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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": 353034,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "6700536835b3e9ef73c5ded9bfa71cd9",
            "title": "Jason Heyward Retires From MLB, 5-Time Gold Glove Winner Won World Series With Cubs in 2016",
            "description": "Jason Heyward is calling it a career.",
            "content": "Jason Heyward is calling it a career.\nThe five-time Gold Glove Award winner announced that he's retiring from baseball after a 16-year career wtih the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros and San Dieg... [2204 chars]",
            "url": "https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25411595-jason-heyward-retires-mlb-5-time-gold-glove-winner-won-world-series-cubs-2016",
            "image": "https://gsp-image-cdn.wmsports.io/cms/prod/bleacher-report/getty_images/2026-03/668508290_large_cropped.jpg?w=3800&h=2000",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-27T17:37:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c6639dea23b7ca540acf63e679a766d3",
                "name": "Bleacher Report",
                "url": "https://bleacherreport.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3c2e1ba8e2751a6755b8c60b3c4f1d30",
            "title": "Les Canadiens déjà en avance sur 2024-2025",
            "description": "Les Montréalais ont signé jeudi leur 40e victoire de la saison, soit leur total de la campagne précédente.",
            "content": "La saison régulière des Canadiens a beau ne pas être encore terminée avec 11 matchs à jouer, mais les Montréalais peuvent déjà se dire en avance sur l’an dernier.\nD’abord, en signant leur 40e victoire de la campagne jeudi soir au Centre Bell contre l... [3643 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rds.ca/hockey/canadiens/article/les-canadiens-deja-en-avance-sur-2024-2025/",
            "image": "https://www.rds.ca/resizer/v2/25FR52GW7X2DZA26K6GGJC6PIU.jpg?smart=true&auth=c781d4998c1dd9bd681ba5f0145e16e97e9a2b327f0ad991b124d76bd6d8472c&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-27T15:23:30Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "f8f4e5e8c91e665de255923c777c6158",
                "name": "RDS",
                "url": "https://www.rds.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8a8adfc1b6b61542371cb0d63e4cdbf8",
            "title": "Conception Bay South Blues Concerned About Hockey NL Decision Ahead of Herder Finals",
            "description": "The two best senior hockey teams in the province square off tonight in the quest for the Herder, but already t...",
            "content": "The two best senior hockey teams in the province square off tonight in the quest for the Herder, but already there is controversy.\nThe Conception Bay South Blues and defending champ Deer Lake Red Wings hook up in game one tonight in Kelligrews, but t... [825 chars]",
            "url": "https://vocm.com/2026/03/27/295315/",
            "image": "https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/900/files/2025/02/conception-bay-baker-flooring-senior-blues-allan-cup-2026-hockey-cbs-arena.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-27T14:56:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e1f7b8d1fbe1f1a390d9ca6465745832",
                "name": "VOCM",
                "url": "https://vocm.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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