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": 269426,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5fb1d8cc43c3fbb2f9306542a7922f46",
            "title": "Millie Bright: Former England and Chelsea captain on abuse, retirement and the future",
            "description": "Former England and Chelsea captain Millie Bright speaks to BBC Sport a day after announcing her retirement.",
            "content": "When Millie Bright announced her retirement on Wednesday, her mum gave her a letter.\nBut as Bright continues to wrestle with the emotions of her big announcement, she says she has been unable to read it all.\nThe 32-year-old retired from England duty ... [4101 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c2l2nx48jwko",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_sport/1200/cpsprodpb/ea44/live/5c8e0000-4492-11f1-ad08-6329797f1702.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T12:49:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "24790f48656a5891dd2f5b52b0928297",
            "title": "LIV Golf: Major changes with Saudi Arabia set to end funding of league starring Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm",
            "description": "LIV Golf understood to have held call with 13 team captains including Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm earlier this week to discuss future plans; players are exploring their options amid expected withdrawal of Saudi funding",
            "content": "LIV Golf announced a major restructure on Thursday, with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) set to remove future funding of the rebel golf league.\nIn a statement, LIV Golf unveiled a new independent board and confirmed it was trying to \"secu... [11822 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.skysports.com/golf/news/12176/13538273/liv-golf-major-changes-with-saudi-arabia-set-to-end-funding-of-league-starring-bryson-dechambeau-and-jon-rahm",
            "image": "https://e0.365dm.com/26/04/1600x900/skysports-liv-golf-south-africa_7235049.jpg?20260430121910",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T12:44:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "375c6022b40a085995083df0ed1ac413",
                "name": "Sky Sports",
                "url": "https://www.skysports.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "038f562fc31c8c63da3fe354c198165c",
            "title": "Matt Williams: Benetton defeat will have lit a fire under Leinster for Toulon",
            "description": "French visitors are dangerous because they have nothing to lose",
            "content": "Benetton did Leinster a big favour.\nGetting beaten in Italy has allowed Leo Cullen to put on his grumpy hat and wear it all week, making it clear to his staff and players that anything other than a total mental and physical domination of Toulon will ... [5931 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2026/04/30/matt-williams-benetton-defeat-will-have-lit-a-fire-under-leinster-for-toulon/",
            "image": "https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XYHJUZN55VG2NPGIQFDOGQPTLA.jpg?smart=true&auth=8806fdd6e26d3e8ebb725533bb0b9f7590fc8066d509489b8455988730133cf8&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T12:00:22Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "735252dcb2793bb57ad34b2a2b258f27",
                "name": "The Irish Times",
                "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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