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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": 238724,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f6740bce365f0d609a23c99a8200b329",
            "title": "Are Aston Villa in Premier League title race after win at Chelsea?",
            "description": "Aston Villa have been here before and fallen away - but they must now be taken seriously as title contenders, writes Phil McNulty.",
            "content": "Aston Villa's fans believe it. Aston Villa's players look like they believe it. Unai Emery will never say if he believes it.\nOne thing, however, can no longer be denied - Aston Villa must now be taken seriously as Premier League title contenders.\nEme... [5056 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c33mg5l7g8xo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/ef79/live/c206e940-e35a-11f0-b67b-690eb873de1b.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-27T21:21:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d20f1e3ebfa9d0e7432c23e3089f3ae8",
            "title": "Ollie Lawrence 'atrocious' while Finn Russell 'inexcusable'",
            "description": "Bath were dismantled by Northampton Saints 21-41 at the Recreation Ground on Saturday and here are the hosts' player ratings.",
            "content": "Bath were dismantled by Northampton Saints, 21-41, at the Recreation Ground on Saturday, as the current champions tasted defeat at home for the first time this season.\nHere are our player ratings from the game.\nBacks\n15 Tom de Glanville: Appeared uns... [4308 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.planetrugby.com/news/bath-player-ratings-ollie-lawrence-atrocious-while-finn-russell-inexcusable-in-defence",
            "image": "https://d3gbf3ykm8gp5c.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/2025/12/27190742/gsfvea.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-27T20:29:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8d2907da394950f69035a4520074dae5",
                "name": "Planet Rugby",
                "url": "https://www.planetrugby.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "47d8211db144c7efc4ad6f572119db31",
            "title": "Super sub Watkins bags brace as Villa win again",
            "description": "Aston Villa's remarkable winning run continued as Ollie Watkins came off the bench in the second half to score twice and earn a valuable 2-1 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.",
            "content": "Aston Villa's remarkable winning run continued as Ollie Watkins came off the bench in the second half to score twice and earn a valuable 2-1 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.\nAt half-time Unai Emery’s side looked like their ambitions of stayin... [2884 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2025/1227/1550622-super-sub-watkins-bags-brace-as-villa-win-again/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0023ad1a-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-27T19:58:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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