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": 403158,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "155dc0d3ce47bde28a9ef46d2d651ce4",
            "title": "Jean Pascal dominé par Francis Lafrenière",
            "description": "Si c’était vraiment le tout dernier tour de piste de l’illustre carrière de Jean Pascal, parions que celui-ci ne s’imaginait pas que son parcours s’arrêterait de cette façon.",
            "content": "Boxe L’Ukrainien Oleksandr Usyk renonce à ses trois ceintures mondiales des lourds\n(Paris) Le boxeur ukrainien Oleksandr Usyk a annoncé vendredi sur Instagram qu’il renonçait à ses trois ceintures mondiales des poids lourds (WBA, WBC et IBF), déclara... [4325 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/sports-de-combat/2026-06-27/boxe/jean-pascal-domine-par-francis-lafreniere.php",
            "image": "https://mobile-img.lpcdn.ca/v2/924x/r3996/8f8cb14d14cb3301b6a368f5c0076208.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-28T03:38:07Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "9929f9b2d4820f4ed54220376fab7d4c",
                "name": "La Presse",
                "url": "https://www.lapresse.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7ecf35b81fef050ec9554f314ff0d926",
            "title": "Ronaldo and Portugal to face Croatia in Toronto in World Cup knockout stage",
            "description": "Soccer icon Cristiano Ronaldo will look to continue his quest to win a World Cup title in Toronto, as Portugal will be coming to the city for a knockout stage game on July 2. The Portuguese forward failed to tally a goal as his side ended the group stage portion of the tournament with a […]",
            "content": "Soccer icon Cristiano Ronaldo will look to continue his quest to win a World Cup title in Toronto, as Portugal will be coming to the city for a knockout stage game on July 2.\nThe Portuguese forward failed to tally a goal as his side ended the group s... [793 chars]",
            "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/06/27/ronaldo-and-portugal-to-face-croatia-in-toronto-in-world-cup-knockout-stage/",
            "image": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/10/2026/06/27/ronaldo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-28T01:29:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c73f7864450c9f68355c88a2e332225c",
                "name": "CityNews Toronto",
                "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ebf8bfabf59ee11914a3b5cde132cea4",
            "title": "Flames surprise pick Joe Iginla prepared to prove haters wrong",
            "description": "The Flames took a shot on Joe Iginla drafting him 65th overall in the 2026 draft.\nThe son of Calgary legend, Jarome, is prepared to prove haters wrong as he joins his dad's former team.",
            "content": "CALGARY – Joe Iginla’s smile widened when asked about the reaction from his proud papa.\n“The first thing he said was that he had nothing to do with it,” beamed Joe Iginla from his family home outside Kelowna, recounting the first words from Jarome af... [6237 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/flames-surprise-pick-joe-iginla-prepared-to-prove-haters-wrong/",
            "image": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Untitled-design-1-52.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-28T00:41:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "46feeb00f639cdb65f2e57274ee65901",
                "name": "Sportsnet.ca",
                "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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