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": 291460,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "17b612d8cb0aaa19046995c3ea303076",
            "title": "Nine injured in shooting near England’s World Cup base in Kansas City",
            "description": "Team were not at hotel when incident occurred on Saturday, having been preparing for New Zealand friendly in Florida",
            "content": "Nine people have been injured following a shooting near England’s World Cup base in Kansas City, Missouri.\nThe team were not at the hotel when the incident occurred at about 4am local time on Saturday, having been preparing for their friendly game ag... [925 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/06/07/nine-injured-in-shooting-near-englands-world-cup-base-in-kansas-city-say-reports/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HSZOK56CTVADFCTH6GQASXOUKA.jpg?smart=true&auth=e678faf1ba88eff92d0d217ec02f84adf72ee8646f485fa2c059b314d06a005d&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-07T22:22:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "54855acd4e6b02ff9898c92535078462",
            "title": "Horgan sees Cork upsides despite Munster final setback",
            "description": "Former Cork hurler Patrick Horgan feels Ben O'Connor's side still have plenty to be positive about despite falling short in the Munster Hurling final at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh.",
            "content": "Former Cork hurler Patrick Horgan feels Ben O'Connor's side still have plenty to be positive about despite falling short in the Munster Hurling final at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh.\nThe Mick Mackey Cup and provincial bragging rights went to the victor... [1559 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2026/0607/1577248-horgan-sees-cork-upsides-despite-munster-final-setback/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00247be4-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-07T22:01:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4b259022050252d80c4cdedd582534ba",
            "title": "World Cup 2026: Declan Rice will be England's vice-captain, says manager Thomas Tuchel",
            "description": "Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice will be England's vice-captain for the World Cup.",
            "content": "Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice will be England's vice-captain for the World Cup.\nRice has earned 72 caps for the Three Lions and will be one of the most experienced players in Thomas Tuchel's starting line-up.\nThe 27-year-old has just helped Arsenal ... [1226 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cn4r74yjpxvo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/f2c5/live/7fab2040-62b5-11f1-8a13-59dc424d6dbf.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-07T21:23:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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