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": 356768,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "31c0835be16b297a3f1ddc72e71fb2e8",
            "title": "World Cup 2026: Banned referee Omar Artan arrives home in Somalia",
            "description": "Omar Artan vows to officiate at the 2030 World Cup instead after arriving home in Somalia in the wake of being banned from entering the United States.",
            "content": "Referee Omar Artan has vowed to officiate at the 2030 World Cup after arriving home in Somalia following his ban from entering the United States.\nThe 34-year-old - Africa's referee of the year in 2025 - was set to be the first Somali to referee at a ... [4179 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c2dylj8kj82o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/c13f/live/e4085170-64b3-11f1-8e1d-bbbb1017d210.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-10T09:50:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "537bef14252efb5746616f730a93ba2f",
            "title": "'Feels like harassment': Montreal café owner says years of language inspections taking a toll",
            "description": "The owner of Montreal's SoLIT Café says she has spent years making changes requested by Quebec’s language watchdog but still worries there is no clear end to the process. The OQLF says inspections stem from complaints made by the public.",
            "content": "Inside SoLIT Café in downtown Montreal, orange-grove-inspired decor hangs from the ceiling above customers sipping coffee, chatting with friends and working on laptops.\nLike many small business owners, Maryam Rahimi does a bit of everything in her sh... [4603 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-cafe-solit-oqlf-french-9.7228797",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/100f1367-dc67-4f8a-a2e9-87b89da2323a,1781026749350/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C535%2C5712%2C3213%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-10T08:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4b026b76383350a3ad7ca22919b44fdc",
            "title": "Hurricanes edge Golden Knights, even series in chaotic Stanley Cup Final Game 4: Takeaways",
            "description": "Jordan Staal, who found the net twice, became the first captain in NHL history to score in his first four games of the Stanley Cup Final.",
            "content": "LAS VEGAS — This time, the Carolina Hurricanes steered through the chaos — and it was their captain’s hand on the wheel.\nCarolina, behind two goals from Jordan Staal, including a remarkable game-winner, beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-3 in Game 4 of ... [10040 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7346158/2026/06/09/hurricanes-golden-knights-stanley-cup-final-game-4-score-result-takeaways/",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/athletic/uploads/wp/2026/06/09223642/GettyImages-2280791801-scaled.jpg?width=1200&height=630&fit=cover",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-10T04:24:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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