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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": 286084,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3dbf9102db598c0c74b6f5fc9f6aaa4c",
            "title": "Blue Jays agree to deal with KBO MVP Cody Ponce",
            "description": "Right-hander Cody Ponce is finalizing a three-year, $30-million agreement with the Blue Jays, ESPN's Jeff Passan reported Tuesday.",
            "content": "Seeking to augment a starting rotation that’s already seen its share of turnover in recent months, the Blue Jays reached a three-year, $30 million deal with right-hander Cody Ponce Tuesday evening, according to industry sources.\nThe agreement, which ... [2535 chars]",
            "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/02/blue-jays-cody-ponce-finalizing-3-year-30m-deal-report/",
            "image": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/10/2025/12/02/CP125916072-scaled.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-02T23:56:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c73f7864450c9f68355c88a2e332225c",
                "name": "CityNews Toronto",
                "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ed0ddc69af57d785352b267f3e27e185",
            "title": "Blue Jays, Cody Ponce Agree To Three-Year Deal",
            "description": "The Blue Jays are following up the Dylan Cease addition with another notable rotation move. Read more about Cody Ponce at MLB Trade Rumors.",
            "content": "5:41pm: It’ll be a $30MM guarantee, reports ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The deal is pending a physical.\n5:36pm: The Blue Jays are finalizing a three-year contract with free agent starter Cody Ponce, reports Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. The 6’6″ righty retu... [968 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/blue-jays-cody-ponce-finalizing-three-year-deal.html",
            "image": "https://cdn.mlbtraderumors.com/files/2025/10/USATSI_16763506-1024x613.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-02T23:40:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "95e9972ed9d1a75fccc1269425e6b80e",
                "name": "MLB Trade Rumors",
                "url": "https://www.mlbtraderumors.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9ac25dfb7298f2fbf52e7eb1e925c8b6",
            "title": "Olympic ice surface being built to specs smaller than NHL rinks, per source, sparking new concerns",
            "description": "The Olympic rink will have a shorter length but not substantially greater width, per a source, leaving players with less room to maneuver.",
            "content": "Adding to the growing list of concerns regarding the arena being built for the upcoming Milan Cortina Olympics, now there’s this: The ice surface may be smaller than those used in NHL buildings, which could be a safety concern given the speed of the ... [4228 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6856478/2025/12/02/olympic-ice-surface-nhl/",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/athletic/uploads/wp/2025/12/02173521/GettyImages-2248574468-scaled.jpg?width=1200&height=630&fit=cover",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-02T23:26:58Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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