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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": 226942,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a6b4b24ce96c198de2b9bd010bb4b58a",
            "title": "Mata heads home deep in injury time for Saints victory",
            "description": "A double from Ryan Edmondson and a dramatic stoppage time winner from Max Mata delivered St Patrick's Athletic victory from this pulsating Dublin derby at Tolka Park.",
            "content": "A double from Ryan Edmondson and a dramatic stoppage time winner from Max Mata delivered St Patrick's Athletic victory from this pulsating Dublin derby at Tolka Park.\nEdmondson struck twice inside five minutes with his first goals for the club to app... [3599 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2026/0306/1562093-mata-heads-home-deep-in-injury-time-for-saints-victory/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0024030f-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-06T22:35:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "82dbf88ea42bc8580c76e2312564f153",
            "title": "half blitz at Wolves to advance",
            "description": "Defender Andy Robertson was the unlikely architect of Liverpool's 3-1 FA Cup victory over Wolves which eased some of the pressure on head coach Arne Slot.",
            "content": "Defender Andy Robertson was the unlikely architect of Liverpool's 3-1 FA Cup victory over Wolves which eased some of the pressure on head coach Arne Slot.\nThe Scotland captain broke the deadlock with his first goal since September and then crossed fo... [3229 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2026/0306/1562090-liverpool-produce-second-half-blitz-at-wolves-to-advance/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0024030c-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-06T22:15:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "52a8b1716de792d8eb7ff50ccae278d5",
            "title": "Brennan and Watts combine for late Rovers win",
            "description": "Adam Brennan was again heroic for Shamrock Rovers – we'll likely be saying that many times – as his run brought about a penalty converted by Dylan Watts to decide a somewhat sterile game in the capital.",
            "content": "Adam Brennan was again heroic for Shamrock Rovers – we'll likely be saying that many times – as his run brought about a penalty converted by Dylan Watts to decide a somewhat sterile game in the capital.\nBrennan is an old-school winger that Hoops fans... [3828 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2026/0306/1562089-brennan-and-watts-combine-for-late-rovers-win/",
            "image": "https://www.rte.ie/images/0024030a-1600.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-06T22:15:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8bcb1c163b5eb62b4cdfdafb99503799",
                "name": "RTE.ie",
                "url": "https://www.rte.ie"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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