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": 277164,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "faa54f9272d7e006af8de29212f35167",
            "title": "History for Cobh at Turners Cross",
            "description": "Dylan McGlade's penalty fired Cobh Ramblers to their first-ever away league victory over Cork City in front of 4,710 fans at Turner's Cross.",
            "content": "Dylan McGlade's penalty fired Cobh Ramblers to their first-ever away league victory over Cork City in front of 4,710 fans at Turner’s Cross.\nThe ex-City winger’s 76th-minute strike ended his former side’s unbeaten start to the season in their 12th ga... [5166 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2026/0501/1571388-first-division-wrap-history-for-cobh-at-turners-cross/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00244e98-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T22:00:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a485957d33756ba960c33c0aff82c07b",
            "title": "Leeds boost survival hopes with Burnley rout",
            "description": "Leeds bounced back from their Wembley disappointment by beating already-relegated Burnley 3-1 at Elland Road to take another giant step towards Premier League safety.",
            "content": "Leeds bounced back from their Wembley disappointment by beating already-relegated Burnley 3-1 at Elland Road to take another giant step towards Premier League safety.\nDaniel Farke's side, who lost 1-0 in the FA Cup semi-final to Chelsea last Sunday, ... [2619 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2026/0501/1571397-leeds-boost-survival-hopes-with-burnley-rout/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00244e8c-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T21:47:29Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1f91315da1358110f297c0954a8e3db9",
            "title": "Shamrock Rovers do just about enough to edge Waterford",
            "description": "Shamrock Rovers went back top of the League of Ireland Premier Division courtesy of a hard fought 1-0 win against a game Waterford FC, who remain rooted to the bottom of the table.",
            "content": "Shamrock Rovers went back top of the League of Ireland Premier Division courtesy of a hard fought 1-0 win against a game Waterford FC, who remain rooted to the bottom of the table\nThe Blues are still without a win this season, but they caused the hom... [3114 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2026/0501/1571387-shamrock-rovers-do-just-about-enough-to-edge-waterford/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/00244e92-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T21:23:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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