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": 286760,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "401864a15282f2b471a29c2ec6db317b",
            "title": "Can't be 'self-defeating' over Israel games - Taoiseach",
            "description": "Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said Ireland does not want to be \"self-defeating\" in its approach to international soccer matches against Israel in the autumn.",
            "content": "Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said Ireland does not want to be \"self-defeating\" in its approach to international soccer matches against Israel in the autumn.\nThe Republic of Ireland men's team is scheduled to face Israel in two UEFA Nations League fix... [2373 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0529/1575924-taoiseach-ireland-israel/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00247284-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-29T13:46:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5aaf025ea9f1a17d77e5404cd1c5b433",
            "title": "‘This sort of match needs a man’: Vallejo criticises female umpire at French Open",
            "description": "Adolfo Daniel Vallejo said Ana Carvalho did not control the home crowd, giving Moïse Kouamé an advantage, as the Frenchman won their match",
            "content": "Paraguay’s Adolfo Daniel Vallejo has sparked controversy by saying his French Open second-round match should not have been umpired by a woman, because the Brazilian Ana Carvalho was unable to keep home supporters in check.\nVallejo was facing the Fren... [1517 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/may/29/adolfo-daniel-vallejo-moise-kouame-female-umpire-french-open-tennis",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/12d6148d962a4f91a0a72f3120cbfc6f64527ea3/446_0_4153_3323/master/4153.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=887cc4688ad2de88daf68934580864d4",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-29T11:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8bb18e6b7e3df70929255110330519bc",
            "title": "Volpato makes Italy to Australia switch before World Cup",
            "description": "Former Italy under-21 international Cristian Volpato switches allegiance to Australia days before the Socceroos announce their squad for the 2026 Fifa World Cup.",
            "content": "Former Italy under-21 international Cristian Volpato is switching allegiance to Australia before the Socceroos announce their squad for the 2026 Fifa World Cup on 1 June.\nThe 22-year-old midfielder was born and raised in Sydney but holds dual citizen... [1525 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cq8p9e0xgdpo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/83ab/live/5f7f5050-5b4b-11f1-b03e-93679953874f.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-29T11:05:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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