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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": 368162,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "42d78dcb7120b1d6308a091dd601ee1d",
            "title": "Fans who raised Greenland's flag at US Olympic hockey game say it was a pro-Europe gesture",
            "description": "Two fans who raised a flag of Greenland as the United States played Denmark in men’s hockey at the Winter Olympics say they did so as a gesture of European support for the island and for Denmark.",
            "content": "MILAN (AP) — Two fans who raised a flag of Greenland as the United States played Denmark in men’s hockey at the Winter Olympics Saturday in Milan say they did so as a gesture of European support for the island and for Denmark.\nVita Kalniņa and her hu... [3531 chars]",
            "url": "https://apnews.com/article/denmark-greenland-trump-hockey-flag-olympics-feae456efe1a8dcd60aa3271e6a31dc9",
            "image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/36e2888/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2831x1886+0+0/resize/980x653!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F94%2F31%2F9353e746793955076a403bf460bd%2F73ba4383f48040dbbff83e5ab7f97c88",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-15T02:28:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b356d47a35dfffa723fc8131b36c3ed1",
                "name": "AP News",
                "url": "https://apnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c684cff50350c92213181be3badc46f1",
            "title": "Adam Silver Searching for Answers on NBA’s Biggest Issues Like Tanking, Cap Circumvention",
            "description": "The commissioner acknowledged tanking is “worse this year” and everything is on the table to fix it, while punting on questions around the Clippers’ investigation and league expansion.",
            "content": "INGLEWOOD, Calif. — “Good afternoon, everyone,” said NBA spokesman Tim Frank and just like that the most interesting Adam Silver news conference in years was underway. Tanking? Cap circumvention? Expansion? You got questions, Silver (sort of) has ans... [5449 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.si.com/nba/adam-silver-offers-few-solutions-on-nba-biggest-issues-tanking-cap-circumvention-expansion",
            "image": "https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_8640,h_4860/c_fill,w_1440,ar_1440:810,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images/ImagnImages/mmsport/si/01khfeb7we219zwxa5rz.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-15T02:12:29Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "575ea392d0e13eb22f04c7febe2c1d3b",
                "name": "Sports Illustrated",
                "url": "https://www.si.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fe5050481c67704290e5b79f7908dc41",
            "title": "Slam Dunk Contest 2026 | Keshad Johnson, vainqueur d’un triste concours",
            "description": "All-Star Game 2026 - Au terme d'un concours qui n'a pas été à la hauteur des strass et paillettes d'Hollywood, Carter Bryant s'est manqué sur son dernier dunk pour offrir la victoire à Keshad Johnson.",
            "content": "Après le triplé de Mac McClung, le concours de dunks faisait peau neuve cette saison avec quatre nouveaux participants. Le pivot des Lakers Jaxson Hayes, le rookie des Spurs Carter Bryant, le fils de Jason Richardson et rookie d’Orlando Jase Richards... [1891 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.basketusa.com/news/813798/slam-dunk-contest-2026-keshad-johnson-vainqueur-dun-triste-concours/",
            "image": "https://media.basketusa.com/main/2026/02/keshad-johnson.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-15T01:47:37Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "969bf08e436cd7bbd46350b7f518eb05",
                "name": "Basket USA",
                "url": "https://www.basketusa.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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