Ireland Sports News API

Get the live top sports headlines from Ireland with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Ireland 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 Ireland.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=ie&category=sports&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 270042,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d5488706ba6a0f504b2e098533cf57ef",
            "title": "Malachy O’Rourke: 'We felt some of the calls that went against us were really harsh'",
            "description": "The Tyrone boss pointed to a couple of marginal calls that proved pivotal against Kerry",
            "content": "“We always expect ourselves to come up and put in a good performance,” said O’Rourke.\n“We knew the boys were training well after coming through a couple of tough games which leaves you battle-hardened. We knew there were areas we had to improve as we... [1454 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41870298.html",
            "image": "https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/10271/5135898_2_org_Malachy_20O_e2_80_99Rourke.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-28T10:06:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "634dc62a3fe9c48f4c2cc004e680a220",
                "name": "Irish Examiner",
                "url": "https://www.irishexaminer.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "378dc1a3c31ba71a47ca100adbc61d98",
            "title": "Knockout fixtures confirmed as group stage concludes",
            "description": "The fixtures for the World Cup's first ever knockout round of 32 have been confirmed following the completion of the group phase, which finished in thrilling fashion last night, with Austria's last-gasp equaliser against Algeria ensuring their progression at Iran's expense.",
            "content": "The fixtures for the World Cup's first ever knockout round of 32 have been confirmed following the completion of the group phase, which finished in thrilling fashion last night, with Austria's last-gasp equaliser against Algeria ensuring their progre... [654 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/world-cup-2026/2026/0628/1580722-knockout-fixtures-confirmed-as-group-stage-concludes/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/000d65d5-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-28T08:00:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4dc71d263cbb891d53f30a5a8cd29de5",
            "title": "Prodigal Cork football fan returned on Saturday, but isn't sure if he'll be back again...",
            "description": "Expecting so much more, John McHale was very disappointed with the performance, with too many mistakes the Rebels were supposed to have left behind",
            "content": "Bless me football fans for I have sinned. It’s almost three years to the day, July 2, 2023, since my last confession or football match.\nIt was a Sunday. A lovely day for a game of football as I remember. Cork took on Derry in the All-Ireland Football... [5684 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-41870250.html",
            "image": "https://www.echolive.ie/cms_media/module_img/10271/5135904_11_org_95117_2990088.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-28T07:39:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f960a5c7170d668a44d9dcd52b0d2d0a",
                "name": "echo live",
                "url": "https://www.echolive.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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