",
                "url": "https://ottawacitizen.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "10856129d45680a9979d9ae5933fe20e",
            "title": "'Heartbreaking' playoff sweep raises many questions for Senators",
            "description": "The future of the Senators is uncertain after a sweep at the hands of the Hurricanes. GM Steve Staios will need to ponder what comes next.",
            "content": "OTTAWA — A season with so many twists and turns for the Ottawa Senators ultimately ended abruptly in a sweep.\nIt wasn't supposed to end this way.\nA sweep at the hands of the Carolina Hurricanes leaves plenty of off-season question marks for the Senat... [7153 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/heartbreaking-playoff-sweep-raises-many-questions-for-senators/",
            "image": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/tkachuk-1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T01:51:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "46feeb00f639cdb65f2e57274ee65901",
                "name": "Sportsnet",
                "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f73dbd689c4160680b3303652a8dadb1",
            "title": "Hurricanes win Game 4, sweep Senators in Eastern 1st Round",
            "description": "Stankoven gets go-ahead goal on power play in 3rd; Aho scores twice for Carolina",
            "content": "With Carolina on the power play, K'Andre Miller’s shot from the right point banked off the end boards and straight to Stankoven on the left side, where he put in the rebound from a sharp angle to make it 2-1 at 9:10.\n“I think tonight was a good chall... [5154 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nhl.com/news/carolina-hurricanes-ottawa-senators-game-4-recap-april-25-2026",
            "image": "https://media.d3.nhle.com/image/private/t_ratio16_9-size50/v1777154675/prd/ptqxxpfqppnefucpukqc.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T00:35:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8c7d2a077d28a24e16f925a9ca740291",
                "name": "NHL.com",
                "url": "https://www.nhl.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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