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": 274152,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "acca55d56dc32142ab283659c23dc082",
            "title": "Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Alleged Stakes (Group 3)",
            "description": "Get the Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Alleged Stakes (Group 3) result for the 14:35 curragh. View full result with expert form, analysis, positions, beaten margins and returned odds.",
            "content": "1\n(2)\nTrustyourinstinct182\nAge: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Ronan Whelan| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 110| CD\nForm: 331176-\n|\n2\n(9)\nEastwatch16\nAge: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Andrew Slattery| T: A Slattery| OR: 101| BF| D\nForm: 7165-27\n|\nForm: 10-\n|\n4\n(12)\nForm: 11/6164-\n|\n... [464 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sportinglife.com/racing/racecards/2026-04-19/curragh/racecard/912908/tote-guarantee-never-beaten-by-sp-alleged-stakes-group-3",
            "image": "https://www.sportinglife.com/favicon-16x16.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-18T23:02:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "166308d71c5003f038fd60d91ef3212e",
                "name": "Sporting Life",
                "url": "https://www.sportinglife.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c5615c736ff53c9aacdc42ed3916ee3b",
            "title": "Cunha steers Man Utd towards Champions League at Chelsea's expense",
            "description": "Matheus Cunha scored the only goal in a 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge.",
            "content": "Chelsea 0\nManchester United 1\nMANCHESTER UNITED TOOK a giant step towards ending a two-year exile from the Champions League as Matheus Cunha scored the only goal in a 1-0 win at Chelsea on Saturday.\nUnited’s victory opens up a 10-point gap between th... [2113 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/chelsea-man-united-report-3-7017134-Apr2026/",
            "image": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/7017134/river/?height=400&version=7017128",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-18T21:21:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4b076cf5299b6d16a1b9fef3b354aade",
                "name": "The Journal",
                "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9c8b67e52181f4ceffe707231b87b773",
            "title": "United edge Chelsea to close in on Champions League spot",
            "description": "Manchester United opened up a ten-point advantage in the race for the Champions League as Matheus Cunha's first-half strike earned a 1-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge which seriously harmed the Blues' own top-five hopes.",
            "content": "Manchester United opened up a ten-point advantage in the race for the Champions League as Matheus Cunha's first-half strike earned a 1-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge which seriously harmed the Blues' own top-five hopes.\nCunha rifled in the win... [968 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2026/0418/1568920-united-edge-chelsea-to-close-in-on-champions-league-spot/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00243e63-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-18T21:12:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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