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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": 256708,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "fc69e399a59ba010b3896222899cfe4c",
            "title": "When is the Champions League last 16 draw? Date, start time, qualified teams and how to watch online",
            "description": "The Champions League knockout rounds are set to be mapped out this week as the draw for the last-16, quarter-finals and semi-finals takes place in Nyon, Switzerland.",
            "content": "The midweek play-off games will send eight more sides into the round of 16 to join the top eight from the league phase. Five Premier League teams – Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester City – have already qualified for the knockout r... [2821 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/champions-league/when-is-the-champions-league-last-16-draw-date-start-time-qualified-teams-and-how-to-watch-online/a826812724.html",
            "image": "https://focus.independent.ie/thumbor/ocapsZvGJJrp7XBZFyChrB8US1U=/629x460/smart/prod-mh-ireland/5ecc5cbb-674a-4d7d-8cf6-9b2acf1ee49c/45b24736-11d2-43af-bcbb-c63f4561a853/S-RMA-SLB%20%2824%29.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-26T07:31:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ae507f956c22e5192e709803bdcb0f18",
                "name": "The Irish Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d8892110345b42d4c6c7dbd71ffa9509",
            "title": "Split season hawks have floor as nostalgics tune out",
            "description": "Provided it's not withdrawn at a late hour, the motion to push the All-Ireland finals into August will go to a vote on Saturday and there is great suspicion in the air.",
            "content": "Provided it's not withdrawn at a late hour, the motion to push the All-Ireland finals into August will go to a vote on Saturday and there is great suspicion in the air.\nClearly, the split season hawks in the club community do not trust the media's bo... [5891 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2026/0224/1560161-split-season-hawks-have-floor-as-nostalgics-tune-out/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0023f456-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-26T06:48:41Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "810bffd39e86c1fa4a6f7522a67d2bbe",
            "title": "Gerry Thornley: Andy Farrell is getting Ireland ready for the 2027 Rugby World Cup",
            "description": "Andy Farrell has used 30 players in the first three rounds of the tournament, with only two playing every minute",
            "content": "It’s all so fickle really. One scrum-based mangling and yellow card-riddled beating by the Springboks and not just Irish rugby, but the very game itself, was supposedly in grave peril.\nThen another comprehensive beating by France on a sodden opening ... [5913 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/02/26/gerry-thornley-andy-farrell-is-getting-ireland-ready-for-the-2027-rugby-world-cup/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MVVFTAY7FPSDDPTCLRPMZVHFNY.jpg?smart=true&auth=6487c8f24300a94f6664fe706ae2fd6292878a112bd417acd47a665dd68a74ed&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-26T06:04:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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