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": 404518,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8a47358269ab7e10463baf5cc8a94a89",
            "title": "\" Sid n’exagère pas \"",
            "description": "L'entraîneur-chef des Penguins ne digère pas une pénalité pour exagération décernée au joueur étoile, mercredi.",
            "content": "L’entraîneur-chef des Penguins de Pittsburgh, Dan Muse, a vivement critiqué mercredi la décision des arbitres d’infliger une pénalité au centre vedette Sidney Crosby pour exagération, annulant ainsi la pénalité mineure infligée à l’attaquant des Flye... [2168 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rds.ca/hockey/lnh/article/muse-peste-contre-les-arbitres-sid-nexagere-pas/",
            "image": "https://www.rds.ca/resizer/v2/6UPJZ7YCRZADBBR4FXSGHQY6DE.jpg?smart=true&auth=91dad50b02558ac39c4a5d86c206d02fc639607c198640cbbd48c61941bb537d&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T14:16:36Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "f8f4e5e8c91e665de255923c777c6158",
                "name": "RDS",
                "url": "https://www.rds.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "457c94cbf1597157b9ed84643eba7a8b",
            "title": "Blue Jays mulling change at closer as Hoffman’s struggles continue",
            "description": "The Toronto Blue Jays are considering making a change at the back end of the bullpen, as manager John Schneider told reporters that the team will \"re-evaluate\" Jeff Hoffman's role as closer following another rough outing for the pitcher on Tuesday.",
            "content": "The Toronto Blue Jays are considering making a change at the back end of the bullpen, as manager John Schneider told reporters that the team will “re-evaluate” Jeff Hoffman’s role as closer on Tuesday following another rough outing for the pitcher.\nI... [3839 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.tsn.ca/mlb/article/blue-jays-mulling-change-at-closer-as-hoffmans-struggles-continue/",
            "image": "https://www.tsn.ca/resizer/v2/LID3BUVF5PP33OC67J5MNMMGEQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=d21b643f913cd34c5aa5fadbd6727d9ad034c3f75f3b4021dcd654301d8ecc97&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T12:57:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "83ec652de04269e0242e0ec8be47a101",
                "name": "TSN",
                "url": "https://www.tsn.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a945d8383ba29a32b3b02fbcc4eb3f98",
            "title": "Bonne retraite Gaston!",
            "description": "Gaston Therrien participera une dernière fois au 5 À 7 et à L’Antichambre aujourd'hui.",
            "content": "RDS annonce aujourd’hui que Gaston Therrien va prendre sa retraite au terme d’une brillante carrière de plus de 26 ans au sein du Réseau des sports. Gaston participera une dernière fois au 5 À 7 et à L’Antichambre le jeudi 23 avril.\n« Après plus de 2... [3514 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rds.ca/sports-divers/article/bonne-retraite-gaston/",
            "image": "https://www.rds.ca/resizer/v2/FQ55V55QQNGT3MT2VBLL7Z6ZVM.jpg?smart=true&auth=a9262bbc4e19cd766b2221740a601b1142fb8179a8ae32f5635c7683862e35b2&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T12:37:46Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "f8f4e5e8c91e665de255923c777c6158",
                "name": "RDS",
                "url": "https://www.rds.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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