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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": 286062,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b198a7d5821ddd789ec92c481649976b",
            "title": "Scout's Analysis: How top prospects for Canadian teams are performing",
            "description": "With the calendar flipping to December, the hockey season enters an exciting segment of the year with the world junior championship at the end of the month in Minnesota. Here’s a look at how the first players selected from each team last June in Los Angeles have been trending this fall.",
            "content": "With the calendar flipping to December, the hockey season enters an exciting segment of the year with the world junior championship at the end of the month in Minnesota.\nIt’s also a good time to check in with the progress previously drafted players a... [8047 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/scouts-analysis-how-top-prospects-for-canadian-teams-are-performing/",
            "image": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/cootes.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-04T20:29:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "46feeb00f639cdb65f2e57274ee65901",
                "name": "Sportsnet.ca",
                "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5e907950d2b77d2295e68cf305e0cdf6",
            "title": "Saskatchewan Roughriders re-sign Grey Cup MVP Trevor Harris for 2026 CFL season",
            "description": "Trevor Harris will play his age 40 season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. General manager Jeremy O'Day has signed the veteran quarterback to a one-year co",
            "content": "Trevor Harris will play his age 40 season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.\nGeneral manager Jeremy O’Day has signed the veteran quarterback to a one-year contract extension for the 2026 season. The 51-year-old GM did not sense Harris was going to re... [1503 chars]",
            "url": "https://3downnation.com/2025/12/04/saskatchewan-roughriders-re-sign-grey-cup-mvp-trevor-harris-for-2026/",
            "image": "https://cdn.3downnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/RPS04423-scaled.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-04T20:04:08Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f4350a67bdfbe8db94eb5255302a32c3",
                "name": "3DownNation",
                "url": "https://3downnation.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2e6ce5f6c781b4d69fe319171a115aa8",
            "title": "Blue Jays prospect Kai Peterson pushes upward as interest builds in varied looks",
            "description": "Toronto Blue Jays prospect Kai Peterson has fully bought into his change to an unusual arm angle.\nAnd with the Blue Jays showing more interest in pitchers with varied looks, his progress is worth watching.",
            "content": "TORONTO – Topping out at 87 m.p.h. during bullpens in his build-up after Tommy John surgery, Kai Peterson felt like his progress had plateaued when he came across a video of Josh Hader. Taken by the fellow lefty’s twisting windup and unusual arm angl... [6130 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/blue-jays-prospect-kai-peterson-pushes-upward-as-interest-builds-in-varied-looks/",
            "image": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Kai-Peterson.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-04T18:58:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "46feeb00f639cdb65f2e57274ee65901",
                "name": "Sportsnet.ca",
                "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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