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": 274486,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d32e89c1096a3c1b0313024f89d70b8b",
            "title": "Arsenal 2-1 Lyon: Gunners come from behind to win Champions League semi-final first leg",
            "description": "Arsenal come from behind to beat Lyon in first leg of Women's Champions League semi-final.",
            "content": "Arsenal started on the front foot, but were stunned when Brand cut in from the left flank, spun away from Kim Little and drilled a shot into the corner of Daphne van Domselaar's goal.\nIf the home side drifted to half-time, they began the second half ... [2412 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/cz78zg1x4q3t",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/c98f/live/9df8c0d0-418f-11f1-bd52-e755d604ece4.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T17:41:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a7584587c5cf5b26d3fcf49cae42071d",
            "title": "Olivia Smith’s late strike gives Arsenal edge over OL Lyonnes in WCL semi-final",
            "description": "The forward scored an 83rd-minute winner as Arsenal fought back from a goal down to beat OL Lyonnes 2-1 in the Champions League semi-final first leg",
            "content": "A calamitous defence error from the goalkeeper Christiane Endler helped defending champions Arsenal to come from behind against OL Lyonnes and ensure they take a narrow lead into next week’s Champions League semi-final second leg in France.\nJule Bran... [4131 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/26/arsenal-ol-lyonnes-womens-champions-league-semi-final-match-report",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/460e9af78a52d6a19b2f4c98de2aa44c794f83d1/127_0_2586_2069/master/2586.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=297e205ffd9927cc919f462e27b06265",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T16:47:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3917d7b695b083e759dd30adff856519",
            "title": "Stephen Welsh in explosive Rangers celebration as Celtic loanee leads Motherwell's Ibrox party",
            "description": "The centre-back helped his parent club receive a massive boost in the title race",
            "content": "The centre-back helped his parent club receive a massive boost in the title race\nMotherwell's ecstatic Celtic loanee Stephen Welsh couldn't contain his joy after the Steelmen stunned Rangers at Ibrox.\nDanny Rohl's men battled back from 2-0 down to le... [1678 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stephen-welsh-explosive-rangers-celebration-37072775",
            "image": "https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/article37072793.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_Screenshot-2026-04-26-at-173847.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T16:46:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d500c5b4fdb8c1053fdfae53cb43b1ba",
                "name": "Daily Record",
                "url": "https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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