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": 375398,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2ff2b5a295064fc17c2d39d948ee46ac",
            "title": "NHL faces scheduling challenge as B.C., Alberta move to permanent daylight time",
            "description": "The NHL will have a fresh challenge when it comes to setting its 2026-27 schedule with British Columbia and Alberta moving to permanent year-round daylight saving time this fall.",
            "content": "The NHL will have a fresh challenge when it comes to setting its 2026-27 schedule with British Columbia and Alberta moving to permanent year-round daylight saving time this fall.\nThe change will eliminate twice-yearly clock changes in those provinces... [3341 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11887568/nhl-faces-b-c-alberta-daylight-saving-challenge/",
            "image": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/6e309e932e4c3c295c72b1fb56c9c7730cb1611371e3dc5d8f3baafcce410702.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&w=720&h=379&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T22:46:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a301f1a787ffad153a758085184d4bbb",
                "name": "Global News",
                "url": "https://globalnews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1a12ab9db287e723a0f3cfd6216e9ee9",
            "title": "NHL faces scheduling challenge as B.C., Alberta move to permanent daylight time",
            "description": "The NHL will have a fresh challenge when it comes to setting its 2026-27 schedule with British Columbia moving to permanent year-round daylight saving time this fall and Alberta expected to follow suit.",
            "content": "The NHL will have a fresh challenge when it comes to setting its 2026-27 schedule with British Columbia and Alberta moving to permanent year-round daylight saving time this fall.\nThe change will eliminate twice-yearly clock changes in those provinces... [3224 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/nhl-bc-alberta-daylight-saving-9.7221209",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/8e720d95-1f31-4425-84c8-a9f64db6af6b,1780438419563/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C247%2C5152%2C2898%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T22:43:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4aac58b0ce08f65acce4a48cfa03ba56",
            "title": "CANUCKS AGREE TO TERMS WITH FORWARD ILYA SAFONOV ON A ONE-YEAR, TWO-WAY CONTRACT",
            "description": "Vancouver, B.C. – Vancouver Canucks General Manager Ryan Johnson announced today that the club has agreed to terms with forward Ilya Safonov on a one-year, two-way contract for the 2026.27 season.\n“Ilya had a solid year in Russia and a strong playoff,” said Johnson. “We like his size and player",
            "content": "Vancouver, B.C. – Vancouver Canucks General Manager Ryan Johnson announced today that the club has agreed to terms with forward Ilya Safonov on a one-year, two-way contract for the 2026.27 season.\n“Ilya had a solid year in Russia and a strong playoff... [1164 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nhl.com/canucks/news/canucks-agree-to-terms-with-forward-ilya-safonov-on-a-one-year-two-way-contract",
            "image": "https://media.d3.nhle.com/image/private/t_ratio16_9-size50/prd/vkspeolsnyvu9jha5a8l.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T22:41:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8c7d2a077d28a24e16f925a9ca740291",
                "name": "NHL.com",
                "url": "https://www.nhl.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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