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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": 250090,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ed0def0b0cb1c2464de789f2ffd26409",
            "title": "'I was surprised he threw it in'",
            "description": "Meath manager Robbie Brennan joked that the incident which led to four players being black carded within 10 seconds of his side's dramatic Allianz Football League win at Croke Park was \"all Louth's fault\" before expressing his surprise that the match began with the scuffle taking place.",
            "content": "Meath manager Robbie Brennan joked that the incident which led to four players being black carded within 10 seconds of his side's dramatic Allianz Football League win at Croke Park was \"all Louth's fault\" before expressing his surprise that the match... [2954 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0215/1558604-i-was-surprised-he-threw-it-in-brennan-on-schmozzle/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0023e56f-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-15T11:52:33Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b41e850f99a1ed2631a912a089f8d6b6",
            "title": "Constitution Hill in big danger of missing Southwell run after sensationally falling on wrong side of ballot line",
            "description": "Constitution Hill's eagerly anticipated Flat debut at Southwell on Friday is not certain to go ahead after the jumps superstar was not guaranteed a... Read More",
            "content": "Constitution Hill's eagerly anticipated Flat debut at Southwell on Friday is not certain to go ahead after the jumps superstar was not guaranteed a run following a ballot on Sunday.\nTrainer Nicky Henderson had long targeted the 1m4f novice contest (7... [2627 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.racingpost.com/news/britain/constitution-hill-set-to-miss-out-on-southwell-run-barring-withdrawals-after-sensationally-falling-on-wrong-side-of-ballot-line-aACJF7l9091a/",
            "image": "https://media.racingpost.gcpp.io/prod/images/gm_preview/5df3aa1c4ec2-constitution-hill.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-15T11:28:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3bf341e968205cbe76774fddc5f038f9",
                "name": "Racing Post",
                "url": "https://www.racingpost.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "42b26fd9a645012090e01900b6c88eff",
            "title": "GB curlers sweep aside Germany to edge closer to semis",
            "description": "Team GB's men's curlers move a step closer to securing a Winter Olympics semi-final place as they compile an accomplished victory over Germany.",
            "content": "Team GB's men's curlers took a step closer to securing a Winter Olympics semi-final place as they compiled an accomplished victory over Germany.\nBruce Mouat's world champions have now won four of their opening five matches in northern Italy, with six... [1886 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c15xzvll0vzo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/aebf/live/341daf40-0a53-11f1-b7e1-afb6d0884c18.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-15T10:45:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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