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": 417026,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "364364e9fc370c18003ee8aa64fa2a47",
            "title": "Tempo make Canadian basketball history with dramatic debut",
            "description": "Despite a loss, the Tempo still made Canadian basketball history in front of a sold-out crowd on Friday.\nSarah Maat has the full story from the Tempo's inaugural reagular-season game against the Mystics.",
            "content": "TORONTO — Canadian history was made on Friday as Brittney Sykes — who’s better known in the basketball world as “Slim” — scored the Toronto Tempo’s first basket from a step inside the three-point line.\nThe ball rattled in, but not a soul could hear i... [6062 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/wnba/article/tempo-make-canadian-basketball-history-with-dramatic-debut/",
            "image": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Tempo-1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T06:36:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "46feeb00f639cdb65f2e57274ee65901",
                "name": "Sportsnet",
                "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a192c9aa0e91cb3ab3b3c25c252f122a",
            "title": "Marner, shedding playoff critiques, scores hat trick in win",
            "description": "Mitch Marner, once decried for failures in past postseasons, is turning the narrative around with the Golden Knights after scoring a natural hat trick in a Game 3 win.",
            "content": "Mitch Marner scored a natural hat trick in a four-point Game 3 performance, fueling the Vegas Golden Knights to a 6-2 win and a 2-1 series lead over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night.\nIn the process, Marner continued to answer criticism about being a... [3960 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/48718608/marner-shedding-playoff-critiques-scores-hat-trick-win",
            "image": "https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0509%2Fr1655647_1023x575_16%2D9.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T05:41:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0207e330d5d787ce8251900411dd488d",
                "name": "ESPN",
                "url": "https://www.espn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e7a96640178254c74c27773c88224c94",
            "title": "Newhook, Canadiens ease past Sabres in Game 2, even Eastern 2nd Round",
            "description": "Forward gets 2 goals for Montreal, which scores twice in opening 4:27",
            "content": "The best-of-7 series is tied 1-1. Game 3 will be at Montreal on Sunday (7 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, ESPN).\n“I think as a group we knew we needed a big effort tonight, a bounce-back, a bounce-forward game (after a 4-2 loss in Game 1),” Newhook said. “… ... [3557 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nhl.com/news/montreal-canadiens-buffalo-sabres-game-2-recap-may-8-2026",
            "image": "https://media.d3.nhle.com/image/private/t_ratio16_9-size50/v1778287584/prd/i4kckwu3dru4dtrvqxuf.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T05:20:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8c7d2a077d28a24e16f925a9ca740291",
                "name": "NHL.com",
                "url": "https://www.nhl.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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