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": 408390,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "92037483476d38ae6b2e75935c3bd4e3",
            "title": "OGC Nice : Boudaoui à un pas d’un moment marquant",
            "description": "Hicham Boudaoui tient une nouvelle occasion de franchir un cap dans sa carrière et de remporter le premier trophée de son parcours...",
            "content": "Hicham Boudaoui tient une nouvelle occasion de franchir un cap dans sa carrière et de remporter le premier trophée de son parcours en club. Si l’enfant de Béchar a déjà marqué l’histoire avec l’Algérie en remportant la Coupe d’Afrique des Nations 201... [885 chars]",
            "url": "https://lagazettedufennec.com/ogc-nice-boudaoui-a-un-pas-dun-moment-marquant/",
            "image": "https://lagazettedufennec.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Hicham-Boudaoui-2.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T21:33:07Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "5949e2807a6cc6cff6a34d7b04436a51",
                "name": "La Gazette du Fennec",
                "url": "https://lagazettedufennec.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "984637165f143befbed2752c42a74252",
            "title": "Cole Caufield à coeur ouvert dans \"The Players Tribune\"",
            "description": "Montréal, vous aimez Cole Caufield? Et bien, vous ne serez pas surpris de savoir qu’il vous aime tout autant.",
            "content": "Montréal, vous aimez Cole Caufield? Et bien, vous ne serez pas surpris de savoir qu’il vous aime tout autant.\nL’attaquant des Canadiens de Montréal a signé un long article dans « The Players Tribune » à la veille de la rentrée de l’équipe au Centre B... [5378 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rds.ca/hockey/canadiens/article/cole-caufield-a-coeur-ouvert-dans-un-article-sur-the-players-tribune/",
            "image": "https://www.rds.ca/resizer/v2/QFFDTFUB6BC3GNMD4T2635GOP4.jpg?smart=true&auth=6103719768f133652dd9d4a6fb0a9ade57c332d46cf17b24db2b6c16d42a2be8&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T19:54:49Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "f8f4e5e8c91e665de255923c777c6158",
                "name": "RDS",
                "url": "https://www.rds.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "44c4f0a6db0d626dd656f02a6ea0247e",
            "title": "'Did we look intimidated?\" Canadiens brush off Bolts' bully approach",
            "description": "Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said that his team is OK playing the role of the villain. The Montreal Canadiens are not taking the bait.",
            "content": "BROSSARD — Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said that his team is OK playing the role of the villain.\nThe Montreal Canadiens are not taking the bait.\nLed by scrappy forward Brandon Hagel, the Lightning earned a physical 3-2 overtime win in G... [3814 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/article/did-we-look-intimidated-canadiens-brush-off-bolts-bully-approach/",
            "image": "https://www.tsn.ca/resizer/v2/EMSRB7D3RFCU7E4JZR2KDRYC44.jpg?smart=true&auth=1a3c6711747f97f88821e3235933bfa4ad6841a99c5bfc7bb21dafc5c0ed5ac0&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T18:41:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "83ec652de04269e0242e0ec8be47a101",
                "name": "TSN",
                "url": "https://www.tsn.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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