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Canada Sports News API

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

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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": 278458,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "93b6a4291097e0b896b71f7dd1eb772d",
            "title": "Canadian Olympic figure skater Madeline Schizas has the best excuse for a late homework assignment",
            "description": "Competition at the Olympics is tough, but so is staying on top of all your school work when you're a student-athlete",
            "content": "Being a student athlete can be pretty difficult. Between juggling the responsibilities required to be the best version of yourself in your given sport and ensuring you excel in the classroom, it can be difficult to keep up.\nAs Canadian figure skater ... [1830 chars]",
            "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com/canadian-olympic-figure-skater-madeline-schizas-has-the-best-excuse-for-a-late-homework-assignment-144620840.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/XcjJuP5G0yWL9doTD0VCbA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MTg7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2026-02/1288b9a0-046e-11f1-bff7-882cb2768bd6",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-08T17:47:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a2b63f17a2f88eb6115cf6b743dcd1e5",
                "name": "Yahoo News Canada",
                "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "24222283bc79493bf1618e197b5a46aa",
            "title": "La Tchéquie heureuse de son rôle de négligée contre le Canada",
            "description": "« C’est toujours mieux, je crois, qu’être favori et de devoir jouer sous pression dès le début », a analysé Jiri Slegr, entraîneur-chef de l'équipe.",
            "content": "Suivez les Jeux olympiques de Milan-Cortina en direct sur nos différentes plateformes\nTABLEAU DES MÉDAILLES| SECTION SPÉCIALE| HORAIRE DE DIFFUSION\nLes espoirs de l’équipe tchèque de hockey sur glace ont reçu tout un coup, samedi, lorsque le centre d... [3727 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rds.ca/jeux-olympiques/article/la-tchequie-heureuse-de-son-role-de-negligee-contre-le-canada/",
            "image": "https://www.rds.ca/resizer/v2/SGTTV4Y2MMCNTWGEQTSZA5WNRU.jpg?smart=true&auth=9c0db2209d73699d84f43706709b340ef95b5ef406e9e6f332a6a0e758daa616&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-08T12:49:05Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "f8f4e5e8c91e665de255923c777c6158",
                "name": "RDS",
                "url": "https://www.rds.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cda322bd16b4ba90f6fd196dff8f78d0",
            "title": "Lindsey Vonn crashes early in Olympic downhill, taken off the mountain by helicopter",
            "description": "Lindsey Vonn, racing on a badly injured left knee, crashed early in the Olympic downhill on Sunday and was taken off the course by a helicopter after the 41-year-old American received medical attention on the snow for long, anguished minutes.",
            "content": "Lindsey Vonn, racing on a badly injured left knee, crashed early in the Olympic downhill on Sunday and was taken off the course by a helicopter after the 41-year-old American received medical attention on the snow for long, anguished minutes.\nVonn lo... [2658 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/alpine-skiing/olympics-alpine-women-downhill-final-milano-cortina-9.7079580",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/d828fccc-5f42-41ea-9a4e-b2c16a1304c8,1770551160393/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C312%2C6000%2C3375%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-08T12:35:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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