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": 269244,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1e271d76518e92d1e47e69f0317f0281",
            "title": "Matt Fitzpatrick's superb round of 63 puts him in Heritage lead",
            "description": "Former US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick has a one-shot lead over Viktor Hovland at the RBC Heritage in South Carolina.",
            "content": "Former US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick hit a superb, bogey-free 63 to claim a one-shot lead over Viktor Hovland after a punishing second round at the RBC Heritage in South Carolina.\nOn a day of sweltering heat and unpredictable wind, the Englishman... [1364 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/articles/c62k160k831o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/5aed/live/31bfce70-3aed-11f1-98f3-01328d2508d7.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-18T06:33:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6fca753a49a09ebb770a7e6854f2bb71",
            "title": "Grace O’Malley-Kumar, killed in Nottingham attacks, ‘was too good to be true’, say parents",
            "description": "Teenage Irish citizen from prominent medical family was killed in the Nottingham attacks but had lived a joyous life, her parents recall",
            "content": "The hand-drawn poster represented everything about her, and all she would later lose. After Grace O’Malley-Kumar (19) was killed in the Nottingham stabbing attacks of 2023, her Dublin mother, Dr Sinead O’Malley-Kumar, found a jigsaw piece-shaped mont... [16476 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/04/18/grace-omalley-kumar-we-used-to-say-our-daughter-was-too-good-to-be-true/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7DDPAWKYZFDGNBLHI3GKMYOODM.JPG?smart=true&auth=0b700fb3f41fc55c58777510e0184c37883c613a4553e60ad1da15f436ffc79b&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-18T05:01:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f994aa9ded7b481eb16809564662e1cf",
            "title": "Conor Murray: Noel McNamara coaches Europe’s best attack - the IRFU could benefit some day",
            "description": "Coaches such as McNamara, Ronan O’Gara and Felix Jones should be top of the list whenever Irish provinces are hiring",
            "content": "My last game wearing Munster red in Europe was a year ago down in Bordeaux. After the 47-29 loss at Stade Chaban Delmas, Noel McNamara came over to commiserate.\nHe didn’t have to. You remember small gestures from the opposition. Especially after a cr... [5413 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/18/conor-murray-noel-mcnamara-coaches-europes-best-attack-the-irfu-could-benefit-some-day/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/RHLS6ENICMAIZOPIEALBDDU7NI.jpg?smart=true&auth=b74beedd2e3b1c10c95d3145d81c035a8bb865615fa3e9758c3f606474ea4897&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-18T05:01:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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